Glossary of Alchemical and Hermetic Terms

Apparatus composed of vessels superposed and linked together, to permit a slow sublimation. 

Intimate union of several metallic elements into a very homogeneous and malleable whole. 

Sometimes a symbol of sublimation, or ascension of a volatile principle, as in the drawings of Viatorium Spagyricutri  

Refining or alchemical verification of gold and silver by means of slagging lead in a cupel. 

Equipment which ensures that the vase containing the material to be treated bathes in warmed water. 

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