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Distillation | The Sixth Phase of Alchemy
After the visionary turmoil and excitement of fermentation comes the sixth phase of alchemy, known as Distillation. In this process, the inspired material left over from the fifth phase of alchemy is refined through a process of repeated separation and recombination. In laboratory alchemy, this often takes place through a process known as rectification. This…
Rubedo: the Red Phase of Alchemy
After the whitening of the albedo comes the last phase of the Great Work: the red phase, or reddening. The white phase consisted of an intense process of purification, in which all the rotting decayed matter that had died during the nigredo was thoroughly cleansed of impurities. What was left was then considered clean but…