| 单词 | angelical stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasangelical stone angelical stone n. Alchemy (now historical) a substance supposed to enable communication with angels.Chiefly referring to a variety of the philosophers' stone described by Elias Ashmole (cf. quot. 1652). The stone mentioned in quot. 1586 was claimed by John Dee to have been brought to him by an angel. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > chemical digestion > philosophers' stone stone1390 minerala1393 ferment1471 egg of philosophersc1484 adropa1550 philosophical stone1581 angelical stone1586 philosophers' stone1590 philosophers' work1612 philosophic stone1647 water stone of the wise men1649 lapis1666 1586 J. Dee Jrnl. 14 Oct. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 445 I had set up Mensam fœderis, with the appurtenances, and had set the Angelical Stone in the frame of Gold. 1652 E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum Prolegomena sig. Bv Lastly, as touching the Angelicall Stone, it is so subtill..that it can neither be seene, felt, or weighed. 1844 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 41 322 He [sc. Elias Ashmole] laid down four varieties of the stone in question—to wit, the mineral stone—the vegetable stone—the magical stone—and the angelical stone. 2008 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 69 398 He [sc. Ashmole] described the Angelical stone as above the others; it possessed a divine power, one that allowed them to converse with angels. < as lemmas |
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