warpsbyherself:

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bitternest:

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normal-horoscopes:

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🜓 *hands you the alchemical symbol for cinnabar*

🝔 *hands you the alchemical symbol for soap*

🜐 *hands you the alchemical symbol for Mercury (II) Chloride*

🝫 *Hands you the alchemical symbol for a Bain-Marie*

*squints*

You’re making that one up.

Guess what! Bain-Marie is originally an alchemical term! The “Marie” in question is actually Maria Hebrea, the 1st century Jewish magician considered histories first alchemist. The entirety of western chemical science is built on her work. Every time you melt chocolate with boiling water you’re participating in a 2000 year old alchemical practice by placing it in “Mary’s Bath.”

The Bain Marie, alternately known as Balneum Mariæ, as seen in John French’s 1651 work The Art of Distillation.