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sulfur
virgin, 82
of the sun, 177
Viridian, 66, 118–9, 195
viriditas, 63
virtus, 46
vitriol, 19
green, 35, 65
blue, 35, 65, 116
iron, 33
Roman, 84
white, 35, 65
volatility, 53, 56, 85, 103, 123
symbols of, 122
vomit, 49, 168
vulture, 150
Waite, A.E., 81
Wallich, Dorothea Juliana, 160–1,
179
Warckadamison, Aklila, 108
water, 60–1, 70, 77, 82, 84, 122, 179
cephalic, 150
dry, 62
fire of, 29, 102
fixed or “permanent,” 181
H 20, 25
limy, 140
living, 62
mercurial, 161
mineral, 28
of life, 81
stone-forming, 27
see also aqua;
elements, Greek;
ice, snow,
wax, 21, 25–6, 123, 132, 139–40
and seal, 53
Welling, Georg von, 73, 81, 154
Weston, Edward, 99
wetness, 102
wheel fire, see fire
whey, 57
Whistler, 176
white, 30, 60, 63, 83, 158, 178–9
see also flying white, Lead
White
Whitehead, Frances, 70
wife, 54
Williams, William Carlos, 19
winds, the four, 61
wine, 127
Woad, 66
womb, 138, 144, 151, 161
wood, 83
composed of all elements, 59,
110–11
kidney, 185
see also ashes;
bark;
charcoal;
gases
work, see Great Work
X-Rays, 173
yellow, 53, 57, 60, 63, 66, 87, 89,
178–9
see also Cadmium Yellow;
Naples Yellow;
Ochre;
Orpiment
Yellow Ochre, see Ochre
zinc, 31
carbonate, 32
color of flame, 66
oxide, 32
sulfate, 35
Zinnober, see Vermilion
zodiac, 145, 178
Zosimos of Panopolis, 87–89
zucca, 150
INDEX 243