The Great Work of the Prince
Alchemy is more than one occult science: it is the Opus’s master grammar of transformation. Fall is confused prima materia; exile is Nigredo; purification is Albedo; illumination is Citrinitas; integration is Rubedo; Crown is radiant service. The soul is vessel and substance; the Spirit is transforming fire; the Stone is integrated capacity; the Elixir returns healing to the world.