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Titan: One of the indigenous, pre-Hellenic gods of Greece, amongst whom was Hyperion, father of Helios. Late Greek poets confused Hyperion with Helios and use Titan as a name for him.
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Phoebus: Greek Phoibos 'bright' or 'pure', is an epithet applied to Apollo.
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Mace and nutmeg derive from the same tree.
Apollo: Greek god, not the Sun but later associated with him by Greek philosophers.
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Paean: Greek Paion or Paian, the original name for Apollo (the latter name being borrowed from the Hittites), perhaps meaning 'speaker' — i.e., the god of prophecy.
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Osiris: Egyptian god of the dead, not normally associated with the Sun.
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Diespiter: An alternative form of Jupiter, not usually associated with the Sun.
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The Latin term Lignum Aloes, is used in ancient writings to
designate a substance that is distinct from the modern Aloes,
namely the resinous wood of Aquilaria Agallocha, a large tree growing in the Malayan Peninsula.
Its wood constituted a drug which was, until recent times, valued for use as incense.
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The Oxford English Dictionary identifies the herb 'Arsenic' as an obsolete term for Arsesmart, or Smartweed / Waterpepper. This is also listed under Mars and Jupiter.
The marked medicinal effects of Smartweed may have made it suitable to a range of solar, martian and jovial illnesses.
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A semi-precious stone also known as jacinth. It is a lustrous orange-yellow, orange-red, or yellow-brown type of zircon. Sometimes, topaz and garnets of this color are also referred to as hyacinth and a hyacinth opal is one that is yellow or orange.
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Chrysolite is a broad term. In Victorian times, it included chrysoberyls, which range from yellow to brown and include the 'cats eye' which features a bright, pupil-like slit that seems to move slightly as the stone is moved.
Chrysolite can also refer to peridot, a yellow-green semi-precious stone, and in Lilly's day probably referred to most yellowish gems.
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Generally this refers to a lustrous diamond. The word 'adamant' means 'invincible' or 'inpenetrable', and was applied to extremely hard minerals. The Webster Dictionary, 1913 defines it as "a precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness".
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The following quote was found on the
Natural Magick website Eagle-stone - Etite, a variety of argillaceous oxyd of iron, occurring in masses varying from the size of a walnut to that of a man's head. Their form is spherical, oval or nearly reniform, or sometimes like a parallelopiped with rounded edges and angles. They have a rough surface, and are essentially composed of concentric layers. These nodules often embrace at the center a kernel or nucleus, sometimes movable, and always differing from the exterior in color, density and fracture. To these hollow nodules the ancients gave the name of eagle-stones, from an opinion that the eagle transported them to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs.
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I have been unable to identify. A misplaced comma may be obscuring the meaning of this reference.
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