An alchemical term for a small vessel. It either means a vessel that simply holds vinegar (acetum) or a small cup that holds as much as an eggshell.

Alchemical term for vinegar. May also mean sour wine.

Alchemical term for white vinegar.

Alchemical term for steel.

Alchemical term for red coral. Although it may seem odd to differentiate this type of coral, red coral is a substance that is associated with the planet Mars in ancient Tantric or Indian Astrology. Since some Tantric systems also involved alchemy, it may show that Western alchemy is linked to the systems of India.

Alchemical term for a needle.

Alchemical term for saltpeter.

Alchemical term for the foam of seawater.

Alchemical term for sour milk.

Alchemical term for fresh skim milk.

Alchemical term for mercury.

Alchemical term for water that has had a red-hot iron inserted into it.

Although this means a "sharp-pointed stone," to alchemists this referred to aconite, a poisonous herb that grows on rocks.

According to some authorities, this refers to an oven used by alchemists. Other authorities of alchemical terms say this simply means charcoal.

Alchemical term for arsenic.

Alchemical term for cinnabar, the bright red ore from which mercury is derived.

Alchemical term meaning "Gold of the Philosophers," a code for lead.

2.  That part of the soul attributed to Hod and Yesod.

A code that substitutes one set of symbols for another. Ciphers are often used to encrypt concepts a person wants to keep secret. Only a person with a key to the cipher can translate it. However, because this type of code is easily cracked, many modifications to a simple cipher have appeared.

In the magickal workings of Dr. John Dee (1527-1608), astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I (and some also claim him to have been her spymaster), he made contact with certain angelic beings who used a language distinct from any other. Dee believed these beings to be the same angels that transported the Hebrew prophet, Enoch, to heaven, and hence the name for the language. Enochian words are sometimes called “barbarous” because their pronunciation is so evocative. 

General name for the letters used in ancient Ogham, the Celtic tree alphabet.

2.  That part of the soul attributed to Netzach, Hod, and Yesod.

A Turkish word that means "fate."

Alchemical term for tin.

Alchemical term for sugar.

Alchemical term for tragacanth gum.

Alchemical term for cinnabar.

Alchemical term for mercury.

Alchemical term for arsenic.

Alchemical term for gold.

Alchemical term for rhubarb.

Alchemical term for the mineral marcasite.