“This athanor is designated for works according to the dry path , where the three alchemical principles are forced into separation through a process of calcination, fusion, sublimation, conjunction, and dry distillation of the prepared matter.” … “In the dry path, the subtle principles are transferred from medium to medium through fusion, and it is therefore considered to be much shorter and more dangerous, not to mention warmer, than the wet path. The wet path produces a separation of the three principles through fermentation and exaltation, where a menstruum extracts the subtle principles. It is considered to be longer and safer than the dry path.”
- Tommy Westlund