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Arcane Transmutations of Alchemical Lore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Decomposition heralding decay, a gateway to regeneration
- 2. Initial blackening phase where chaos abdicates for rebirth
- 3. Essence extracted to infuse base metals with miraculous properties
- 5. Adjective describing the stone that alchemists ceaselessly seek
- 6. The work or labor symbolizing the total alchemical process
- 10. Rejoining of separated elements into stable new formations
- 12. Whitening stage symbolizing purification and spiritual clarity
- 13. Sacred verse often encoding cryptic allegories of the alchemist’s journey
- 17. Fixed principle representing the body, earthy and substantial
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- 4. Process of imparting tangible substance to ethereal essence
- 7. Volatile spirit believed to unite opposites in the alchemist’s vessel
- 8. One of the tria prima, igniting masculine principle in matter
- 9. Mystic archetype whose stone promises gold’s grand transmutation
- 11. Transition from solid to vapor, transcending material bounds
- 14. Fifth essence, ethereal medium beyond earthly elements’ grasp
- 15. Poetic epithet for the darkness engulfing early alchemical work
- 16. Fierce acid called strong water, etching metals with biting force
- 18. Secret acid whose motto conceals 'Visit the interior of the earth'
- 19. Ash produced after burning, representing purified matter’s remnant
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