Mercury (Alchemy): Difference between revisions

In the ancient art of alchemy, such as in Hermeticism, mercury, sulfur, and salt were the Earth's three principle substances that represent the trinity in creation. As sulphur is the symbol for the active principle, mercury is the symbol of the passive principle.The symbol of Mercury is the cosmic womb being incubated by the cross of the four elements of creation. Rising up out of the Cosmic womb of the [[Creatrix Field]],  is a partial form whose features are not yet determined as the raw substances undergo purification under each [[Galactic Zodiac|Law of Alchemy to reach the final [[Magnum Opus]]. Each civilization had its own legends about [[Mercury (Alchemy)]], and it was used as everything from a medicine to a talisman. Mercury's chemical symbol, Hg, comes from the Greek "hydrargyrum" meaning liquid silver. Mercury is also known as "quicksilver," a reference to its mobility and used as the physical symbol to represent the [[Azoth]] or fire-water in ancient alchemy. Speed and mobility were characteristics of the Greek-Roman god, [[Mercury (Hermes)]], who served as a messenger of knowledge to all the other gods and shares his name with the planet nearest the sun.