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for gold, using silver and a
burning glass, 181–2
for Mosaic Gold, 182–3
for a cure for epilepsy,
using human brains, 149–50
using elk brains, 150
for a homunculus, 150–1
for meditating on solutions, 36
for Ripley’s Blessed Liquor,
219–21 n.6
for the Stellated Regulus of
Antimony, 227–8 n.1
rectification, 145
red, 30, 60, 63, 66, 103, 146, 150,
178–9
corals, 24
light of the Philosopher’s
Stone, 184
see also Carmine;
cinnabar;
sulfur;
Vermilion
redemption, 75–76
Red Lion, 163
Rembrandt, 114–5, 138, 140, 156,
170, 187
res bina, 151–6
resins, 20–1, 70, 123
see also pine pitch
resurrection, 72, 125–30, 142, 184
reverberation, 57
revivification, 142
rhodochrosite, 32
rhodonite, 32
Rice, 39
Ripley, George, 128–30, 141, 144–5
rock art, 21
rocks, in the shape of bread and
fish, 24
rose, 178, 181
rosemary, 20
Rosicrucians, 29, 72, 156
Rouen cathedral, 106–7
rotting, see putrefactio
INDEX 239
rubedo, 63, 178
Rubens, Peter Paul, 70, 85
ruby, 56, 184
Ruland, Martin, 81–83, 85, 87
rust, 30
sacrophagus, 28
Said, Edward, 95
salamander, 83
sal ammoniac, 19, 31, 179
saliva, 82, 151
salpetra, 105
salt, 28, 33, 39, 49, 55–57, 104–107,
116, 150
as dry, 62
as materia prima, 81
corrosive, 151
Jesus as, 154
of urine, 33, 126
symbol of, 65
saltpeter, 23, 82, 105
symbols of, 65, 179
sand, 21, 23
symbol of, 65
sandarac, 123
sandbya bhasya, 54
sanguine humor, 61
sanitary napkins, 71
saponification, 139
sapphire, 56
Sassetta, 2–3, 11, 21, 120, 169
Saturn,
and melancholy, 76
as lead, 65, 76, 109, 185
as tin, 76
planet, 108
soul of, 56, 83
symbol of, 64
Schröder, Johann, 150
science, 30
sea foam, 28
seal and wax, 53
Seal of Solomon, 181
seasons, the four, 61