Matter and elements

Salt workings

salis fodinae

The water chapter cites salt workings and brine springs, naming Halle and then the Polish locations Wieliczka and Bochnia in a related account.

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A New Light of Alchemy

Michael Sendivogius · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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salt workings

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The water chapter cites salt workings and brine springs, naming Halle and then the Polish locations Wieliczka and Bochnia in a related account. These geographical examples support supposed differences in subterranean passage and deposition. They should be kept separate from the philosophical salt that opens sulphur’s prison, whose identity remains unanswered in the dialogue.

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  1. Sulphur · Water · Passage 10Latinsalis fodinae, salis fontanae.