The Chemical Wedding:

...an exceedingly, royally beautiful portal, upon which many
magnificent images and things were carved, each of
Inscription tablet. original Latin: "Tabula inscriptionis."

which, as I later learned, had its own special
significance. Above it, a fairly large
tablet was affixed with these words: Depart from here,
depart far away, you uninitiated ones original Latin: "Procul hinc, procul ite Prophani." This is a variation of a famous line from Virgil's Aeneid, traditionally used in mystery traditions to warn the "profane" or unpurified to stay away from sacred ground.; and other things besides, which
I have been strictly forbidden to recount. As
The Porter. original Latin: "Portitor."

soon as I came under the portal, one
Letter of invitation. original Latin: "Litera convocationis."

dressed in a sky-blue garment In alchemical symbolism, sky-blue often represents the element of air or a state of spiritual purity. immediately
stepped out, whom I then greeted in a friendly manner. He
thanked me likewise, but immediately
demanded my letter of invitation from me. Oh, how happy I was then
at that moment that I had brought it with me! For
how easily it could have happened that I had forgot-
ten it, which has indeed happened to others, as he
himself related to me. I produced it quickly,
and he was not only satisfied with it, but
furthermore—at which I marveled—he
honored me greatly and said: "Go in, my brother,
a dear guest you are to me." Thereupon, he asked me
for my name; I did not wish to withhold it from him,
and so I answered him that I was the Brother
Author's Name. original Latin: "Nomen Autoris."

of the Red Rosy Cross The narrator identifies himself as a member of the legendary Rosicrucian Brotherhood, whose symbol—the Rose and the Cross—represents the union of the spiritual and the material.. He
was astonished and seemed to rejoice, and then
began: "My brother, have you brought nothing with
you so that you might buy a token?"
I answered that my means were meager,
but if he saw something of mine that pleased him,
The token is purchased with water of holiness. original Latin: "Emitur aqua tessera Sanctitate."

he might take it. When he then
requested my small flask of water from me, and I
granted it, he gave me a golden token, upon which
stood...