azoth
Americannoun
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mercury, regarded by alchemists as the assumed first principle of all metals.
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the universal remedy of Paracelsus.
noun
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the alchemical name for mercury, esp when regarded as the first principle of all metals
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the panacea postulated by Paracelsus
Etymology
Origin of azoth
1470–80; ≪ Arabic az zā'ūq the quicksilver
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AZOTH, the name given by the alchemists to mercury, and by Paracelsus to his universal remedy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
You see at the beginning of this reading, an old Hermetic Symbol, copied from the "MATERIA PRIMA" of Valentinus, printed at Franckfurt, in 1613, with a treatise entitled "AZOTH."
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
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