Orphic egg

noun

An ovoid vessel formerly used by alchemists for sublimation; an aludel.

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nounOrphic egg (plural Orphic eggs)

plural Orphic eggs

  1. historicalAn ovoid vessel formerly used by alchemists for sublimation; an aludel.

    The vessel used for containing the necessary substances was egg-shaped; the matrix, or Orphic egg, which is found at the base of all initiations.

    1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 130

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Also see
aludel
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