
Originally Posted by
Florius Frammel
Ok, I see.
In chemistry, when performing a synthesis, there are always at least two substances involved as starting matters. In any case the resulting substance(s) show(s) different qualities than the starting ones.
Any acid/base reaction for example can be an interesting allegory for certain alchemical operations.
According to the theory, the acid for example gives its proton to the base and therefore can be seen as the male/father/agens and the base as the female/mother/patiens.
When acid and base (sun-father and moon-mother) are mixed in the right pondus (ratio), you can get a more or less boring liquid (water, neither acid nor alkali) and after a special treatment of this water (boiling) it drops an earth/salt.
Bookmarks