In alchemy and philosophy, prima materia, materia prima or first matter (for a philosophical exposition refer to: Prime Matter), is the ubiquitous starting...

related to the cosmo-theological views of the Stoics. In Hermeticism, prima materia is a key concept in the alchemical tradition, representing the raw,...

metaphysical philosophy Prima Materia is, according to alchemists, the alleged primitive formless base of all matter Materia medica, a Latin medical term...

Magnum Opus or Great Work is a term for the process of working with the prima materia to create the philosopher's stone. It has been used to describe personal...

elements are derived from a common source or prima materia (first matter), associated with chaos. Prima materia is also the name alchemists assign to the...

circulatory process, for it was clear to the more astute alchemists that the prima materia of the art was man himself. The Ouroboros is a dramatic symbol for the...

nihilistic loss of value) in order to descend back into the manipulable prima materia and proceeding through a process of spiritual purification that must...

critical praise Magnum opus (alchemy), the process of working with the prima materia to create the philosopher's stone Great Work (Hermeticism), also known...

Takwin Homunculus Philosopher's stone Cintamani Elixir of life Panacea Prima materia Yliaster Septenary of the seven metals and Classical planets in Western...

Believers in Kek say that repeating integers, often called “dubs”, are the prima materia of reality, and that their occurrence invoke the deity. Heqet Erebus...

of application, but an alchymical transformation for which fire and prima materia are needed. Sublimation is a great mystery. Freud has appropriated this...

impurities. This phase is concerned with "bringing light and clarity to the prima materia (the First Matter)". In this process, the subject is divided into two...

Does matter have intrinsic properties (substance theory) or lack them (prima materia)? One challenge to the conventional concept of matter as tangible "stuff"...

explain the nature of medicines, which he thought to be composed of the tria prima ('three primes' or principles): a combustible element (sulphur), a fluid...

luminaries are discussed in alchemical literature. The concepts of prima materia and anima mundi are central to the theory of the philosopher's stone...

produce distilled beverages. Dioscorides's ambix, described in his De materia medica (c. 50 C.E.), is a helmet-shaped lid for gathering condensed mercury...

symbols. According to Paracelsus (1493–1541), the three primes or tria prima – of which material substances are immediately composed – are: Sulfur or...

created from the rest. In this sense, the Yliaster is the same as the Prima Materia. It is the formless base of all matter which is the raw material for...

Great Work, an alchemical term for the process of working with the prima materia to create the philosopher's stone The Fourth Way, an approach to self-development...

to develop a Christianized natural magic, seeking to find the secret prima materia that would lead man into eternal wisdom. The Christianized view that...

existing medicines by separating them into their primordial elements (the tria prima: sulphur, mercury, and salt) and then again recombining them. Paracelsian...

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by atomic number Phlogiston theory – Superseded theory of combustion Prima materia – First or prime matter Qi – Vital force in traditional Chinese philosophy...

'the Endless One'.[citation needed] Anima mundi Panacea (medicine) Prima materia Viriditas "Definition of Azoth". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved...

device called a Sentinel Artifact, the Order releases a substance called Prima Materia, transforming all of the guests in the mansion into zombies, sparing...

Three charges represent, according to the poem, the three principles (tria prima) of the alchemical theory of Paracelsus: Eagle/Mercury/Spirit, Lion/Sulfur/Soul...

uncertain etiology Proteus (alchemy), a term for the "first matter" (prima materia) Proteus (moon), a natural satellite of Neptune Proteus (satellite)...

deity including the Demiurge is born. The Greco-Roman tradition of prima materia, notably including the 5th- and 6th-century Orphic cosmogony, was merged...

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art/entertainment Magnum opus Ouroboros Pill of Immortality Philosophers' stone Prima materia Rebis Takwin Yliaster Processes Substances Symbols (Unicode, Suns in...