Calcination
Calcination (burning to ash) is an alchemical entry of fire, ruled by Mars and Sun, in the Hermetic Western tradition. It is used for release, humility and burning away.
Tradition · Hermetic WesternAlchemical Operation
A note on this entry
The three primes and the seven operations of the wet path.
Correspondences
Practice
- Magical Uses
- ReleaseHumilityBurning away
Nature and meaning
- English
- burning to ash
Details
- Keywords
- BurningReductionHumilityAsh
- Stages
- Burning away the falseAsh workThe first stage
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