Alembic
Alembic is a water ritual tool in the Hermetic Western tradition, traditionally made of glass and copper. It is used for distillation, essence work and purification. It is aligned to the third eye chakra and throat chakra.
Tradition · Hermetic Western
A note on this entry
The alembic is the still-head of the alchemical laboratory; its curve is the vessel of ascent and return.
Correspondences
Practice
- Magical Uses
- DistillationEssence workPurificationAlchemy
Details
- Traditional Material
- GlassCopper
- Keywords
- DistillationSeparationEssence
- Cleansing
- WaterSmokeSunlight
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