Following the transmission of Greek Alchemy to Arabia and Persia, by the 8th century, the notion that gold was the product of a perfect ratio of the finest sulfur and mercury gained prominence.

GENEVA, Switzerland — In a breakthrough that reads like alchemy, scientists at the University ... Their discovery reveals that a particular form of sulfur acts as nature’s gold courier ...

the red king is sophic sulfur (considered the seed of gold); the king united with the queen symbolizes conjunction (the joining of two opposite natures) lion: raw matter and acid; red lion is the ...