Talk:Azoth

Popular culture

If the article ever becomes large enough to warrant such a trivia section, this is the trivia that was removed from a previous edit;

An azoth is a sword-like energy weapon in The Book of the Long Sun series by Gene Wolfe.

Azoth is also used in the video game Haunting Ground. The game has components of alchemy, horror, and strategy. The main character (Fiona Belli) is the wielder of the Azoth, and is chased by various characters who want to extract the Azoth within her, all for several different, but none the less selfish, reasons. It is referred to as the "essence of life" and also has some things to do with the God Stone and the staff of Caduceus. Alchemy is a big part in this game.

In the MMORPG Ragnarok Online, Azoth is the name of a Level 4 dagger-type weapon that can only be equipped by Alchemists and has the ability of transforming a regular monster into another kind of monster.

In the video game Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny, Azoth is the name of a particular kind of alchemical creation: a magical, sentient sword that holds the power to potentially destroy anything. The game's hero, Felt, wields the benevolent Azure Azoth, while the villain Chaos wields the malevolent Crimson Azoth. In the Japanese version of the game, Felt's sword was named the Shinso (or "ancestral") Azoth.

In the video game Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Azoth is the name of a spell used by Ezel Berbier which causes the status effect Sleep on all enemy characters.

In the murder mystery Tokyo Zodiac Murders, Azoth is the name of the 'supreme woman' supposedly created by Heikichi Umezawa just before he was murdered. According to his suicide note, Azoth was allegedly made from the dismembered bodies of his nieces whom he also murdered.

Azoth is the dagger in Fate/Stay Night which is given to a magician once they graduate from the magic academy. In the anime Kotomine Kirie gives Tohsaka the Azoth dagger after she graduates from the magic academy 10 years before the 5th Holy Grail war. Later Tohsaka gives Emiya Shirou Azoth with which he kills Kotomine with.

In the roleplaying game Promethean: The Created, Azoth is a mystical force that motivates the eponymous Prometheans, a race of artificial beings striving to become fully human.

In the anime Fullmetal Alchemist, a variation of the Caduceus, the symbol for azoth, is seen on the main character, Edward Elric's clothing, and on his brother's (Alphonse Elric) armor, and in Dante's house. The brothers' main goal throughout the series is to find the Philosopher's Stone.

Nagelfar 04:52, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like a lot of this information, but not all of it, has been added into the "In popular culture" section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.20.36.63 (talk) 00:12, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Another: In Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, the character Ezel Berbier has an ability called Azoth —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.55.118.128 (talk) 21:08, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A curiosity: Azot = Nitrogen in Slavic languages

In Slavic languages like Russian, Polish, Serbian etc. Azot is the name for Nitrogen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.252.126.73 (talk) 22:50, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

Definition

The following definition is taken from A Lexicon of Alchemy by Martin Rulandis, pub 1612, A E Waite translation, 1893. AZOTH - is Quicksilver, drawn out of any metallic body and properly the corporeal Mercury, the Mercury of the metallic body. With Paracelsus especially, it is the universal medicine, to which all things are alike , uncovering every species of substance and imparting an immense strength, and catholic central virtue. It includes in itself all other medicines as well as the first principle of all other substances, their accidents excluded. Enclosed in the pommel of a sword, great exploits shall be performed by the wearer into whatever place he goes. For the rest, Quicksilver is extracted out of metal. But Theophrastus (i.e. Paracelsus) celebrates one Azoth for its eminent medicinal virtue. Some think it to be the philosophical stone. Azoth is drawn from bodies by means of Mercury and is called a living spirit, a spirit endowed with a soul, our Water, Vinegar. Mary of Egypt says: When the Laton is whitened it is called Azoth. Therefore men say Azoth whitens the Laton, then the Laton again whitens other things and when again red, it re-assumes the name of Laton. Gebir says Azoth is the Mercury which is drawn from substances through the Mercury of the Philosophers. Therefore it is, and it becomes, an elixir, i.e. a substance dissolved in Mercurial Water. It is called in arabic Azoth, a dissolved silver; it is also the metallic earth in the mines and is called Vitrified or Vitre-coloured Azoth. It is white and shining, but red internally; also it is black and green to look at, and it has a colour like a poisonous earth. It is nearly related to the metals.

Very roughly Laton is an intermediate state of blackness in the early stages of the Alchemical Workings.

Which is all very confusing. If anyone wants to incorporate this into the main article feel free. Moebius999 (talk) 15:42, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

≡≡ Azoth references to Crowley≡≡ In the material, it is a fake quote and source. The threefold alphabetic statements atributed to Crowley is in fact coined by (pseudo)Basil Valentine in the work L'Azoth, ou le moyen de faire l'Or cache des Philosophes.(MDCLX)is mean 1660: A. Crowley, despite his sissy adorers, nor is born, yet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.102.79.199 (talk) 11:16, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality/tone issues.

This article treats an obviously mystical/supernatural subject as if it were fact. In Life and the Universe especially, beliefs about Azoth are not regarded as beliefs, but stated directly as truths. (See second paragraph). This article also makes excessive use of quotation. In Texts has vastly more quoted material than unquoted material. Without any explanation or summarization, this also contributes to the feeling that this article is written by those who believe in Azoth, rather than a neutral historian.

Skylord a52 (talk) 07:33, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]