It’s a great fear widespreading within your entire being, while you wait in the “Chamber of reflection” the call from the Temple, and the chamber of reflection is outside the Masonic Temple/Lodge, but the waiting lasts too long, felt like externally, and your dear friend, who invited you to become one, is passing from time to time, saying,”It’s not to late, you still can vanish and no one will say a word, it’s normal…”. In both Freemasonry and Alchemy, the motto refers to a process of internal, spiritual purification.Īn alchemical illustration of the nature of vitriol In Freemasonry, the motto is a common component of the symbolic “Chamber of reflection,” where a Mason contemplates and reflects on the nature of death. The alchemical motto for vitriol is “ Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem,” “Visit the interior of the earth and rectifying (purifying) you will find the hidden stone.” The motto originated in L’Azoth des Philosophes by the 15th Century alchemist Basilius Valentinus. One unique peoperty of sulfuric acid is the dissolution of metals- all except for gold, on which it has no effect. Sulfuric acid, or oil of vitriol, was used in the synthesis of the lapis philosophorum- the Philosopher’s Stone. Vitriol is symbolized alchemically as the “green lion,” a poisonous substance that appears when metal is degraded by acid. The name comes from the Latin for “glassy,” after the resemblance of iron sulfate to shards of green glass.
In chemistry, vitriol is iron or copper sulfate salts and their derivative, sulfuric acid.
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