wholeness and the universal synthesis of opposites as a 'cancellation' (i.e. solvent) or 'cohesion' (i.e. medicine), and in such a way is believed to be similar to the philosophical "absolute" of Hegel's dialectic. Crowley further made reference in his works referring to Azoth as "the fluid", calling it the universal solvent or universal medicine of the medieval alchemical philosophers, as a unifier or unification of a certain extreme instance beholden to a contradict, irreconcilable nature if otherwise sought apart of the philosophical ideal of Azoth. See also Anima mundi Panacea (medicine) Prima materia Viriditas References External links Interpretation of Azoth of the Philosophers (by Dennis William Hauck) What is the Azoth? and The Azoth Ritual at azothalchemy.org Alchemical substances Mythological medicines and drugs