Clinical lycanthropy: an exceedingly rare psychiatric syndrome where an individual believes they possesses the ability to transform into a wolf, or can be used as an applicable term for zoanthropy in general.

the show references real world serial killers who were assumed to have clinical lycanthropy, or serial killers with epithets referencing werewolves:

“It was originally designed for a schizophrenic werewolf, who went on a fullmoon killing spree in the summer of ’92.”

what makes that specific date interesting is the fact that there were two prominent cases of werewolf-related serial killers throughout the 90s; such an occurrence is otherwise rare, let alone two cases in a single decade.

the first killer wasn’t documented to show signs of clinical lycanthropy, but he was nicknamed the “Werewolf of Angarsk” due to the brutality of his killings. His real name is Mikhail Popkov, and he is suspected of killing roughly 90 women and girls in Siberia, taking place from 1992 to 2011.

An American based serial killer named Jack Owen Spillman III was convicted of brutally killing 3 victims, with his crimes spanning from 1994 to 1995. once arrested, he admitted to a cellmate that he would stalk his victims, imagining himself as a werewolf while pursuing and murdering them.

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diagnoses associated with clinical lycanthropy are: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychotic depression, and other psychotic disorders. Some cases of clinical lycanthropy were related to neurological conditions. Clinical lycanthropy may be considered as a cenesthopathy. There is clinical overlap with other delusional misidentification syndromes, like experiencing the delusion that others around you possess physical aberrations. this is correlated to facial recognition impairments.

it has also been hypothesized that the full moon can affect sleep patterns and the circadian rhythm, which was used to show rapid-cycle bipolar disorder being associated with the full moon, and patients with paranoid schizophrenia being admitted during that phase. This lends credence to the idea that clinical lycanthropy is a culture-bound syndrome.

the indicators of clinical lycanthropy may be relevant in which it may inspire severe psychiatric and neurological symptoms in Enid’s psyche. Environmental factors of clinical lycanthropy are probable, as traumatic experiences may have a relationship with the contents of the disorder. In this case, her state of fixed lycanthropy while surviving out in the woods would be the catalysts of said neuropsychiatric symptoms.

Wednesday and Lilith parallels

So the Lord caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. - Genesis 2:21-22

Eve was the first woman and wife of Adam in the bible and was a product of his rib. in the Alphabet of Ben Sira, she was the second woman and wife of Adam after Lilith, who was made from the dust of the earth alongside him.

unlike Lilith, Eve is a representation of traditional femininity and familial rules, and is subservient to Adam. Enid is similarly born of an implicitly conservative family/culture with strict expectations.
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Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”

The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” - Genesis 3:1-4

the serpent represents trickery and disobedience to God. Eve desired God’s knowledge of good and evil.
With Enid’s act of rebellion, she turned down her mother’s insistent pestering regarding her lycanthropy.

now let’s delve a little more into who or what this serpent really is. while traditional biblical texts depict it as a malicious entity leading Adam and Eve astray, religious texts and literature provide different interpretations of the serpent’s intentions and identity. in texts of Christian Gnosticism like the Secret Book of John frames the serpent as a non-malicious entity aiming to enlighten Eve and liberate her from the malicious lesser god Yaldabaoth, allowing her to gain divine awareness. this serpent is also interpreted to literally be Lilith. Lilith is often depicted with serpentine features, with such depictions deliberately keeping the serpent in mind. this interaction highlights the different archetypes of femininity: the traditional nurturer, and the rebellious seductress. This has inspired modern portrayals of Lilith being a source of enlightenment to Eve, rather than a jealous and vengeful entity.
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To the woman he said,
“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. - Genesis 3:16

the divine judgement that Eve faced was the intensification of a natural bodily process that was expected of her.

Enid suffers a biological disruption in her lycanthropy, and she falls victim to the full moon under the prospect of Wednesday’s death, leading to the permanent alteration of her physical form.

Enid and Eve parallels

the interpretation of Lilith as Adam’s first wife comes from the Alphabet of Ben Sira, predating that came the biblical passage where Lilith’s name was derived from. a translation reads:

"Desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and wild goats will bleat to each other; there the night creatures(lilit) will also lie down and find for themselves places of rest." - Isaiah 34:10

lilit has been translated to night creatures or night monsters, and also notably a monster with avian features, such as a screech owl.
Wednesday’s werewolf form embodying a night creature is pretty straightforward; she is a dark-furred beast that is the product of the night.
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They [Adam and Lilith] promptly began to argue with each other: She said, “I will not lie below,” and he said, “I will not lie below, but above, since you are fit for being below and I for being above.” She said to him, “The two of us are equal, since we are both from the earth.” And they would not listen to each other. Since Lilith saw [how it was], she uttered God's ineffable name and flew away into the air. Adam stood in prayer before his Maker and said, “Master of the Universe, the woman you gave me fled from me!”

Wednesday shares Lilith’s refusal to submit to the patriarchy. she instead insists that she and adam are equals, being that they were both forged from the dust of the earth. she chose to flee the garden of Eden instead of submitting to Adam, which Adam subsequently had a tantrum.

Wednesday habitually criticizes misogynistic behavior and has been looked down upon for her gender, e.g. the captain of the phoenix cadets. her behavior would easily be considered a valid reason to rule her a witch and have her burned to the stake during the witch trials, something that was directly epitomized by goody.
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Lilith is depicted as a self-absorbed character, both visually and through dogmas founded on her decision to sacrifice dozens of her children everyday as opposed to submitting to Adam. Wednesday is self-sufficient and criticized of her hubristic nature.

king Belshazzar, also referred to as Balthazar, was featured in the book of Daniel, though technically a co-regent ruler, being the sun of Nabonidus.

a Balthazar, as pictured in the cast reveal, is also a wine bottle that can hold 12 liters, and is named after King Belshazzar himself.

he threw a banquet for dozens of noble guests, drinking wine from vessels of gold and silver, and worshipping statues of “false gods” made of bronze, gold, silver, and other materials.

a disembodied hand came and wrote the words of a divine prophecy on the wall. “MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN” (numbered, numbered, weighed, and divided)

the Persians invaded that very night, he was slain, and the Babylonian empire fell as prophesied.

I think that Balthazar will be a family member of extremely high status, influence, and wealth, and the huge wine bottle in the cast reveal attests to that. and i think that Thing will be the disembodied hand in question.

the painting depicted is by Yuri Klapouh (fittingly)

Lilith, Adam’s first wife in the Alphabet of Ben Sira, was originally born from the earth alongside Adam. Adam demanded her to be subservient, prompting her to flee the garden of eden.

her name is derived from lilītu, a malicious female spirit with avian features.

this painting really reminds me of wenclair, you have enid, trying her hardest to conform with tradition, yet she is inexplicably drawn to Wednesday. wednesday embodies lilith with her refusal to embrace conservatism.

(had to put the flower there so it wouldn’t get censored by reddit)

the Divine Comedy’s first part, inferno(hell), features an opening scene, where Dante is confronted by three beasts that are the embodiments of mortal sins. wednesday has a triad of her own beasts that she confronts.

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the she-wolf (Lupa):

the she-wolf’s presence is enough to crush Dante’s spirit and send him fleeing back into the woods. enid embodies the she-wolf by reflecting Wednesday’s tendency to use and discard people for her own benefit. her transformation was triggered by her recklessness and incontinence. the heavy feeling that Dante describes to be emitted from her presence is reminiscent of wednesday’s restless drive for reverting the prophecy that promised Enid’s death.

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the leopard (Lonza):

the leopard’s beautiful pelt deceives its true predatory nature. Isaac represents her deceitful and manipulative tactics to gain the upper-hand in certain situations. he masks his potential and identity, appearing harmless and incapable. Wednesday can resort to manipulating the needs and feelings of those around her.
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the lion (Leone):

the lion embodies pride and violence. the dynamic between wednesday and tyler progresses into a bitter rivalry through bloodshed and violence. Wednesday will often neglect the safety of those around her to satiate her desire for conquest. she will overestimate her own capabilities, putting herself and others in danger as a result.

DISCLAIMER: these slides will show images of mummified bodies. they shouldn’t be anything too crazy, but I don’t wanna catch anyone off guard.
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it makes perfect sense for a creature of terminal illness to look cadaverous. necrophobia is innate to all of us, and Hydes can clear a room of outcasts with their mere presence.

a noticeable feature of theirs is the tone of their skin, ranging from light ashy grays to muted blues. Decomposition gradually changes the external appearance. without the flow of blood, paleness emerges and colors the entire body, something particularly pronounced in francoise, and season 1 Tyler. during mummification, the skin can become noticeably darker as the soft tissue dehydrates. The dehydration of the tissue can create a dry, leathery, sagging texture of the skin.
Adipocere, or corpse wax, is an ashy substance that can naturally coat the corpse in moist environments, a color that perfectly fits the ashy skin of a Hyde.
tyler’s hyde has an underbelly with a faint red tint, reminiscent of Livor mortis, (latin for bluish color of death, which is fitting). Livor mortis occurs when gravity pulls the blood downwards due to the lack of circulation throughout the body. This creates purple-red discoloration.
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the body undergoes a process to skeletonize, which will be achieved with the absence of soft tissues. during mummification, the skeletal figure is noticeably pronounced due to the minimization and dehydration of soft tissues, clinging to the skeleton’s frame. Francoise in particular has a frail, skeletal frame, while Tyler has exaggerated slimness in certain parts of his anatomy.

Tyler also has a large, pronounced abdomen, mimicking the bloating stage of decomposition, where the abdomen in particular is prone to bloating due to the rapid reproduction of bacteria in the corpse. similarly to what was discussed the abdomen will be discolored. The neck will also swell from the gases released by bacteria, represented in Tyler’s anatomy.
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Hydes have a sunken in face with defined features, mimicking the hollow appearance of a decomposing body, the deterioration of tissues making the skull more pronounced. they can also be observed with their jaw almost always slacked and open. the relaxation of the muscles cause corpses to naturally slack their jaw, and they will maintain this feature throughout the process of deterioration. this is also reminiscent of the screaming mummies that are preserved in moments of distress, a nod to the trauma that causes a Hyde to transform.
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when a corpse experiences pressure buildup behind the eyes, it can cause their eyes to bulge out.
Hydes have pupils that don’t react to light at all. when you die, your pupils immediately stop reacting to light, no longer dilating or constricting upon the presence, or lack of a light source. with their abnormally large eyes, they should possess the ability to constrict and dilate immensely to regulate the amount of light that they’ll take in. animals like the tarsier (the animal represented in the images) possess this ability, using their large eyes for exceptional night vision. the pupils of a remain persistent in size regardless of their environment.

- “Before then, no Shielding elder would believe there was any power or person on earth capable of wrecking their horn-rigged hall unless the burning embrace of a fire engulf it in flame.”

superhuman strength, an affinity for wrestling grotesque creatures, the likeness of Beowulf in the form of a kaleidoscopical teenage girl.

Alembic: an apparatus featuring a tube bridging two vessels, used for the distillation and purification of substances.

Phlogiston: an element proposed by the phlogiston theory, it was an 18th-century theory suggesting that all flammable bodies contain phlogiston, and release it when burned.

White arsenic (Arsenicum album): a crystalline substance created through a rersublimation, it is renowned for its ability to “kill” metals.

chemical marriage is an alchemical term that describes the union of two opposites: such as Gold(Sun) and Silver(Moon), or Sulfur(the Red King) and Mercury(the White Queen).

the union of these two forces will harmonize the divergent masculine and feminine energies into an androgynous culmination. throughout this process, they will invent the Philosopher’s Stone, achieving absolute perfection and imperishability.

alchemical symbols in Goody’s Codex Umbrarüm, decoded and interpreted
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Enid as the Sun(Gold):

projective: she manifests her werewolf form into the physical world in situations of dire need or extreme emotional pressure, a willing manifestation of those needs and feelings.

consciousness: she is direct and honest about her feelings, needs, and fears.

active: faces development, actively metamorphoses.

Wednesday as the Moon(Silver)

receptive: her visions are sudden, intense, and susceptible to her repressed emotions, as opposed to being driven by logic and conscious thinking.

subconsciousness: acts on impulse, doesn’t communicate or acknowledge her feelings

passive: her behavior remains consistent, makes no strides towards development: “I don’t evolve, I cocoon.”
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the 7-step alchemical process derived from principles of the Emerald Tablet, azoth of the Philosophers, and transcribed into modern spiritual and psychological alchemy to define their transformation.

Calcination: (to burn egos into ash) wednesday and enid are thrusted into each other’s lives, forcing them to inharmoniously confront each other’s shortcomings.

Dissolution: (dissolve the ashes into water) the sudden invasion of solitude is hectic, the defensiveness unfurls into raw bitterness, leading to unwanted vulnerability.

Separation: (separate the dissolved substances) the bodyswap forced the two to acknowledge the good and the bad, as well as the love and devotion that endures despite the conflicts.

Conjunction: (mixing the substances) they express the truth about their relationship, their characters, and the complimentary nature of their polarity.

Putrefaction/Fermentation: (decaying of the old substances, leaving behind the new) “the two of them fully embrace the reality of their connection, and vowing fidelity.

Distillation: (removal of all impurities) their unification sanctifies their impure characteristics, allowing them to recognize the people who truly matter to them, and substantiating their bond through the ultimate form of sacrifice.

Coagulation: (the final stage of the transformation, enlightenment is achieved) a form of resolution is acquired. petty rivalry is ceased, tension loosens, and this will be finalized when Wednesday finds her.

this applies to a broader narrative across the two seasons, but the two deconstruct individual purities through micro-communions. moments of coagulation(a complete process) are marked by moments such as:
the hug: the disarmament of previously established boundaries or standards, such as wednesday’s indifference towards friendships/close non-familial relationships, and enid wolfing out for the first time to save her.
the bodyswap confessions: the two accept their individual strengths, and their synergy.

these transformative processes can be repeated multiple times to reach higher levels of purification/enlightenment.
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gold and silver, and the sun and the moon need each other to achieve balance.

Enid’s Moon:

enid’s relationship with the moon is not only directly demonstrated, but the moon is continuously linked to her perception of, and connection with wednesday:

blood moons often represent death and imperilment, and Wednesday is actively bleeding, injured, and in danger, dying mere moments ago in a blood sacrifice ritual before her revival. enid traverses the forest to find wednesday despite the possibility of encountering laurel gates and her subservient hyde. wednesday’s endangerment prompted her to transform, and show a remarkable display of courage that contradicts her behavior following up to this event.

“If only there was a full moon, we’d be out of here in no time.” -rescued by wednesday soon after.

at the end of 2x5, her frustration with wednesday boiled over and caused her to transform involuntarily despite the lack of a full moon present.

wednesday lead to enid’s transformation under the full moon, while the full moon is the literal catalyst of her fixed lycanthropy.

Wednesday’s Sun:

enid is the physical embodiment of the sun for wednesday. the Sun represents truth and clarity, qualities that enid demonstrates to her unconditionally, something that wednesday can ONLY find exclusively in her, something that makes their relationship unique.

for those unfamiliar with alchemy, alchemical symbols are exceptionally difficult to interpret
when mainstream/popularized symbols aren’t used. so not EVERY symbol will be completely decoded, because there are thousands of alchemical texts, but we can assume that they scraped some for convenience, mashed some together, or just made them up, presumably with some form of improvisation. some vague symbols are still fairly recognizable.

a lot of texts that were used for this came from various latin texts, some german texts, and others. with vague symbols, the best you can do is make inferences with what’s available. if you think that there’s already an existing symbol for a correspondence that’s been misconstrued, it could also just be one of the millions of other symbols representing it.
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(FIRST PAGE):

1.Earth: represents the physical human body. greek philosopher Plato attributed “dry and cold” to it.
2.Caput mortuum(dead head): Caput mortuum is latin for dead head. it describes leftover substances that are deemed worthless.

1.Uranus OR Powder of projection: I don’t think the time of which these planetary symbols emerged/were popularized was taken into consideration, but it’s very clearly reminiscent of Uranus. Uranus represents awakening and individualism.
2.Putrefaction: akin to the modern Neptune symbol, which is, again, ridiculous. would say that curve on the right prong favors putrefaction. the two could be used interchangeably based on whether you want to use it in favor of historical consistency, or the pattern of planetary symbols, but we’ll go with historical consistency out of spite: putrefaction refers to natural decomposition and rotting, kept in temperate heat.
3.Lead(Saturn): a dark, dense material. alchemists considered it prima materia (starting point of matter), to be cured and transformed into gold.
4.Pluto OR Cerussa(white lead): regardless, a slightly stylized version. Pluto itself was discovered in 1930. Pluto represents transformation, death, and rebirth. cerussa is unlikely since lead is already present in the sequence, but still a somewhat similar symbol.
5.Gold(Sun): The desired product of alchemy, gold corresponds with the Sun, representing purity and perfection.
6.Apparatus/vessel OR Ingwaz?: refers to tools used to distill, heat, and grind substances. it’s also worth noting, despite its displacement, that it looks exactly like the Ingwaz rune, of the Elder Futhark, symbolizing ferility, growth, and potency.
7.Quicksilver(Mercury): a component of the Tria Prima, functioning as the Spirit.
8.?: looks exactly like zinc oxide if it was flipped, not entirely sure about the placement in general. zinc oxide was also known as the philosopher’s wool due to its wool-like appearance. valued for its pure-white color.

1.distilled/rectified Lixivium?: lixivium is water saturated with alkaline salts. purification creates distilled lixivium, rectifying it means repeatedly distilling it to create higher quantities of purity.
2.Burnt/calcined sulfur: specifically refers to the raw, unpurified, and destructive state of sulfur.
3.?: completely clueless on the specific substance/vessel this is supposed to be. my best guesses are: heated limestone/chaux, cornu cerui(deer antler), calcination (deer antler, stag horn, plant.), sideways sublimare, tartar. strikethrough likely indicates distillation or calcination.
4.?: also unsure of this. guessing that this is a sort of vessel handling tartar or salt.
5.Saffron of Mars, common salt?: using salt(tria prima) to break down raw iron
(volatilized)
6. Prepared copper, zinc oxide, and common salt?: volatile, fixed.

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1.Autumn?: Autumn is associated with the fourth and final stage of alchemy: harvesting completion. also connected with Rubredo(Red). Newton claimed that his works reached completion in autumn.
2.Calcined alum: a meticulous deduction of the crystal. transforming the “earthiness” to a state of Albedo(the whitening phase)
3.Ink(Atramentum): its black color symbolized Nigredo(black), used for writing.

1.?
2.?
3.Aqua vitae?: water of life, distilled alcohol. possibly distilled twice? the symbol is noticeably distorted.

1.Horse dung: manure used to maintain a steady heat for long-term projects.
2.Sal gemmae, mensis (rock salt, Moon’s cycle): the salt is the body in the tria prima, “rock salt” extracted from the earth. alchemists believed that scheduling was important to the upbringing of your product, hence the lunar cycle.

1.Oil of tartar: formed on the inside of wine barrels, underwent calcination, thick and syrupy, used to neutralize and dissolve.
2.Chaux/lime of metal: a metal completely broken down into crumbly powder. alchemists sought to “kill” the metals by reducing the metallic qualities.
3.Decoction, Tin, Granum: the process of turning tin into small, grainy pellets to transmute faster, then providing a steady source of heat over a long period of time
4.Iron(Mars)?: an “imperfect” metal, tied to aggression and masculinity. Iron was deemed easy to “kill.”
5.Sublimed arsenic: arsenic ores are heated and vaporized, transforming them into white, crystalized crusts(sublimed arsenic)

1.Antimonium: known as the “grey wolf” in the middle ages. “eats” and purifies other metals.
2.Pulverize, realgar(ruby sulfur), pisces, feathered alum?: pulverize the substances, align the procedure with the Pisces constellation.
3.?: too blurry.
4.Siehe bei(see under, look under, refer to): it’s the corresponding symbol, but I’m not entirely sure what it’s supposed to mean in this context, and I have little to refer to. could refer to vision(s)
5.Amalgam, aqua fortis: liquid mercury consumes gold, creating amalgam. Aqua fortis consumes solid base metals, leaving behind gold.

1.Burnt/calcined sulfur: specifically refers to the raw, unpurified, and destructive state of sulfur.
2.Partial Gold(Sun): incomplete chrysopoeia, separation of silver and gold

1.Glass(Vitrum): glass was used for vessels, allowing alchemists to observe through a barrier without exposing themselves to deadly fumes.
2.Gold(Sun): The desired product of alchemy, gold corresponds with the Sun, representing purity and perfection.

for those unfamiliar with alchemy, alchemical symbols are exceptionally difficult to interpret
when mainstream/popularized symbols aren’t used. so not EVERY symbol will be completely decoded, because there are thousands of alchemical texts, but we can assume that they scraped some for convenience, mashed some together, or just made them up, presumably with some form of improvisation. some vague symbols are still fairly recognizable.

a lot of texts that were used for this came from various latin texts, some german texts, and others. with vague symbols, the best you can do is make inferences with what’s available. if you think that there’s already an existing symbol for a correspondence that’s been misconstrued, it could also just be one of the millions of other symbols representing it.
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(FIRST PAGE):

1.Earth: represents the physical human body. greek philosopher Plato attributed “dry and cold” to it.
2.Caput mortuum(dead head): Caput mortuum is latin for dead head. it describes leftover substances that are deemed worthless.

1.Uranus OR Powder of projection: I don’t think the time of which these planetary symbols emerged/were popularized was taken into consideration, but it’s very clearly reminiscent of Uranus. Uranus represents awakening and individualism.
2.Putrefaction: akin to the modern Neptune symbol, which is, again, ridiculous. would say that curve on the right prong favors putrefaction. the two could be used interchangeably based on whether you want to use it in favor of historical consistency, or the pattern of planetary symbols, but we’ll go with historical consistency out of spite: putrefaction refers to natural decomposition and rotting, kept in temperate heat.
3.Lead(Saturn): a dark, dense material. alchemists considered it prima materia (starting point of matter), to be cured and transformed into gold.
4.Pluto OR Cerussa(white lead): regardless, a slightly stylized version. Pluto itself was discovered in 1930. Pluto represents transformation, death, and rebirth. cerussa is unlikely since lead is already present in the sequence, but still a somewhat similar symbol.
5.Gold(Sun): The desired product of alchemy, gold corresponds with the Sun, representing purity and perfection.
6.Apparatus/vessel OR Ingwaz?: refers to tools used to distill, heat, and grind substances. it’s also worth noting, despite its displacement, that it looks exactly like the Ingwaz rune, of the Elder Futhark, symbolizing ferility, growth, and potency.
7.Quicksilver(Mercury): a component of the Tria Prima, functioning as the Spirit.
8.?: looks exactly like zinc oxide if it was flipped, not entirely sure about the placement in general. zinc oxide was also known as the philosopher’s wool due to its wool-like appearance. valued for its pure-white color.

1.distilled/rectified Lixivium?: lixivium is water saturated with alkaline salts. purification creates distilled lixivium, rectifying it means repeatedly distilling it to create higher quantities of purity.
2.Burnt/calcined sulfur: specifically refers to the raw, unpurified, and destructive state of sulfur.
3.?: completely clueless on the specific substance/vessel this is supposed to be. my best guesses are: heated limestone/chaux, cornu cerui(deer antler), calcination (deer antler, stag horn, plant.), sideways sublimare, tartar. strikethrough likely indicates distillation or calcination.
4.?: also unsure of this. guessing that this is a sort of vessel handling tartar or salt.
5.Saffron of Mars, common salt?: using salt(tria prima) to break down raw iron
(volatilized)
6. Prepared copper, zinc oxide, and common salt?: volatile, fixed.

(SECOND PAGE)

1.Autumn?: Autumn is associated with the fourth and final stage of alchemy: harvesting completion. also connected with Rubredo(Red). Newton claimed that his works reached completion in autumn.
2.Calcined alum: a meticulous deduction of the crystal. transforming the “earthiness” to a state of Albedo(the whitening phase)
3.Ink(Atramentum): its black color symbolized Nigredo(black), used for writing.

1.?
2.?
3.Aqua vitae?: water of life, distilled alcohol. possibly distilled twice? the symbol is noticeably distorted.

1.Horse dung: manure used to maintain a steady heat for long-term projects.
2.Sal gemmae, mensis (rock salt, Moon’s cycle): the salt is the body in the tria prima, “rock salt” extracted from the earth. alchemists believed that scheduling was important to the upbringing of your product, hence the lunar cycle.

1.Oil of tartar: formed on the inside of wine barrels, underwent calcination, thick and syrupy, used to neutralize and dissolve.
2. Chaux/lime of metal: a metal completely broken down into crumbly powder. alchemists sought to “kill” the metals by reducing the metallic qualities.
3. Decoction, Tin, Granum: the process of turning tin into small, grainy pellets to transmute faster, then providing a steady source of heat over a long period of time
4.Iron(Mars)?: an “imperfect” metal, tied to aggression and masculinity. Iron was deemed easy to “kill.”
5.Sublimed arsenic: arsenic ores are heated and vaporized, transforming them into white, crystalized crusts(sublimed arsenic)

1.Antimonium: known as the “grey wolf” in the middle ages. “eats” and purifies other metals.
2.Pulverize, realgar(ruby sulfur), pisces, feathered alum?: pulverize the substances, align the procedure with the Pisces constellation.
3.?: too blurry.
4.Siehe bei(see under, look under, refer to): it’s the corresponding symbol, but I’m not entirely sure what it’s supposed to mean in this context, and I have little to refer to. could refer to vision(s)
5.Amalgam, aqua fortis: liquid mercury consumes gold, creating amalgam. Aqua fortis consumes solid base metals, leaving behind gold.

1.Burnt/calcined sulfur: specifically refers to the raw, unpurified, and destructive state of sulfur.
2.Partial Gold(Sun): incomplete chrysopoeia, separation of silver and gold

1.Glass(Vitrum): glass was used for vessels, allowing alchemists to observe through a barrier without exposing themselves to deadly fumes.
2.Gold(Sun): The desired product of alchemy, gold corresponds with the Sun, representing purity and perfection.