Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

TheZelator Grade 147
SOPHIC FIRE: Secret Fire or Prepared Mercury.
SPAGIRUS: A person who can separate the true from the false, the good from the
bad, the pure from the impure, yet reject duality and cleave to unity.
SPAGYRIC ART: "The separative art." A term for Alchemy, in which the fusion
of duality is a constant theme.
SPIRITUS MUNDI: The Spirit of the World. Life-giving power. Archaeus. The hidden
essence within the First Matter which must be extracted.
STIBNITE: A sulphide from which Antimony is obtained.
STREAMS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS: Arteries, veins.
SUNKEN KING: In the process of melting metal ores, the name used for clumps
of metal formed beneath the slag.
TAPIS: Self-incubation.
TETARUS: Tarter. The bottom portion of the cooking vessel. The arcane substance
which forms at the bottom of such a vessel.
TINCTURE: That part of a substance which is extracted by a solvent.
THUNDERBOLT OF JUPITER: The Fire of the Philosophers.
ULTIMA MATERIA: The Final Matter, the end of the Work.
UNICORN: Spirit.
UNIVERSAL MEDICINE: The powdered Stone of the Philosophers when
diluted and taken as an oil or tincture.
UNIVERSAL SOLVENT: Secret Fire. Not to be taken literally as a solvent.
VITRIOL: Any of certain metallic sulphates. An acidic penetrating substance. Sulphuric
acid is referred to as Oil of Vitriol. The name is an acronym of Visita
Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem, which means "Visit
the interior of the Earth, in purifying you discover the hidden stone." The
Stone or True Self, only found by seeking within.
VILITAS: Baseness.
VULGAR GOLD: Physical or natural Gold as we know it.
WASHING: Cleansing, preparing.
WATER:Philosophic Mercury. Any liquid substance.
WHITE EAGLE: Gluten.
WHITE SWAN or DOVE: Refers to the first instance of the "Soul" of matter being
released-the matter having polarized into the black of the raven and the
white of the more exalted bird. The white swan indicates the preparation
of the white tincture of the Lunar forces, Philosophic Salt. (Also a symbol of
Elemental Water.)
WHITE WIFE: A white metal. Sometimes referred to as "Our silver," Mercury or
antimony.
WINGED DRAGON: The Volatile.
WINGLESS DRAGON: The Fixed.