Entity Periods

Period assignments linking entities to the historical periods when they are attested. An entity may span multiple periods. All Greek entities are assigned; Egyptian tradition is fully covered; total coverage exceeds 70%.

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confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low — certainty of the period assignment'}
rationale
{'description': 'Justification with source citations'}

9 rows where period_id = "PER_ALCHEMY"

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ENT_ALC_AZOTH,PER_ALCHEMY Azoth ENT_ALC_AZOTH Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high Azoth, the universal transforming agent/first-and-last principle of the work, often identified with Philosophical Mercury; a key operative term of the practiced art (Paracelsus, Basil Valentine). SRC_ABRAHAM_ALCH_IMAGERY reviewed
ENT_ALC_GREEN_LION,PER_ALCHEMY The Green Lion ENT_ALC_GREEN_LION Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high The Green Lion, personified raw/unripe matter or vitriol that 'devours the sun' (dissolves gold) early in the opus; a recurrent emblematic figure of the alchemical corpus. SRC_ABRAHAM_ALCH_IMAGERY reviewed
ENT_ALC_KING,PER_ALCHEMY The Alchemical King (Sol/Rex) ENT_ALC_KING Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high The Red King / Sol, solar 'masculine' partner of the royal pair whose union (the chymical wedding) is enacted symbolically in the alchemical opus. SRC_JUNG_PSYCH_ALCHEMY reviewed
ENT_ALC_MERCURY_PHIL,PER_ALCHEMY Philosophical Mercury ENT_ALC_MERCURY_PHIL Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high Mercurius philosophorum, the volatile mediating spirit-principle of the tria prima and chief agent of transmutation; revered in the corpus as the duplex/ambivalent Mercurius, not ordinary quicksilver. Homonym: distinct from the Roman god Mercury and from Hermes Trismegistus. SRC_JUNG_PSYCH_ALCHEMY reviewed
ENT_ALC_PRINCIPLES,PER_ALCHEMY The Alchemical Principles ENT_ALC_PRINCIPLES Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high Collective hub for the personified principles of Western alchemy as engaged operatively and contemplatively within Hermetic-alchemical practice; basis for membership grouping, not a worshipped deity. SRC_ABRAHAM_ALCH_IMAGERY reviewed
ENT_ALC_QUEEN,PER_ALCHEMY The Alchemical Queen (Luna/Regina) ENT_ALC_QUEEN Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high The White Queen / Luna, lunar 'feminine' partner of the royal pair in the chymical wedding; counterpart of the King in the practiced coniunctio. SRC_JUNG_PSYCH_ALCHEMY reviewed
ENT_ALC_REBIS,PER_ALCHEMY The Rebis ENT_ALC_REBIS Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high The Rebis, the conjoined hermaphroditic offspring of the King and Queen embodying the union of opposites (coniunctio); a central goal-image of the alchemical work. SRC_JUNG_PSYCH_ALCHEMY reviewed
ENT_ALC_SALT,PER_ALCHEMY Salt (Philosophical) ENT_ALC_SALT Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high Philosophical Salt, the fixed corporeal 'body' principle of the Paracelsian tria prima that binds Sulphur and Mercury; an operative category of the practiced art. SRC_ABRAHAM_ALCH_IMAGERY reviewed
ENT_ALC_SULPHUR,PER_ALCHEMY Sulphur (Philosophical) ENT_ALC_SULPHUR Western Alchemical Era PER_ALCHEMY high Philosophical Sulphur, the hot/dry active 'masculine' soul-principle of the tria prima; treated in alchemical practice as the fixing, coloring agent, distinct from common brimstone. SRC_ABRAHAM_ALCH_IMAGERY reviewed

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CREATE TABLE "entity_periods" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_period_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_entity_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([entity_id]);