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.)

-A-

Aes 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)

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

-B-

Balneum Mariae

(BM, Water Bath, Mary’ s Bath) Balneum Vaporis

(By, Steam Bath)

Black Ink Bone Borax Brass Brick, pulverized (Latera) Bull

-C-

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

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.

Crocus Veneri Crucible Crystal Curcurbite

-D-

Dies (Day) Digerere (separate) Digest, to Digestion Distill, to Distillation Dissolution Dissolve Dissolvere (loosen or destroy)

Drachma (1/8 ounce) Drachma (1/16 ounce)

Dust (Pulvis)

-E-

Earth 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)

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)

-H-

Handful (Manipulus)

Hart’s Horn(see: Ammoniac, Sal) Hematite (Iron, Slate Ore)

Herb Hora (Time or Hour)

Half of any quantity

-I-

Ignis (Fire) Ignus Circulator (Furnace)

Incineration Iron (Mars) Ink Iron Filings

-J-

Jupiter (Tin)

-K-

-L-Lapis Latten or Laton Layered

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)

-M-

Magnesia Magnet

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)

-N-

Njtre

Not Fixed Nox (Night)

-0-

Oil (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)

Potable Gold Potassium, Crude (Potash)

Potassium Bitartrate (

KHC

4

H

4

O

6)

(Tartar, Cream of Tartar, Algol, Weinstein)

(Adjective of color is red or white depending on color of wine it came from)

Potassium Carbonate (

K

2

C0

3, 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 (

K

2

S0

4) Pound Precipitate Projection Powder (Pulvis) Purify, to Putrify

-Q-

Quick Lime Quick Silver Quick Sulphur

Quinta Essentia Quantum Satis (sufficient quantity)

Quantum vis (as much as you like)

-R-

Realgar Receiver (Vas Recipiens)

Red Lead Oxide (Miny)

Regulus Retort Roots (Radices)

-S-

Sacharum (Sugar) Saffrons of Mars SAGGITARIUS (Incineration) Sal Arnmoniac (NH4CL)

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)

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)

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

-U-

Uncia (Ounce)

Urine

-V-

Vas Recipiens Vinegar

Vinegar, Distilled Ver-de-Gris (Green of Copper)

VIRGO (Distillation) Vitriol Vitriol, Blue Vitriol, White

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

-Z-

Zinc Carbonate (Tutia or Tuccia Preparatum)

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.