Magnum opus

You may recognize magnum (meaning 'great') as a Latin word that shows up in altered forms in several English words, and perhaps you can also come up with a few words that are related to opus ('work').

Citrinitas, also referred to as xanthosis, is a term given by alchemists to “yellowness.” It is one of the four major stages of the alchemical magnum opus, and literally referred to …

"The Anthropos, with the Four Elements" by Gregorius Anglus Sallwigt in "Opus Mago-cabalisticum", Frankfurt (1719).

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The Consummation of the Magnum Opus. The artwork was done by famed occult artist, John Augustus Knapp, who illustrated Occult and Mystical Ideas to Manly P. Hall.

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Magnum Opus

Hieros Gamos ~ (sacred marriage of the god and goddess). The uniting of such twin flames is very powerful because of the multiple levels of connections between the two. It results in a telepathic and eminent feeling of energies of each other, that are felt even when apart. It becomes the “magnum opus” (the work) and if there is enough understanding from both parties and they successfully unite in this lifetime it becomes a higher mission that they will accomplish together.In ancient times…

The Magus is one of the primary sources for the study of ceremonial magic, and for a long time was one of the rarest and most sought after of the 19th century grimoires. Barretts' magnum opus embodies deep knowledge of Alchemy, Astrology, and the Kabbalah, and has been cited by the Golden Dawn and other occult and esoteric movements as source material. Great illustrations, too.

In alchemy, Albedo is one of the 4 major stages of the magnum opus; along with nigredo, citrinitas and rubedo. It is a Latin term meaning "whiteness." Following the chaos or massa confusa of the nigredo stage, the alchemist undertakes a Purification in Abedo, which is literally referred to as ablutio – the washing away of impurities. In this process, subject is divided into two opposing principles to be later coagulated to form a unity of opposites or coincidentia oppositorum during Rubedo.

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In alchemy, prima materia, materia prima or first matter, is the ubiquitous starting material required for the alchemical magnum opus and the creation of the philosopher's stone. It is the primitive formless base of all matter similar to chaos, the quintessence, or aether.

Magnum Opus

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