In alchemy and philosophy, prima materia, materia prima or first matter (for a philosophical exposition refer to: Prime Matter), is the ubiquitous starting...
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Hermeticism (section Prima materia)
related to the cosmo-theological views of the Stoics. In Hermeticism, prima materia is a key concept in the alchemical tradition, representing the raw,...
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metaphysical philosophy Prima Materia is, according to alchemists, the alleged primitive formless base of all matter Materia medica, a Latin medical term...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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nihilistic loss of value) in order to descend back into the manipulable prima materia and proceeding through a process of spiritual purification that must...
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critical praise Magnum opus (alchemy), the process of working with the prima materia to create the philosopher's stone Great Work (Hermeticism), also known...
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Takwin Homunculus Philosopher's stone Cintamani Elixir of life Panacea Prima materia Yliaster Septenary of the seven metals and Classical planets in Western...
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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...
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of application, but an alchymical transformation for which fire and prima materia are needed. Sublimation is a great mystery. Freud has appropriated this...
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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...
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Does matter have intrinsic properties (substance theory) or lack them (prima materia)? One challenge to the conventional concept of matter as tangible "stuff"...
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Paracelsus (redirect from Tria prima)
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...
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luminaries are discussed in alchemical literature. The concepts of prima materia and anima mundi are central to the theory of the philosopher's stone...
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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...
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symbols. According to Paracelsus (1493–1541), the three primes or tria prima – of which material substances are immediately composed – are: Sulfur or...
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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...
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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...
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to develop a Christianized natural magic, seeking to find the secret prima materia that would lead man into eternal wisdom. The Christianized view that...
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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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art/entertainment Magnum opus Ouroboros Pill of Immortality Philosophers' stone Prima materia Rebis Takwin Yliaster Processes Substances Symbols (Unicode, Suns in...
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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...
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'the Endless One'.[citation needed] Anima mundi Panacea (medicine) Prima materia Viriditas "Definition of Azoth". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved...
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device called a Sentinel Artifact, the Order releases a substance called Prima Materia, transforming all of the guests in the mansion into zombies, sparing...
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Three charges represent, according to the poem, the three principles (tria prima) of the alchemical theory of Paracelsus: Eagle/Mercury/Spirit, Lion/Sulfur/Soul...
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uncertain etiology Proteus (alchemy), a term for the "first matter" (prima materia) Proteus (moon), a natural satellite of Neptune Proteus (satellite)...
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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...
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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...
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