Orphic egg

noun

noun

Historical An ovoid vessel formerly used by alchemists for sublimation; an aludel.

The vessel used for containing the necessary substances was egg-shaped; the matrix, or Orphic egg, which is found at the base of all initiations.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 130:

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