User:Neefer/Three Primes (alchemy)

Three Primes or Tria Prima refers to sulfur, mercury, and salt (NaCl). These three substances were determined, by Paracelsus, to be "pure, naked, clean, and simple after proving by fire"[1] Paracelsus believed that fire separated pure from impure. Impure substances were destroyed, leaving only the pure substance.


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  1. ^ Paracelsus, "The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus", [BiblioBazaar], 2008, Retrieved on July 15, 2010.

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Category:Alchemy