Distillation
Distillation (rising and returning) is an alchemical entry of water, ruled by Moon and Mercury, in the Hermetic Western tradition. It is used for purification, essence work and focus.
Tradition · Hermetic WesternAlchemical Operation
A note on this entry
The three primes and the seven operations of the wet path.
Correspondences
Practice
- Magical Uses
- PurificationEssence workFocus
Nature and meaning
- English
- rising and returning
Details
- Keywords
- RisingPurifyingEssenceRepetition
- Stages
- Raising the essencePurificationThe alembic
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