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Arcane Transmutations of Alchemical Lore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 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
Down
  • 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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