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Alchemist - the prototype of the modern chemist. An early school of scientists who sought a formula for the transformation of baser metals into gold - a quest laughed at for centuries but now realized through the modern atom-smasher. The Rosicrusians of the Middle Ages, supposed to possess powers of psychic perception, who sought the hidden spirit concealed in matter.

Alchemy - medieval chemical science, which sought the transmutation of other metals into gold, a universal cure for disease, and a formula for long life. The art of extracting juices from plants for medicinal purposes. In occult terminology, the chemistry of nature; based on a primary assumption that there exists a universal solvent by which all atomic elements can be tranformed into their original substance.

Aleph (Heb., Ox.) - the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet; a symbolical reference to the constellation Taurus then considered the first Sign of the Zodiac. The most sacred of the Hebrew letters; seldom pronounced because indicative of the Diety.

Allah - the God or Supreme Being of Islam.

All Saints Day - November 1st. Originally celebrated to commemorate the consecration of the Pantheon at Rome as a Christian church.

allopathy - method of treating disease by use of agents; conventional medicine.

Almanac - a book or table containing a calendar of days, weeks and months, to which are added astronomical or other data. Its use dates back at least to the Alexandrian Greeks. The Roman almanac was the fasti - days on which business could be transacted. The earliest of which we have concise record is that of Solomon Jarchus, 1150 A.D.. Purbach published one from 1450-6. His pupil Regiomontanus issues the first printed almanac in 1475. The most outstanding almanac maker of the Middle Ages was Nostradamus. All English almanacs were prophetic until the year 1828; and until 1834 the stamp duty was 1s.3d. per copy. The first almanac in the U.S. was issued in 1639 by William Pierce. It was exceeded in popularity by Poor Richard's Almanac (1732-57) issued by Benjamin Franklin. Watkins Almanac, issued since 1868, has an annual circulation of upward of two million copies. The chief Astrological Almanacs of the present epoch are 'Raphael's', first published in 1820, and 'Zadkiel's', first published in 1830. All governments now issue an Ephemeris and a Nautical almanac. See 'Ephemeris'.

Almochoden, Alcohoden - Arabic term for the Hyleg.

Almuten - the planet of chief influence in a Nativity by virtue of essential and accidental dignities. Its strength is estimated from: its intrinsic character; its Sign position where posited, its own Sign, or the Sign in which it is in exaltation; its harmonious aspects from favoring planets; and its elevated position in a geoarc Figure. A term of Arabian origin, seldom employed by present day astrologers.

alpha and omega - the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet signifying eternity and time.

alpha wave - brain wave associated with relaxed, alert consciousness.

altered states of consciousness - a generic term used for sleep, dreams, trances, hallucinogenic experiences.

alternative - unconventional approach, treatment, remedy, medicine, or practice designed to promote physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health, happiness and well-being.

Altitude - elevation above the horizon, measured by the arc of a vertical circle. A planet is at meridian altitude when it is at the Midheaven, the cusp of the Tenth House.

altruism - unselfish concern for the welfare of others.

Amaterasu - Shinto Sun Goddess. (Amaterasu-omi-kami)

Ambient - that which moves. A term loosely applied to the heavens. Milton speaks of the ambient air; Pope of ambient clouds. Ptolemy used it to describe the tenth sphere that by its compelling force moved all other spheres with it from the East across the heavens. Since Copernicus exploded this concept, the modern astrologer is free to apply this excellent term to the Earth's surrounding magnetic field as varyingly charged by virtue of the cycles of the planets, the Sunspot cycle, and other cosmic phenomena.

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