Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

142 SELF-INITIATION INTO THE GOLDEN DAWN TRADmON
CINNABAR: The product of the productive interaction between the masculine
and feminine principles. The Living Gold.
CLOUD: Gas or vapor.
COLEUM: Perfect living Being. Also called Virtus.
CONJUNCTIO SOLIS ET LUNA: The union of the Sun and the Moon. Union of
opposites.
CORPOREAL STATE:Materiality or physical state of existence.
CORPUS: Alchemical substance. The unconscious.
CROSS: Descent of Spirit into matter. A balanced fourfold division. A symbol
of man.
CROWN: Kingship or sovereignty.
CROWNED CHILD: The Stone of the Philosophers.
CROWNED ORB: The Philosopher's Stone.
CRUCIFIXION: Cleansing of all impurities.
CUPELLATION: Metallurgical process for testing Gold.
CYPRESS: Death. Male organ.
DAGGER: That which pierces and breaks down matter.
DIENECH: Fixed Water.
DOG: Philosophical Mercury.
DOG AND WOLF: The dual nature of Mercury.
DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE: Masculine and feminine Mercury.
DOVE: Life Spirit.
DRAGON'S BLOOD: Cinnabar. Sulphide of Mercury.
DRYNESS: Solar Fire. Male Principle.
EAGLE (Also hawk or falcon): Sublimation. Mercury in its most exalted state. An
emblem of knowledge, inspiration, and a sign of the completed Work.
EARTH: In practical Alchemy, metals are often referred to as Earth.
EGG: The sealed Hermetic Vessel wherein the work is completed. Symbol of
creation.
ELECTRUM: A metal containing all the metals attributed to the seven Planets.
ELIXIR OF LIFE: Derived from the Philosopher's Stone, the Elixir is said to confer
immortality and restore youth.
EMPEROR: The King. The active volatile principle.
EMPRESS: The passive, fixed principle.
EVE: The archetypal female. The anima.
FATHER: The Sun or male principle.
FILTH: The waste products and impurities extracted from the matter. Caput
Mortem. The Gross.
FISH: Arcane substance.
FISH EYES:The stone in the early stages of evolution.
FLESH: Matter.
FLIGHT: The act of transcendence. Ascent to a higher level.
FLOWER OF GOLD: Spiritual rebirth. Elixir of Life.
FOETUS SPAGYRICUS: The stage of the alchemical process when matter
inherits Spirit.