azoth – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
azoth
n.
mercury (Alchemy)
Azoth
Azoth was considered to be a universal medicine or universal solvent sought in
alchemy (similar to another alchemical idealized substance,
alkahest, that like azoth was the aim, goal and vision of many alchemical works). Its symbol was the
Caduceus and so the term, while originally a term for an occult formula sought by alchemists much like the
philosopher's stone, became a poetic word for the element
mercury. The name is
Medieval Latin, an alteration of
azoc being originally derived from the Arabic
al-za'buq "the mercury".
Azoth
(n.)
The universal remedy of Paracelsus.
(n.)
The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Azoth
Azoth [from Arabic azzaug the metal mercury] Used by Paracelsus for his universal remedy; mercury was regarded as a sort of common or root-metal contained in all other metals. Such words as mercury, in alchemical language, were generic rather than specific, and gross elements were considered as derivative from subtle ones. Thus a unitary and radical element, the parent of the other elements, is intended; the synthesis of the four elements, one aspect of the astral light.
Also used by Qabbalists, meaning pure air.
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