Azoth

Azoth was considered to be a 'universal medicine' or 'universal solvent' sought in alchemy. Alchemy a part of the Occult Tradition is both a philosophy and a practice with an ultimately unknown aim involving the improvement of the alchemist as well as the making of Its symbol was the Caduceus and so the term, which being originally a term for an occult formula sought by alchemists much like the philosopher's stone, became a poetic word for the element Mercury. The caduceus (/kəˈdjuːsiəs/ -ʃəs -ˈduː- κηρύκειον in Greek) or wand of Hermes is typically depicted as a short herald's staff The philosopher's stone (lapis philosophorum Greek: Chrysopoeia) is a Legendary substance supposedly capable of turning inexpensive Metals Mercury (ˈmɜrkjʊri also called quicksilver or hydrargyrum, is a Chemical element with the symbol Hg ( Latinized hydrargyrum

The term was considered by occultist Aleister Crowley to represent a unity of beginning and ending by tying together the first and last letters of the alphabets of antiquity; A/Alpha/Alef (first character of Roman, Greek & Hebrew), Z (final character in Latin), O as Omega (final character in Greek) and Th as Tau (final character in Hebrew). Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (ˈkroʊli (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947 was a British Occultist Writer, mountaineer In this way permeation and totality of beginning and end was symbolised to consider the supreme wholeness and thus the universal synthesis of opposites as a 'cancellation' (i. e. solvent) or cohesion (i. e. medicine), and in such a way is similar to the philosophical "absolute" of Hegel's dialectic. Absolute may mean Philosophy Absolute (philosophy, a concept in philosophy Moral absolutes, the belief that there are absolute In classical Philosophy, dialectic (διαλεκτική is controversy the exchange of arguments and counter-arguments respectively advocating Propositions Crowley further made reference in his works referring to Azoth as "the fluid. "

An interesting fact is that in some languages, especially Slavic, but some others as well (e. g. Italian) azoth is the name for nitrogen, but the etymology is different (in Italian it's "azoto" which comes from Greek "no life"). Nitrogen (ˈnaɪtɹəʤɪn is a Chemical element that has the symbol N and Atomic number 7 and Atomic weight 14

In popular culture

• Azuth, the lesser deity of spellcasters in the Forgotten Realms D&D campaign setting, is presumably named after Azoth. Azuth is a fictional Deity in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of D&D. See also List of deities A deity is a Postulated Preternatural or Supernatural Being, who is always A spellcaster in role-playing games refers to a creature capable of casting magic spells The Forgotten Realms is a Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D Fantasy Role-playing game, created by Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by A campaign setting is usually a Fictional world which serves as a setting for a Role-playing game or Wargame campaign
• Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny features two "Azoths", powerful magical items in the shape of swords (as well as other references to alchemy). Atelier Iris 2 The Azoth of Destiny, released in Japan as is a Console role-playing game developed by Japanese developer Gust for the PlayStation
• A spell used by the Nu Mou Ezel Berbier in the game Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced
• Azoth sword makes an appearance in Fate/Stay Night. is a Japanese Eroge Visual novel game created by Type-Moon, which was originally released on January 30 2004 for the PC.
• Azoth is the divine fire powering the created in Promethean:_The_Created
• Gene Wolfe's series of novels the Book of the Long Sun contains rare, valuable laser weapons known as Azoths. Promethean The Created is a Role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the new World of Darkness. The Book of the Long Sun is a tetralogy by Gene Wolfe, comprising Nightside the Long Sun, Lake of the Long Sun, Calde of the Long Sun
• One of the seven sub-groups of the band Secret Chiefs 3 is named "The Electromagnetic Azoth". This article is about a band called Secret Chiefs 3; for the use of the term in occultism see Secret Chiefs.
• A dagger in Ragnarok Online which has a low chance of transforming all monsters, aside from Boss monsters, with each attack. Ragnarok Online (라그나로크 온라인 often referred to as RO, is a Massively multiplayer online role-playing game or MMORPG created by Only the alchemist class can wield it.
• Haunting Ground

References

• Crowley, Aleister. Haunting Ground known in Japan as Demento (デメント is a Survival horror Video game developed by Capcom Production Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (ˈkroʊli (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947 was a British Occultist Writer, mountaineer 777 And Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley. York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, 1977. ISBN 0-87728-670-1.  

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