Retort
Retort is an air ritual tool in the Hermetic Western tradition, traditionally made of glass and clay. It is used for circulation, distillation and essence work. It is aligned to the throat chakra and third eye chakra.
Tradition · Hermetic Western
A note on this entry
The retort is the closed vessel of circulation; what rises is returned to the matter.
Correspondences
Practice
- Magical Uses
- CirculationDistillationEssence workAlchemy
Details
- Traditional Material
- GlassClay
- Keywords
- CirculationReturnDistillation
- Cleansing
- WaterSmokeSunlight
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