Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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A powerfully meaningful symbol, vitriol meant many things in alchemy.

Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
0:29 - Vitriol Symbolism in Alchemy
3:01 - Vitriol As a Substance in Alchemy
3:36 - Vitriol Today

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Further reading:
Vitriol: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitriol
Vitriol In the History of Chemistry - https://www.academia.edu/6235212/VITRIOL_IN_THE_HISTORY_OF_CHEMISTRY
The Secrets of Alchemy - sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-secrets-of-alchemy
Alchemy and Alchemists - jstor.org/stable/1256428
John Dee and the alchemists: Practising and promoting English alchemy in the Holy Roman Empire - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3778895

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