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Prima materia (Concept) - Source Library Encyclopedia

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Prima Materia

Also known as: First Matter, Materia Prima, Hyle, Chaos

5 books·67 total mentions

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The formless, primordial substance that constitutes the starting point of the alchemical Great Work.

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Appears in 5 Books

Incipit: From a certain manuscript of the Philosopher R.C.

anonymous

p. 67 p. 68 p. 69 p. 70 p. 71 p. 72 p. 73 p. 74 p. 75 p. 76+15 more pages

[Reger von Ehrenhart, Ernestus Aurelius]

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Basilius Valentinus

p. 92 p. 93 p. 94 p. 95 p. 96 p. 97 p. 98 p. 99 p. 100 p. 101+8 more pages

Thomas Vaughan Anthroposophia Theomagica (1650)

Thomas Vaughan

p. 91 p. 92 p. 93 p. 94 p. 95 p. 96 p. 97 p. 98 p. 99 p. 100

Curieuse Gedancken, von der wahren Alchymia, insonderheit dessen Prima Materia, nebst völliger Anweisung zu Praeparirung des Lapidis Philosophorum und Universal-Medicin

Anonymous

p. 33 p. 34 p. 35 p. 36 p. 37 p. 38 p. 39 p. 40 p. 41 p. 42+3 more pages

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Putrefaction(92)

Albertus Magnus(89)

Iamblichus of Chalcis(82)