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Salt

The fixed, corporeal principle in alchemy. Represents the body, crystallization, and the stabilizing aspect of matter.

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Historical Origin

Added by Paracelsus to the sulfur-mercury dyad to form the tria prima, representing the material substrate of all things.

The body of the work, the fixed element that remains in the fire. Represents wisdom gained through suffering and purification.

The body, grounding, practical wisdom. Salt represents tears and suffering that crystallize into wisdom.