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1 Alchemical Symbols and Symbolism: An Exploration Timothy O. Deschaines, Ph.D.

2 Egyptian Symbols

3 Greek Apparatus

4 Indian Alchemical Apparatus

5 The Four Elements N Fire P Water M Air O Earth

6 From Greenberg - A Chemical History Tour

7 Aristotle s Transmutation Diagram Fire Hot Dry Air Earth Wet Cold Water

8 Modern appearances of the four elements Water Air Fire Earth

9 The Tria Prima - Paracelsus Salt Mercury Sulfur Sophic Sulfur male, Soul Sophic Mercury female, Spirit Sophic Salt Material Body

10 Tria prima from Della Tramutatione Metallica by Giovanni Battista Nazari (Brescia, 1599)

11 The Seven Planetary Metals Metal Gold Silver Iron Mercury Tin Copper Lead Symbol Q R U S V T W Planet Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn

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13 The 12 processes of the Zodiac Zodiac Sign Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Symbol A B C D E F Process Calcination Congelation Fixation Solution Digestion Distillation

14 Zodiac Sign Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces Symbol G H I J K L Process Sublimation Separation Ceration Fermentation Multiplication Projection

15 More Processes Amalgamation p To Boil n To Solve r To Rot o To To Compose q To Precipitate Q To Filter To Sublimate $ Distill h To Pulverize C To Purify D

16 Substances Essence t Universal Seed ; Amalgam u Aqua Vitae W Oil of Vitriol Aqua Vitae * Aqua Regia m Aqua Fortis (nitric acid) : Distilled vinegar - Vinegar V

17 Antimony \ Zinc l Platinum ( Nickel e Steel (?) i Brass j Alum [ Sulphur Nitre Tartar

18 Sal Ammoniac c Magnesia c Quicklime Y Stone Salt Oil o Sand P Urine Manure N Crucible Water Bath, Retort v

19 Weights & Measures Pound 1 Ounce 2 Dram 3 Scruple 4 Pinch 5 Pint 6

20 Time Hour! Week % Month ^ Year & Night & Day $ Year Day # Summer 7 Autumn 8 Winter 9 Spring 0

21 Symbolic Relationships Water P Aqua Vitae Aqua Fortis Aqua Regia Water Bath * : m, Clay [ or k Rust >

22 Symbolic Relationships Fire N Sulphur Amalgam Distill Sand u h P Arsenic Sulfur U

23 Symbolic Relationships Universal Seed ; Salt Oil of Vitriol e Nitre Rock salt H

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25 Systematized Symbols? Water Air Earth Fire No!

26 Animals Birds Black Crow blackening, putrefaction White Swan superficial spirituality Peacock shift in perspective Pelican self sacrifice Phoenix completion and rebirth From The Birds in Alchemy by Adam McLean

27 Animals Green Lion power of nature, iron sulfate Gray Wolf antimony, amalgamation Snake or Serpent Rebirth, connection Ouroboros infinity, completion Toad wet pathway similar to Black Crow White Eagle dry pathway of Swan White Unicorn spiritual transition Dragon like serpent, beginning and end From Animal Symbolism in the Alchemical Tradition by Adam McLean

28 The Green Lion

29 From Greenberg - A Chemical History Tour

30 The Gray Wolf (of Antimony)

31 Ouroboros

32 The Phoenix

33 The Pelican

34

35 Salamander

36 Dragon s Blood

37 The Twelve Philosophical Keys of Basil Valentine Duodecim Claves philosophicæ 1. Amalgamation 7. Gestation or? 2. Separation 8. Fermentation 3. Purification 9. The Cycle 4. Putrefaction 10. Tria Prima 5. Solution 11. Multiplication 6. Conjunction 12. Calcination Basilius Valentinus, 15 th century Alchemist, Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Sankt Peter in Erfurt, Germany

38 Amalgamation Separation

39 Purification Putrefaction

40 Solution

41 Conjunction Gestation or Interconnection

42 Fermentation

43 The parts of the Cycle Tria Prima

44 Multiplication

45 Calcination Summary?

46 Another version of the Keys Amalgamation Separation Purification Putrefaction Solution Conjunction

47 Gestation? Fermentation The Cycle Tria Prima Multiplication Calcination

48 Correspondences? 1. Amalgamation 2. Separation Scorpio 3. Purification 4. Putrefaction 5. Solution Cancer 6. Conjunction 7. Gestation 8. Fermentation Capricorn 9. The Cycle 10.Tria Prima 11.Multiplication Aquarius 12.Calcination Aries

49 Multimedia Alchemy 1617 Michael Maier s Atalanta Fugiens Included: 50 emblems, epigrams, discourses and fugues Source:

50 Emblem 1 The wind has carried it in his belly. The foetus, hidden in BOREAS womb, Shall one day rise up, living, to the light; He only shall surpass all heroes deeds With art, with hand, with body s strength and mind. Let yours not be a Coeso, an abortion, An Agrippa, but born beneath good stars.

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52 Other Infamous (and Fictitious) Alchemists The Alchemist Dr. Alchemy Mr. Element (villains from the comic book The Flash) Images from

53 Resources A Chemical History Tour: Picturing Chemistry from Alchemy to Modern Molecular Science by Arthur Greenberg The Golden Game: Alchemical Engravings of the Seventeenth Century by Stanislas K. De Rola Lure and Romance of Alchemy by C.J.S. Thompson The Alchemy Web Site Adam McLean Ambix The Journal for the Society for the History of Alchemy & Chemistry

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