Also known as: Ovum Philosophicum, Hermetic Egg, Philosopher's Egg, Aludel
The sealed glass vessel or 'aludel' in which the alchemical transformation takes place, symbolizing the womb or the universe where the philosopher's stone is gestated. It represents the hermetic containment necessary for the internal heat to transmute the base matter.
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