elements · 17 / 118 · All 118

Chlorine

Z: 17
Mass: 35.45
Lifeforce: Water
In the body: heart

Pure, it is a poison gas. Bound to sodium, it becomes table salt — the ancient symbol of covenant and life. Pendelmodus and Shalem, united in a single bond.

A still bowl on a stone catches rain, overflows and waters young sprouts. — Plate · Water Water grasps at nothing — it *receives*, until the bowl overflows and feeds.

Made in supernovae. Most of Earth’s chlorine sits dissolved in the oceans as chloride ions.

Lab note · ≈95 g in the body: blood plasma and stomach acid.