#sandarac

[literaryvein-reblogs]

A-Z Dictionary of Esoteric Terminology

for your next poem/story (pt. 1)

Esoteric—designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone; may refer to the occult

Affenicum - a word for soul

Barakah - soul power; a blessing bestowed by a holy person

Cthonian - something associated with the earth and the underworld

Deity - the personification of some force or concept of great magnitude; a being embodying the essence or entirety of an aspect of existence

Egrigor - a thought form created by will and visualization

Fana - a Sufi term meaning "becoming absorbed in God"

Godhead - divine Nature or Essence; the source of all emanation and manifestation, of which all deities are but aspects or facets

Host - from the Latin hostia, meaning "a sacrificial victim"

Ineffable name - a name for God which either must not or cannot be spoken

Jnana - literally "primordial knowing"; wisdom; the activity of enlightenment; knowing, which transcends all dualistic conception; perfect intuition

Kalpa - the longest describable span of time

Libation - the act of pouring a liquid on a symbolic figure of a deity, or on the ground

Mania - a Roman goddess of the dead who ruled over the lares and manes in the underworld; she is sometimes called the "Mother of Ghosts"

Neti - literally, "not this, not that"; it refers to the idea that the supreme godhead is transcendent and cannot be described or understood

Occult - from Latin occuiere, "to cover up"; not revealed; secret; mysterious

Pantheon - from Greek pantheios, "of all gods"; the arrangement or hierarchy of deities and spirits within a particular system

Qlippoth - literally "shells"; usually described as a plane/s containing demons, negative or disintegrating spirits, elementals, and the degenerating shells of the dead

Rapport - resonance; an interface relationship involving energy exchange such as the relationship between hypnotist and subject, control and medium, or object and psychometrist

Sandarace - an alchemical term for the fiery form of Spirit

Thaumaturgy - miracle working; magic used to make overt changes in the material world

Unction - ceremonial anointment with oil; sometimes performed as an act of consecration; also used in rites for the severely ill or dying, as in the case of extreme unction; in ceremonial magic, unction is often used as a symbol of the quest for initiation, or the dedication (consecration) of the magician to enlightenment

Vac - literally "speech" or "word"; cosmic reason or pattern, somewhat similar to the Greek idea of Logos

Wic - an Old English word meaning "to bend, to twist, or to wiggle"; a very old term for the practice of magic; also had been translated as "to weave, or to know"

Xeni Nephidei - spirits who delight to reveal to people the hidden properties of nature

Yaksha - a nature spirit which resides in a tree, usually regarded as female; are said to accompany Kubera, the god of wealth

Zen - a system of mental stillness originating in India, where it was known as dhyana; the goal is to permit experience by direct perception or intuition

Source ⚜ More: Word Lists

[petermorwood]

“E” or “O”...?

A comment in the “It Was Sugar!” post wondered if "castor" with an "O" was the American spelling for caster sugar, or a typo.

It’s a typo, but one with an interesting history.

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“CastOr” is the spelling when referring to castor oil (pressed from castor beans) and, even older, a hat made from felted beaver fur (Castor canadiensis).

Fans of historical fiction might occasionally read that a character “doffed their castor” - meaning, raised or removed their hat in a token of good manners to ladies or respect to superiors.

"CastEr" is the spelling for a container (or its contents) for strewing, sprinkling or throwing, as in "cast aside" or “cast a shadow”.

In homophones (same-sounding words) such as sow / sew, rein / rain, peal / peel, breach / breech etc., just one letter gives the different meaning.

Words like “cast”, however, depend on context - cast a spell, cast a bell, cast a role, arm in a cast, cast in an eye, cast of the show...

English is like that.

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Besides sugar casters for sprinkling sugar, there were “sand casters” of wood, ceramic or metal, which contained the powder used to blot ink before or instead of blotting-paper.

This powder might be fine sand or ground sandarac resin (two reasons for “sand caster”) but also ground cuttlefish bone, or ground pumice which was called “pounce” - the French for pumice stone is “pierre ponce” - in which case the container was called a “pounce pot”.

Blotting a letter with sand or pounce may even be the origin of the phrase “done and dusted”, meaning “job all done”, though that might just derive from a room or house completely cleaned, so YMMV.

Its use is often seen in historical films, though they often get the end of the action wrong by showing writers blowing or shaking the powder off onto the floor.

In fact blotting powder was re-usable, and was poured off the paper back into the pot, whose top was often funnel-shaped to make that easier.

Using sand or pounce continued until fairly recently: here’s a silver writing set - inkstand with matching inkwell and pounce pot / sander - hallmarked 1908.

Fountain-pens were already in use (mass-produced since 1880) though prone to leakage until that problem was fixed in, surprise,1908, so it’s not surprising that this handsome set relied on dip pens. Also, it was probably on the desk of An Important Person who had to write little more than signatures.

The pounce pot is a curious anachronism; I’ve read one source suggesting pounce and sand continued in use because they was cheap, but penny-pinching doesn’t seem an issue here.

Maybe used blotting-paper was considered unsightly, whether as a sheet or mounted on one of those rocker-blotters still used occasionally when signing treaties.

Or maybe pounce was considered more secure; if blotting-paper picks up a good reverse impression of the writing, it can be mirror-read; there’s no way to mirror-read anything from powder.

Writer Note; a fantasy story could mention a spell which makes the pounce or sand reassemble itself as the words it blotted, so re-use is done for more than mere economy. Each time pounce is poured back into the pot it gets a thorough shaking, that world’s version of a micro-cut paper shredder or multi-pass disc wipe.

This was originally about spelling variations, so yet again I seem to have wandered a bit off-topic

I do like the silver desk-set, though.

[ahgastayverse]

STRAY KIDS OFFICIAL COLOR THEORY

Realgar also known as “ruby sulphur” or “ruby of arsenic”, is an arsenic sulfide mineral with the chemical formula α-As4S4. It is a soft, sectile mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, or in granular, compact, or powdery form, often in association with the related mineral, orpiment (As2S3). It is orange-red in color, melts at 320 °C, and burns with a bluish flame releasing fumes of arsenic and sulfur. Realgar is soft with a Mohs hardness of 1.5 to 2 and has a specific gravity of 3.5. Its streak is orange colored. It is trimorphous with pararealgar and bonazziite.

Its name comes from the Arabic rahj al-ġār (“powder of the mine”), via Medieval Latin, and its earliest record in English is in the 1390s.

Realgar was used by firework manufacturers to create the color white in fireworks prior to the availability of powdered metals such as aluminium, magnesium and titanium. It is still used in combination with potassium chlorate to make a contact explosive known as “red explosive” for some types of torpedoes and other novelty exploding fireworks branded as “cracker balls”, as well in the cores of some types of crackling stars.

Realgar is toxic. It was sometimes used to kill weeds, insects, and rodents, even though more effective arsenic-based anti-pest agents are available such as cacodylic acid, (CH3)2As(O)OH, an organoarsenic compound used as herbicide and also to kill ants and mice.

Realgar was commonly used in leather manufacturing to remove hair from animal pelts. Because it is a known carcinogen and an arsenic poison, and because substitutes are available, it is rarely used today for this purpose.

The ancient Greeks, who called realgar (sandarákē), understood that it was poisonous. From this, realgar has also historically been known in English as “sandarac”.

Realgar was also used by Ancient Greek apothecaries to make a medicine known as “bull's blood”. The Greek physician Nicander described a death by “bull's blood”, which matches the known effects of arsenic poisoning. Bull's blood is the poison that is said to have been used by Themistocles and Midas for suicide.

After a long period of exposure to light, realgar changes form to a yellow powder known as pararealgar (β-As4S4). It was once thought that this powder was the yellow sulfide orpiment, but is a distinct chemical compound.

In China, the traditional Chinese medicine still plays an important role in the treatment of various diseases. The traditional Chinese medicine Realgar (mainly As4S4, tetraarsenic tetrasulfide) has been used well in the treatment of both internal and external diseases, such as infection, inflammation, fever, mouth ulcers, tongue ulcers, headache, and convulsion, even some skin disease.

Realgar is said to heal emotional trauma and aid in mental health. Promotes positive thinking and provides insight.

Wikipedia

[nahla-maltija]

National Species of Malta: A Celebration of Biodiversity

The six National Species of Malta: Mediterranean killifish, blue rock-thrush, Maltese rock-centaury, Maltese freshwater crab, sandarac gum tree, & the Maltese Honey Bee. On 24th September 2024, in an initiative led by the Foundation for the Conservation of the Maltese Honey Bee, the Maltese Honey Bee (Apis mellifera ruttneri) was officially declared a national species of Malta. This declaration…

[maddychrisman-miller]

Watery wife of stretching 

Out on the weightless

Bronze disease 

Split off which wins

A sign, sign lacks salt

Hot flow of sandarac 

Dammar from sal

Runs, pang, 

Cara juiced a tree and drank 

The line of it

[withherbs]

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At night, eat vegetables and sweets instead of sugars, as they contain fiber and can be consumed in limited quantities for a healthy diet.

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The herbal diet.

Take a spoonful of wheat bran and put a spoonful of licorice on it. Then put a spoonful of sumac with a spoonful of chamomile and sandarac.

Then add a leaf of snamaki to all the previous ingredients, Grind all the ingredients together finely.

How to use it for sustainable weight loss?

Take a spoonful on an empty stomach in the morning. Don't eat or drink until a full hour has passed, Also, take another spoonful before bed.

Important note, If you don't follow the previous instructions, take only the mixture. The weight won't decrease by a single gram.

This is because the mixture will have a magical effect if you follow the earlier instructions.

Try this mixture to lose weight and tell us the results in the comments.

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[autodaemonium]

aɪɪzsudnlɪdʒtrɪəɑtɑtʃkə

Pronounced: aiizsudnlijtriuhahtahtshkuh.

Pantheon of: unthoughtfulness, distrust, computer system, relativity.

Entities

Iðhənvdɛmsniəfihɪvrs

Pronounced: ithhuhnvdaymsniuhfihivrs Computer System: platform. Distrust: suspicion. Unthoughtfulness: impulsiveness. Legends: wages, undulation, field trial, spade casino. Prophecies: dick test. Relations: rəməmddtsʒəeæʃaɪəwben (serine).

Ronwnpnɑɑməzpiɪtiətt

Pronounced: ronwnpnahahmuhzpiitiuhtt Computer System: backup system. Distrust: suspicion. Unthoughtfulness: recklessness. Legends: dry walling, blue wall of silence, handwriting. Prophecies: double dribble.

Rəməmddtsʒəeæʃaɪəwben

Pronounced: ruhmuhmddtszuheashaiuhwben Computer System: platform. Distrust: suspicion. Unthoughtfulness: recklessness. Legends: classical ballet. Prophecies: nip. Relations: iðhənvdɛmsniəfihɪvrs (keratin).

Zsnɛzteɪvutɒnɑnmhttr

Pronounced: zsnayzteivutounahnmhttr Computer System: platform. Distrust: suspicion. Unthoughtfulness: recklessness. Legends: urging, ruffianism, walkout, resection. Prophecies: groundwork. Relations: ænnisrtrəətʃipdədɒɪif (talc), iðhənvdɛmsniəfihɪvrs (sandarac), rəməmddtsʒəeæʃaɪəwben (black opal).

Ænnisrtrəətʃipdədɒɪif

Pronounced: annisrtruhuhtshipduhdouiif Computer System: platform. Distrust: suspicion. Unthoughtfulness: recklessness. Legends: crepitation rale, gravimetric analysis. Prophecies: juncture, operational damage, wag, pluck, caroling. Relations: rəməmddtsʒəeæʃaɪəwben (aldehyde), zsnɛzteɪvutɒnɑnmhttr (woad), ronwnpnɑɑməzpiɪtiətt (adenosine).

Ɑʌwpaɪɪtʃsmiʒkunəlpoðɑ

Pronounced: ahuwpaiitshsmizkunuhlpothah Computer System: platform. Distrust: suspicion. Unthoughtfulness: impulsiveness. Legends: fixation. Relations: zsnɛzteɪvutɒnɑnmhttr (punched card), rəməmddtsʒəeæʃaɪəwben (food bank), iðhənvdɛmsniəfihɪvrs (humic shale).

[jardinpanacee]

✨Au jardin de Panacée vous trouverez une large gamme de résines pures, comme de la Sandaraque en Larmes, appréciée au Moyen-Orient pour ces vertus.

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✨La Sandaraque ou Sandarac est une résine végétale extraite du cyprès de l'Atlas (Tetraclinis reticulata), originaire d'Afrique du Nord.

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✨Elle permet de clarifier l'esprit, le mental. On l'utilise pour purifier le psychisme, pour l'intériorisation, pour s'isoler mentalement du monde extérieur.

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✨Apprécié pendant la méditation, pour obtenir de meilleures visualisations. On l'utilise aussi pendant les invocations et évocations. Pour la voyance et les rites à la création d'un égrégore.

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✨En mélange à d'autres résines pures pour la création d'encens de désenvoûtement ou pour obtenir la victoire contre les ennemis.

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Disponible en sachet kraft scellé de 40g. www.jardin-panacee.fr

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[custom-printed-folding-cartons]

How is Resin Derived?

Resin is a solid and highly viscous substance that can be naturally sourced from plants or derived from synthetic materials whose natural origin were convertible to polymers.

Plants secrete resins as their protective adaptation to injuries or against harmful insects and pathogens. Wide range of herbivores, insects, and pathogens are confounded with resin. Volatile phenolic compounds attract benefactors such as parasitoids or predators of the herbivores that attack plants.

Plant resins are valued for the production of varnishes, adhesives, and food glazing agents. They are also prized as raw materials for the synthesis of other organic compounds and provide constituents of incense and perfume.

The hard transparent resins like copals, dammars, mastic, and sandarac are principally used for varnishes and adhesives. The softer odoriferous oleo-resins like the frankincense, elemi, turpentine, copaiba and the gum-resins containing oils like the ammoniacum, asafoetida, gamboge, myrrh, and scammony are more used for therapeutic purposes, food and incense.

Use of resin by humans dates back to late Middle Stone Age in Southern Africa where it was used as an adhesive for hafting stone tools. During Ancient Rome times. Resin was a highly prized substance during Ancient Rome used in making frankincense and myrrh. From French resine, Larin resina, and Greek rhetine, the word ‘resin’ has been applied in the modern world to nearly any component of a liquir that will set into a hard lacquer or enamel-like finish like the nail polish, casting resins, epoxy resins, and many other synthetic resins.

Synthetic resins are produced in many ways. Epoxy glue is derived from the bisphenol A diglycidyl ether and hardening compounds. Silicones are often prepared from silicone resins via room temperature vulcanization. Alkyd resins are hardened or cured by exposure to oxygen for use in paints and varnishes.

Resin decals are just one of the many products made of synthetic resins. They are called decals coming from the word- ‘decalcomania’ which is a technique for transferring images onto plain and smooth surfaces like glass or porcelain using heat or water. The term- ‘resin decal’ has been referred to in vernacular as ‘decorative sticker’. Decals are similar to stickers, but they don't use a sticky substance for adhering to the new surface.

A decal consists of a picture, image, pattern, or design that's printed on a special paper, plastic, or cloth. By holding a hot iron on the back of the decal, or dabbing a small amount of water on it, the image can be moved onto a new surface.

Resin stickers Brisbane are made from polyurethane. Many companies and personalities use resin stickers Brisbane for their branding and campaign. Resin decals can be customized depending on the particular theme, brand, or purpose. They come as resin stickers with attractive designs. They are often used as labels on IT equipment parts, industrial equipment and appliances, electrical goods, bottle taps, food packaging, and the like. Resin stickers Bribane are also used to enhance appearance like in garage doors, car parts and accessories, and parts of all sorts of machine parts. They come in key tags, badges, and giftware.

[jankratochvil]

Před 7 lety jsem fotil tátovy boty na sněhu. Foceno Hasselbladem na plechovou destičku - Tintype. Lakováno ručně sandarakovou pryskyřicí. 7 years ago, I photographed my dad's shoes in the snow. Photographed with Hasselblad on a tin plate - Tintype. Varnished by hand with sandarak varnish. #kolodium #collodion #wetplate #trebic #ambrotype #tintype #fotograf #fotostudio #třebíč #2013 #sandarac (v místě Jan Kratochvil Photography) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qGQzcHvlM/?igshid=o4n3nwyjk1y9

[wschweizer]

testing one of my new flute models after treating with several.layers of my new self made resin lacqeurs. Copal lacqeur with frankincense, sandarak and others. Shellac with sandarac. Walnut oil . Flute is a Sunflower Kawala (rim blown) in tuning of a Ney, with an additional side hole. Painted with earth pigments (ochres) in shellac. #flutemaker #sunflowerflute #kawala #ney #flutemaking #earthpigments #rimblownflute #sunflowerney #resinlacqeur #lacqeur #copallacqeur #shellac #sandarac #copal #frankincense #rohrfloete #sonnenblumenfloete #sonnenblumenney #flute https://www.instagram.com/p/B3KkXx5oXNL/?igshid=14cfmfbwllyhi

[aspelladay]

Sandarac Gum

(Tetraclinis articulata)

Folk Name: Gum Juniper. Gender: Masculine. Planet: Sun. Element: Fire.

(from Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham)

[aroundfortwayne]

FWPD: Suicidal Subject

New Post has been published on https://aroundfortwayne.com/news/2021/02/09/fwpd-suicidal-subject/

FWPD: Suicidal Subject

On February 9, 2021, at 3:20 PM, the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to a residence in the 2700 block of Sandarac Lane regarding an armed-suicidal subject.

[quaintobsessions]

Trapdoors At Hand

In two fistfuls of air I fall back

against your voice from the woods, the surging

fabric of my room at sea. The lowering

of lightning: a brief home in forked scars,

eyes lined in the scent of sandarac,

flames deep in your throat. Late-night

harmonica, time's concertina,

no closing in has passed, no devastation.

The maps in your palms branch still

and I'm not trying hard to keep up

with water steps while you are in the sun.