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Salt Alchemy Symbol

Modern scholars recognize salt with a chemical compound, not an element, but the early alchemists did not know how to separate the substance into its constituents in order to come to this conclusion. It was just that salt was a kind of symbol, because it is necessary for life. In Tria Prima, salt represents the thickening, crystallization and basic essence of the body.