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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.
2.
Definition of noetic| See synonyms| Comment on today's word| Suggest tomorrow's word
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!"
Origin:
From the Greek notiks meaning "intelligent," noetic has been used by English speakers since th
e mid-1600s.
aubade
1.
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Quotes:
He was usually still awake when the birds began towarble their aubade .
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.
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
1.
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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.
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).
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."
Diluvium : flood
xyst
\ zist \ , noun;
1.
2.
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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
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.