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Chrysopoeia

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Ouroboros illustration from theChrysopoeia of Cleopatra

In alchemy, the term chrysopoeia means transmutation into gold (from the Greek khrusn, gold,
and poiin, to make), although it is also symbolically used to indicate the philosopher's stone as
the completion of the Great Work.

The word was used in the title of an alchemical textbook, the Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra, which was
probably written in the late hellenisticperiod, although it gained wider fame only in the middle
ages. The book is mainly centred on the idea of "one the all" (en to pan), a concept that is related
to ouroboros and to hermetic wisdom. Stephen of Alexandria wrote a De
Chrysopoeia.[1] Chrysopoeia is also a 1515 poem by Giovanni Augurello.

So delicate was the transmutation of metals it was said one could not hope to succeed except
under the alignments of certain planets. Often alchemists would have knowledge of astronomy
and other forms of sorcery. [2]

See also[edit]

noetic

\ noh-ET-ik \ , adjective;
1.

of or pertaining to the mind.

2.

originating in or apprehended by the reason.

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Quotes:

"William," croaked Peggy, "this is dumb! It's thegaudiest thing since the carnival came to town. It's
silly. And unnecessarily noetic , and" shehiccoughed; I gave her a hefty whack on her back
"wonderful!"

-- Charles R. Johnson, Oxherding Tale , 1982

Tory and I were "Noeties"


noetic counselors andcounseling supervisors with the Institute of NoeticTechnology.

-- John Dalmas, The Reality Matrix , 1986

Origin:

From the Greek notiks meaning "intelligent," noetic has been used by English speakers since th
e mid-1600s.

aubade

\ oh-BAD, oh-BAHD \ , noun;

1.

Music . a piece sung or played outdoors at dawn, usually as a compliment to someone.

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Quotes:
He was usually still awake when the birds began towarble their aubade .

-- Christopher Buckley, "What was Robert Benchley?"National Review , 1997

He often came to listen to her evening vespers, therequiem that Liringlas sang for the sun as it san
kbelow the edge of the world, welcoming it again in themorning with the dawn aubade , the love s
ong to themorning sky.

-- Elizabeth Haydon, Requiem for the Sun , 2003

Origin:

Aubade comes from the French term aube , meaningdawn and the noun suffix -
ade : aube ultimatelyderives from Latin albus , white, pale, as in alba lux ,the pale light of dawn.

serotinal

\ si-ROT-n-l, ser-uh-TAHYN-l \ , adjective;

1.

pertaining to or occurring in late summer.

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Quotes:

The night condenses into me, allays the bonds of myserotinal blight. Count Dracula and I share in thi
sflight: we seek moist shadows underneath the quays,in marrow-darkness bid our bodies twist.

-- Philip K. Jason, Near the Fire , 1983

Botanists use the word serotinous to describe late-blossoming, and serotinal refers to the late-
summerseason of the year, especially used in descriptions oflife-
histories of freshwater organisms (Allaby 1985).

-- Robert J. Whelan, The Ecology of Fire , 1995

In these population dynamic trends obviousdifferences exist between the aestival and serotinal aspe
cts.
-- Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca , 1986

Origin:

Serotinal entered English in the early twentieth century. It is derived from the Latin word srtinus
meaning "late of time."

thaumaturgy: the performing of miracles or magic.

Asyndeton/ Asyndetos non bound together

chthonic: dwelling in or under the earth; also, pertaining to the underworld.

aestival: of or belonging to the summer.

sublunary: situated beneath the moon; terrestrial.

antediluvian: extremely old.

Diluvium : flood

leveret: a young hare.

xyst

\ zist \ , noun;

1.

(in an ancient Roman villa) a garden walk planted with trees.

2.

(in ancient Greek and Roman architecture) a covered portico, as a promenade.

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Quotes:
The ordinary length of a xyst was a stadium, and, as this bridge was at the southern end of the Xyst,
the first wall which passed along the northern end of it must have been about 600 feet to the north
of the bridge

-- Archaeologia: Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity: Volume 44 , 1873

Paganism never troubled itself to be angry with mere philosophers who aired their elegant doubts in
the shady xystus .

-- F.W. Farrar, "The Victories of Christianity," The Witness of History to Christ , 1870

Origin:

Xyst comes from the Greek xysts meaning "a covered colonnade," a space that was used for
athletic exercises in ancient Greece. It entered English in the mid-1600s.

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