Mercury process

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Our Mercurius, the bridging water of life (Mercurius noster. Aqua viva pontica.)
Source: Cabala Mineralis

The mercury process is one of the three basic processes of the alchemical Tria Principia. Mercury is one of the seven planetary metals; the planet Mercury is assigned to it. The Mercurius of the alchemists stands for everything metallic, fusible, liquid; the common alchemical symbol for it is the lily. Mercurius is the volatile-liquid principle that mediates between the fiery sulphur and the form-giving salt process. The water element works in it and it is also called the bridging water of life (Latinaqua viva pontica) or mercurial water. The material representatives in which the Mercury process has come to rest externally are above all mercury, water and alcohol. On a purely physical level, the mercurial process corresponds to the metallic bond known from chemistry[1].

Literature

References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
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Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.

References

  1. V. Gutmann, E. Hengge: Allgemeine und anorganische Chemie, Verlag Chemie, Weinheim 1975, p. 3