Symbols

The symbol table following appeared in the “Last Will and Testament” of Basilius Valentinus. It has been augmented with symbols from other sources such as the Alchemist’s Handbook of Fra. Albertus, Pernety’ s “The Great Art”, Rola’s book on Alchemy, items taken from the works of Agrippa and John Read and symbols from the Bacstrom Manuscripts. The purpose of this expansion is simply to make this dictionary more useable. This “cross -breeding” has introduced some duplicate entries but they will serve as a cross-reference. The latter part of these tables is a Geniatria dictionary. For those desirous of seeking possible hidden meaning in the alchemystical writings thru the Qabalah, the Hebrew of ‘key’ aichemically-oriented words are presented along with their numerical equivalence, phoneticized Hebrew and any textural or Bibical references that may be significant. hwn (Hans W. Nintzel) (Note: The original photocopy from Hans had no page numbers.)

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-AAes Ustum Acetum (Acid, ie-vinegar) Acetum distillatum (distilled vinegar) Air Alcohol (ie-spirits) (an old definition is: Antimony!) Alembic Alkali, common Alkali, salt Aludel. Aluminum (Alium) Amalgam

Ammoniac, Sal (Ammonium Chloride, NH4CL but formerly it was Harts horn or powdered Antler-Ammonium Carbonate, (NH4)2C03) Ana (equal parts of each) Annus (year) Antimony Antimony, Oil of Aqua Aqua Fortis (1/2 Nitric Acid + 1/2 Vitriolic Acid) AQUARIUS (Multiplication, salt nitre)

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Aqua Regia (1/2 Nitric and 1/2 Hydrochloric Acids) Aqua Vitae Argentum (Silver, Luna)

Argentum Vivum

Arena ARIES (Calcination, antimony) Arsenic

Ashes Asphaltum (Congelation) Attramentum Aunus Aurichalcum

Aurum (Gold, Sol) Aurum Pigmentum Aurum Potabile

Azoth

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-BBalneum Mariae (BM, Water Bath, Mary’ s Bath) Balneum Vaporis (By, Steam Bath) Black Ink Bone Borax Brass Brick, pulverized (Latera) Bull

-CCalcination Calcine, to Calx Calx Vive Camphor CANCER (dissolution) CAPRICORN (fermentation)

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Caput Mortuum Carbonate

Cera Ceruse (lead acetate) Chalk Ciment, to Cinceres Clavellati (Crude Potassium Carbonate) Cinis (ashes)

Cinnabar

Coagulate, to Cool Congelation Cohobate Copper (Venus) Copper, Burnt CornuaCervi (Harts horn, Animonium Carbonate =Sal. Animoniac)

Crocus Marti.

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Crocus Veneri Crucible

Crystal Curcurbite

-DDies (Day) Digerere (separate) Digest, to Digestion Distill, to Distillation Dissolution Dissolve Dissolvere (loosen or destroy) Drachma (1/8 ounce) Drachma (1/16 ounce) Drop

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Dust (Pulvis)

-EEarth Element

Evaporate

Extract

-F-

Fermentation Ferrum Feu De Roue Filter, to Filings or Iron

Fimus Equinus (horsedung or gentle fire) Firune Fire Fix, to Fixation Fixed Flegma (Phlegm)

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Flores Flucre (fluidic, fluxing) Furnace

-G-

GEMINI (Fixation) Glass Glass Container Goat Gold Gold Pigment Glass of Talc (Specula) Grana (grain) Green of Copper (Copper Chelate)

Gum Gutta (drop)

-HHandful (Manipulus)

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Hart’s Horn(see: Ammoniac, Sal) Hematite (Iron, Slate Ore) Herb Hora (Time or Hour) Half of any quantity

-IIgnis (Fire) Ignus Circulator (Furnace) Incineration Iron (Mars) Ink Iron Filings

Jupiter (Tin)

-J-K-L-

Lapis Latten or Laton

Layered

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Lead (Saturn) Lead Acetate

LEO (digestion) LIBRA (sublimation) Libra (scales or

pound)

Limatura Martis Lime (Calx)

Lime, Quick Litharge (Lead Monoxide) Lixivium (Liquor)

Lodestone (Magnet) Lute, to Lute of the Wise Luto Lutrine (mud of the Otter)

-MMagnesia

Magnet

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Manipulus

Marcasite Marriage MARS (Iron) Materia

MERCURY

Mercury, precipitated

Mercury, sublimated

Mercuriam Rubificati Mercury of Saturn Miny (Red lead oxide) MOON Month (Mensis) Multiplication Martial Regulus of Antimony (our Luna)

-NNjtre (Saltpetre, Potassium Nitrate, Soda)

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Not Fixed Nox (Night)

-0Oil (Oleum) Orichalcum (Brass) Orpiment Orpiment, Red Oxide of a Metal (Flore) Oxide, Zinc

Ounce, half (see Uncia) Ounce, eighth (Drachma) Ounce, sixteenth

Ounce

-P-

Pisces (Projection) Pitcher (Amphora)

Plumbum (Lead) Porous (Poras)

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Potable Gold Potassium, Crude (Potash) Potassium Bitartrate (KHC4H4O6) (Tartar, Cream of Tartar, Algol, Weinstein) (Adjective of color is red or white depending on color of wine it came from) Potassium Carbonate (K2C03, Salt of Tartar) (Salt of Wormwood, called Pearlash if pure, makes 'Angel Water’) Potassium Nitrate (KNO3, Nitre) (Nitrate of Potassa, Saltpetre, Stone Serpent) Potassium Sulphate (K2S04) Pound Precipitate

Projection

Powder (Pulvis) Purify, to Putrify

-QQuick Lime

Quick Silver Quick Sulphur

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Quinta Essentia Quantum Satis (sufficient quantity) Quantum vis (as much as you like)

-RRealgar Receiver (Vas Recipiens) Red Lead Oxide (Miny)

Regulus Retort

Roots (Radices)

-S-

Sacharum (Sugar) Saffrons of Mars SAGGITARIUS (Incineration)

Sal Arnmoniac (NH4CL) Sifted Tiles (flowers of Tiles)

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Sal. Gemma (Pure Salt, a salt mined in Poland) Sal Prapuratum Sal Prunella (Fused Nitre or Saltpetre)

Sal Tartari

Sand Salt, Alkali (Salt of Kali)

Salt, common Saltpetre Salt, rock Salt, Sea (Chelamus) SCORPIO (separation) Scruplus (1/24 ounce) Scruplus (1/48 ounce)

Silver (Moon, Luna) Soda SOL (Sun, Gold) Sodium Biborate

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Solution Solvere (weaken, dissolve) Spirit

Spirit of Wine

Spiritus Vini Root

Stannum (Tin) Solid or solidify Steel Stratum Super Stratum Sublimate, to

Sublimation Sufficient Quantity

Sulphur Sulphur, Black Sulphur, Sophic Sulphur, Quick SUN (Sol, Gold)

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Supo (Soap)

-T-

Talcum (Tale) Tallow

Tartar (White from white wine ((coat on inner barrel)), red from red wine)

Tartar, Calx Tantari, Sal TAURUS (Congelation) Terra Tigillum (small beam) Tin (Jupiter) Tuna (a vessel for liquid)

Tutty (Tutia) Twins (Gemini) Tincture

-UUncia (Ounce)

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Urine

-VVas Recipiens Vinegar Vinegar, Distilled Ver-de-Gris (Green of Copper) VIRGO (Distillation)

Vitriol Vitriol, Blue Vitriol, White

-WWater Water Bath (BM) Wax (Cera) Wick Wine Work Completed

-Z-

Zinc Carbonate (Tutia or Tuccia Preparatum)

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GEMATRIA The purpose of the following gematria dictionary is to provide a convenient reference for those interested in pursuing the possibility of numerical codes in the Alchemystical writings. These entries are no means complete and are the Hebrew words only pertaining to alchemy. The possibility of Greek and Latin gematria certainly exists but the reader must pursue his own devices in this regard. For the Hebrew alchemical terms, the English word is given in the first column, the anglicized Hebrew in the second column and the numerical equivalent in the third column. Following the third column, a Bibical reference might be given or some other note that may be useful. In some cases, there are several words in Hebrew that convey the same sort of meaning. In most cases of this sort, the various choices are all given. The user will find Sepher Sephiroth and a Hebrew dictionary most useful here. It is hoped that the below offering will prove useful to those fond of these pursuits.

The below table gives the anglecized equivalent for a particular Hebrew letter as used in the gematria dictionary. The numerical value is also given. In the anglecized word, no attempt was made to delineate various final letters having particular numerical value. Instead, the “normal” form of the Hebrew letter has been used.

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