Latin text in alchemical imagery translation help...

[Aurifex]

or Abi Ad Acherontem?

 

[Paul Ferguson]

or Abi Ad Acherontem?

Apparently in his book Speculum Sophicum Rhodo-Stavroticum (p. 16) Moegling uses the phrase Arrige, Arrige Aures, so it could signify 'prick up your ears'.

 

[socratidion]

In this book about abbreviations, A.A.A. = Ave Amice Abi.
http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/siglalatina.html

I'm not sure it helps much...

 

[Aurifex]

The abbreviation is no doubt deliberately esoteric, like much of the rest of the book's contents.