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Arcane Transmutations of Medieval Alchemy
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Corrosive green patina formed on copper, quaint alchemical pigment
  • 2. Extreme heat container where metals melt and spiritual metals unite
  • 3. Radiant halo representing spiritual illumination or transmuted gold’s luster
  • 4. Painful reduction by fire, foundational to purification in the Magnum Opus
  • 6. Traditional vessel of transformation where prima materia surrenders form
  • 8. Breaking down compound bodies into primal substances, symbolic decay
  • 13. Medieval spelling variation hinting at inherited mystical chemical art
  • 14. Art of cutting stones, a metaphor for refining substances in alembics
  • 18. Curved vessel designed to distill vapor in medieval laboratories
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  • 5. Ancient practice to divine humoral imbalances through bodily fluid
  • 7. Prepared remedy derived from natural substances for health and vitality
  • 9. Agent dissolving substances, essential for separating spirit from matter
  • 10. Enigmatic title held by seekers of the elusive stone
  • 11. Discredited fire principle once believed to escape burning bodies
  • 12. Incorporation of sulfur to confer transformative fiery properties
  • 15. ‘Strong water’ famed for etching metals, nitric acid's ancient guise
  • 16. Chemical devouring of metals, a step toward revealing true essence
  • 17. Early practitioner blending chemistry and mysticism before modern science
  • 19. Alcoholic extract imbued with medicinal or magical potency
  • 20. Fifth element believed to fill celestial spheres, key to quintessence

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