Metal

Quicksilver

Mercury in its metallic sense, kept distinct from the AstrologicalPlanet named Mercury.

3 correspondences · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located

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The oldest attribution here is Metal of Mercury, first attested 1249 CE.

Metal of

  • Mercury

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Latin alchemical planetary metals (attested after 1248 through 1533)
    Earliest verified attestation
    1249 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    None located
    Evidence
    The source states it

    The complete seven-metal series is explicit in Albertus Magnus. The Agrippa citation is included only where the checked chapter explicitly names the same material; this edge does not claim exclusivity across all authors.

    Evidence

    1. Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus, After 1248; probably completed 1261–1262 — Book III, tractate I, chapter 6, pp. 168–169

      Esoteric primary · repeats · Book of Minerals, Dorothy Wyckoff translation (in copyright: locator only)

      Albert gives all seven planet–metal names in one passage and attributes the opinion to earlier Hermetic and alchemical writers.

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    2. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, chapter 29

      Esoteric primary · repeats · English translation, J.F., London 1651

      Agrippa explicitly includes Quicksilver among the materials placed under Mercury.

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  • Mercury

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
    Earliest verified attestation
    1509 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated
    Evidence
    The source states it

    Evidence

    1. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book I, ch. XXIX

      Esoteric primary · systematises · London: Gregory Moule, 1651

      Amongst Metals, , Quick-silver, Tin, the Slver Marcasite;

      What things are under the power of Mercury , and are called Mercuriall.

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Seal metal of

  • President

    Canonical
    Who says so
    The Goetia's Classified List (compiled mid-17th century; this edition 1904)
    Earliest verified attestation
    1600 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated
    Evidence
    The source states it

    The metal this rank's seal is to be made in, stated in the appendix.

    Evidence

    1. Solomon, Lemegeton, Compiled mid-17th century from older material — Classified List of the 72 Chief Spirits

      Esoteric primary · originates · The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King

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