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I T I I
I r r anot l r er ' pl ace l t e speaks: " He, r vho si des r vi t ] r t l t ose r vho
, l , r i r r r
t l r at al chenr v i s not f ouncl er l upon r t aLul e becausc he
, i , r , .
11e1 nr cl er st ar t r l hi nr sel f ol r t at l t t ' e. i s at t i cl i ot . " T' i t i s i s
r r l l r cr ' - st l ' ong l at r guage; l t l t t cor t si dcr i ng t hat i t l vas nr r ' i t t el t
, ,
r' r'
t u' o ] rurrcL' ecl arrd f i f t l '
] : eel l s
ago, at a t i t nc rvl t et t evel t
r
i n r t i f i t ' p o s t r r l a l i o r r s r v e r e s t i l l i r r t h c i r i r r f a t t c y , o l l { r c a n
r l r r l t ' r ' s t a r t t l .
- l ' l r c
eal l 1. al chemi st s' cont er npt ar i ses out of seei r t g t l r ei r '
: , i " i 1i | ; 1'
j l r g
r c[ ) ( ' at cr l l l - r ' t ' j ect t ' r l at t t l t t I t et ' t t r at t . l ' f ut i l c ef f r t r t s
' 1,
'
r r r al i r . l Jr er r r sel ves I r eal t l . Si r ni l : r r out l t t r - st s \ \ ' cr e t t ol
l i l r
( ) l nr l r or r
u i l l r Par r r c: el st t s. \ ' al t ' r t l i r t r t s, i t t t t l ot l t et ' s. We t t ot
, , ' r l r '
f i r r r l l l r ent cor r f i r r cr l t o l l t osc cat ' 11. al t : l t cl t t t i sl . s l xt t . r ' ocog-
l zc l l r t ' r r r cver t r l r l av al nol l g st i er t t . i st s,
l t cr l t aps
i l t sr t t t t t - r u, l t at
r r r { ) r ' ( ' t cl l l pol ' at e u' ol r l i r t g. I l r t i l evct ' , t l r t l gi sL i s t t ot t t r t l i kt : t . l t r l
f , r ' l t t cr ' .
I t i r i l l l r e r - r ' r r r er r r l r el er l l r r - l l r c st r i cnt i t i c st r r r l cr t t t l r i r l i t u' r r s
,
r r l l i r r 1 ! ) 21 t l r at . Si r I i l r r t ' sl I l ul ] r cr ' { ' or t l shooh t . l r c sci cr r t i f l i c
. , ' , r l l r l
r r ' i t l r l r i s ar ul ol l ncct nct t t , 1hal . hc u' as abl c t . o bl i r r g al r ol t t
; t t t ' i l nsl l l Lt t i t l i ot t of ol t e el t ' t r t et t t i r r t o at t t t t l t et ' . I l e{ ' l e<' t i r i g or r
I , r cvi or r s
st i l l cl l t el t l s on l l r i s sal l l c st r l t j ect . , l l y Ll t t l sc t r i t t ' l y
l r l r l i cr . al sci cr r t i sl s. on( ' ( : al l r r ot l t t ' l 1l u' ot t t l t t t ' i t t g I ' t ' t l l t t r , r ' l t t : t t t : ( t
t l , ( ' ) ' ol r l ai nc' t l t l r ci r kr r on' l et l ge.
' l ' l t ey
l r at l r r { ) t ccl l r t i t : al l y
i r , l r - ar r ct ' r l al l l ) ar at us at t r l i r t st t ' r t t t t t ' t t t s avai l al t l e t t l t her l l , l l o
( l r ( ' ( ' t l oanal l . si s
as \ \ . c l i t t t ) r , r , i t , t t t t x- l ' t l y, t t o el ecLt ' i c- : t : t t t ' t ' ct t t
t { ) sl ) eal l { of l
I ' et
t } r e1' t okl us r , r ' hat u, as uont ai net l i r t t l t t : vat ' i ot t s
r r r l t st ar r ces. I n r t t ar t f i r t st at r c: us so acct t t ' al el y, t . hat evet t t or l ay
i ( ) r l l c
of l l r r : i r r l i scovcr i t : s st i l l u' ai t t . o l l c t ' et cogni zer l by nt or I ot ' t t
r r
i cr r t i f i c st ar t r l ar r l s ant l i nst l t t t t r ct t t s. AI I t hi s cat t be secr t I ' r ' onl
i r car cf ul pcl usal of t he ct t t t l t ' t t t s of t l r i s t t ' cat i sc.
\ \ ' ere i t rt ot f ol t l re {act t hat sel ' et ' : rl of t }rc al c: l t et -rl i cal
1r ' or l t r ct s
r l escr i i r ct l i n t hi s l t ooh ar t d ol . l t et ' s l t avc bcet i
l l r ot l ucer l
l rv t ' orrt ernl )oral ' v al cl t erni st s, i t coul t l Jt e brushecl asi t l e rvi t l t
l l i l t ; et nar - l i s. I t i s r eccl r t t t r t cnci ed t hat t he r r r ed
j ci r r al
pt - oper t i e: s
i r I t l t ese I t l ot l Lr r : 1s deset ' ve cl t l se at . t ct t l i ot l f t ' ot l t t l r e sci er r l i f i c
u' ol l rl he. r' r' i rt t hc l -1. S. A. i t t t d al rt ' ot t t l .
' I ' l l c
r' vri t er of t hescl
l i r r es l r as der r t or t st t ' at ecl t o hi r nscl f at t r l ot l t et ' s t i l e l an' { ul r nani -
f cst al i on of sonl e of t hesc al chet l r i cal l au, s. I I ndt : r ' i r l cnt i cal
r l r r r l i t i or r s al r l
yepeat er l
t est s i dcr r t i cal r csul t s have l l een
ol r t ai r r eci . J' l t e l t t er e t heor et n r vhet r r r l et l t i ol r ecl t o oLher sci el r -
t i st s \ \ ' i r ' l
al cherrrr-
COl l I l e C l C(
arl vo(: : t I cr
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\ t u l e r r l i r r t
f ac' t s. Ol
rreerrl s {Lr r
t . hat 1l r r .
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r l
gl arl na
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har l cor r l a
day r et l i s
a l i vi r r g u
sci cnt i s I s
t hat . no oi
Thi s u' or r
i al -l ol at . orr
mer r t s
o[
t hc t angi l
gr al r hi c
a
j rt st ,
as prt
As r r r
of or r c e' [ r ' r
ort l l ' 1, , , t ' , '
agc. I I or i ,
t i st s t ha I
obt i t i ner l .
t i t r t e al or r r
' fhrrr.r
n, or-l i s
oI
ri di cr. rl e ; r
f ut l t re gl r
da1' , sl . i JI r
I t i s t
not t o r er i
rvol l i ed
r r;
n' ol l i s j rrsl
t he l east
,
A
t .
t i ' t s \ \ -; rs
rr' t
l i st errecl
t o but
si nrpry
i gnorecl .
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wor. rl
i rl t l rel rrr-
arrrr('
bei , g
, "rl . r. t rt
c-a] rse
t o associ at e
arrl -t hi ng (
"r' (! crc(t
rvi t h
i t t o t he gordmaki n;
; ; , f f i i l ; j ' cho. rurrt . y
i r r I ' , r ' al cr l
r r r - ' r or r r t " bu, t
. ' oi p. " ceai r r g
ce' t ur i es.
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I i rn' ni aI
. preparat i ons,
as p. oi . , . ". 1-*i Jl "' pu,
ocel sus,
\ . ' r l . r r t i r r c' -
ar r r r
ot r i e. s,
t , o" " . - u" 1, , 1r , 1
o. e p, . e. e, , i r 1,
r , st ar r r i sr r er r
r' rr ts' o' rrl '
rrrei l
pr1Jl na.J"si .^r
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r r . r ' r l s
f r r . r i f e.
est at l i sl un; ; i . "T; ; ,
r vi l l
not ab. ogat e
i l r e f act
t' i rt
rl r. arti ' roni at
p."pu.ui i o' .,
r.".
r,:nrrr-oi oi ro,.,,
for. l l l . l i l t l ( ( ' "
r ' ar r l t e pl eser r t l y
pr epar ed. '
P
' l ' f
rr. n, r. i t er. -recerrt l 1",
i ". Ji ""A
a conl nruni cat i orr
f ronr
a
' . r ' ; r r l r r . r .
. f
' r e
of Anr cr l cn' ,
i i r i " r a
t ecl r ' j cal
i r Jt r . t ; n, r s,
*, 1,
l r ' r r l r . r
r r at r r ' r
r t r r c' Jr ear r ,
t t , ; i ; , i , , ; ; r ce. r r
i ng
sor l l e
of t r r e
; r r . r , ser r
t ' l ; r'
r' prl i qt ' ' r' o. i eS. ' f
al chei , i . oi
l r. npor. at i ons t o *. l ri c. rr
he i s
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*i r r r . ss.
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t " i . i
t Li f o.
ove.
or r e hu, r r r . ecr
' ea. s
.
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r r ' r t i sr *
l r a' e
beer . r vo. ki ng, " i i h" ot or r r s
ar r cl ever . ybody
k' o*, s
t l t ' t t t t , . i l l t t l cl t et t t i cal
r, i f f i ", : i ^i a'
be ext ract erl
f . o' r r' et al s.
' l ' l ri .
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i rrrri cat e_t hat
i rr" , "rr. t "' ces
f reecl
i . t he l ' r. i t er, s
l ; rl r' rf
i 111; 1' 1--
rrrrrrer'
, rt or"
orrrl , I . i l i i , ur. rry
, ot 1i "i . ; ^^^; . ;
t he
f i g- rrrr, rrt s
of l hci r i rnagi rrat i orr.
f , hi s
. i s
f rl , , f i i , ' ". l "i i nrrl u
u, herr
t l r o
1211gi l ; l e
. csr r r t . s' i ' et ' t
t i r " . " q' " i r e' r er r t s
of r el i abl e
spect o_
r r ' ' r l r l r i c
. . al ' si s.
I r
or r r v
1r i ' uu" r ' t r r oL
" un, , '
i u, r n' r j t i r , . . , ; , , , t i cr .
i s
r r . l as
l ) r . er . ai . l i r g. r s i n f or i ner
t i r nes.
- \ s nl ol l l r or r er l
pr evi ousl y.
not
t oo I ong
ago t r ar r sr r r ut af
i or r
"f "111'
r' l . rrrcrrt
i ' t o
anot l . , ".
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"rt'
rr.ri
rr ' e co.rsi rl e' efr
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ator' i c
agr ' .
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l , r g
t hj s opi r r i o, ,
, r l i t t ' . p, . "r r ui l
ar ' i i , r ;
; ; ; t op
. ci er r _
t i ' t '
t har r r o
oi l o. ai cr r ei ' i . of - . l i pt r u.
f . or n' met al s
car r
be
;:iill'
:iili,fr\:liii:,lire
ract
tr,"i't-i.
p;
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ct -rrsi crerat i ors
shourd j ust i f y
a vi , cl i cal i o,
of t rre \ \ rrl
ks of I l i . se gal ra' t
"r", ' r
-ot ra
' *nrrt "'
rn' ho,
r-ega' ci l ess
of
; , ' i l ] : : l l "
, rrr, l
pei secri t i o' ,
i u, l , i ", t
' n'
t o bl aze
i n?--rnor. .
t o, .
I t rt nre g. rrn' al i ons.
i n t he very
f i el r, l ;
, . : t "; ; -' ; i l "r)"^' ; . ".
t o t l i s , l . rr-.
sl i l l
r. l
consi dered
t o bJ . nrrr' p"t "r. , t
corrt errrl er. s.
l t i s {acl s
such. a-s
t hese,
t hai }rarre gi ven
us t }re i rrcent i ve
l r r r f
l r ) l ' el l l ai r l
si l er t t
but t o r eest al t l i sl ,
t t , n. " *, 1- r o- r o. , aho' t h,
" " " r ' kcr l
t ' t r l et ' gr eat _
odcl s
ar r d
" . " " t r
p" r ' r ecut i or r
t o see
t ' ei r .
r r ' " r ' ks j r ^t i f i ed.
As hci .
t o t r r i s' g, eat ur r r r er . st ar r r r i r r g.
t l r i s i s
t l r e l c' ast , r . e
can du.
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rrrt
-
' I' he
added commentary is to be usecl in corrjunction
rvith the numberecl page as it faces the text. Each alchemis-
tical laborant follor,r' s his own way and deviates sornewhat
from established precepts; therefore, the reader shoulcl uncler-
stancl that some expressions rnay not convey the intended
rneaning. f' his is very important and should always be con-
sidered when studying alchemical literature. Symbols rlust
be inteipreterl according to the subject matter. For exatnple,
alchemically speaking, the symbol ? can mean Venus, copper,
or ol her t hi ngs; i n ast rort omy i t represent s t he pl anet Venus,
while in mineralogy it represents copper and in botarry it
woulrl have stiil another tneaning. Mercury, V
,
is perhaps
the most confusing syrnbol founcl in alchcmy. Its application
rvithin the realms of rnineralia, vegetabilia antl animalia can
be classified rvithin its ntanifolcl rarnifications into so many
perplexing categories that anyone not sufficiently acquainted
with alchemical terminology is apt to lose his way. It is there-
fore assumecl that the reacler has knowledge of the rudiments
of the subject uncler discussion.
' fhe
annotations and corn-
mentary are clesignecl as alt aicl to those who attenrpt to follow
the laboratory
proceclures as outlined by the anonynlous
author.
It is eviclent to the alchernical iaborant that the author
speaks with tire authority of practical experience ancl that the
various processes described are similar to those founcl through-
out alchemical writings. The author, hnolvingly ancl inten-
t i onal l y, omi t s some of t he basi c ancl essent i al f act s. At t he
out set he does not t el l us what mi neral i a t o use. The reader
is left in the dark as regards the very substance to be worhed
upon. This alone should inclicate that the author assumes [hat
the rudiments are masterecl because his intention is to tlescribe,
in cletaii, the process involved to let the rnatter in question
come to the clesirecl state of perfection.
Mercurius is understood to be quicksilver. This singular
misinformation may becorne an obstacle of no little dimension.
The author states that out of mercury "The" Mercury can be
produced. Thus he lets us hnow that there are two kinds of
mercury. If we take mercury
(quicksilver)
to produce "The"
Mercury
(Philosophical
Mercury) vve rtotice a clifference in
meaning of the one worcl or symbol. Assuming that the reader
is far:
that
to ar
al che
these
t hat
whicl
tentit
rnattr
i s
j us
confi
all tl
of wl
The
that
sulph
h e w
t o be
ESSCN
I r e w
gasec
J)f
ec.a
rt ra Le
t ' cl ) l o
abho
Ii l Ci i l
t hc s,
nl ( ) l ' c
tlt t tl tr
t l re p
c()1r
f{
$;c .n
al che
val ur
unde
l e, ss.
tr: un
r,vho
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i - f arri l i a.
*' i t h
t he i ' t ercha' geabre
t e. ms, i t rvi i l be not i cecl
t l rat
t he errphasi s_
i s. pl acecr
ori t he procedure
t o be f ol i on, ecl
t ' r ar. i ' e
at t he cl esi . ecr
e' cr.
Si nce
t hi s i s mi *i l rg
i ' most
al cherrri cal
books, -i t
r, r' i l r
be t he more; ; 1; ; ; ' #
Most
of
t hese
books t el l , sri t t l e,
a' rl t hat , i n such u . orri "ul ", i
l urrg. , ugu
t l t rt t evet r
l ess i s gl earrecl .
As t o i he r' at t er
t o be usecl f rom
rr
hi ch t r ext . act
i he. phi l osophi cal
M; ; ; ; ; ; , "i oi i rt r. . . rl
con_
t . t t t i orr
has ari serr
l r). woui cl _be_al chert ri s' t J. '
f <ri o*, i rrg
t he
l r r at t e.
i s
or r e t hi ' g
ar xl ho*' t o p. ocur e
i t i s anot her ,
but i t
i '
j rrst
t hat *' hi crr
r, r' i i l
make
al i t he . ri ri "r=ri . "l
spagvri st s
r , r r f i r r r r
t l r at t he
phi l osophi cal
Mer cur y
ca' be obt ai ' ecl
f r om
. r l l t he t l r e' r i ' er a
si nce i t i s one of t he t h. ee esse' t i ar s
out
. ' f
r ' l r i cl r
al l l ' at t e.
consi st s,
as ol l . aut r r or - al so
assur . es
us.
-l ' l re'
rl i f f i c' l t l '
a. i ses n, he' *e ar-e co' f ront ecl
rvi t h
t he f act
t hut rve rrnrsi procl uce
i t .
l ' , r: ' rrf use
rnat t er. sr. s-eer' i ngl y
e' en l nor. e,
he speaks
of
' ul rrhrr.
arrrl al l ucl es
t o ci i f f e. e' t
?na' i f est at i ons.
At o' e t i me
he r' ill
rtesc' ibe
a soiicr s r.bstaricl,
r".t-,
".;;;;i;
,ript,,r,.,
o,rtv
t ' r bt ' , rrrl erst oocl
at a' ot hgr
_t i rri e
t o r' ea'
o' e of t he t rrree
r' <;6' 111inlq-.-salt,
rne.cut' y,
dttrr sulphur.
rii .rtiii' "iott
e. prace
l re *' i l l
. ef er
t o me. uri ai -sul pl i ri i ,
i "ai cat i i i g^ri ' i J"rr"
l i ke a
si ri (' o, s subst a' ce.
one. ca'
get
hopel "*i t
?, ; i ". , "gr", 1
i f ' o
I r. r' carrt i rr i s t ahen
t o di st i ngui sh
bet q, een
l i l i e t er. r' s.
Al l
r r r at er i al s
ar e. _pr oper l y
t er r nei l
i n t hei . pi ; ; ' ; r r t ' " . e
or r l v
r' ' rrr, t -el '
si ' ri l ar
as reg' arcl s
nrat eri al
"rori i f "rl ut i -*.
' I' hese
are the very
obstacles
that
th" ;.i;^Jcientist
r,vili
; r l r l r r r r ' .
1' o. hi m,
t . y9
I ] 9" ni ngs
ar e conceai ed.
Conceal ecl
r! r(' i rrs
occ' l t .
occul t !
Thi s woi : cl
arone i r ; f i i ; rri ca. r. e
f o.
t l rr. cci ent i st
t o di sparagi ngl l .
di scar. d
t f . " ut t ei i i pi ^i t
f i na
or,
I t ' )r' (. .
Yet ,
onl y t hrougl i
i nvest i gat i o"
ai rd' i y"". "_orri rrg
rr r r r l t ' si . abl e
a' cl i ' coherent
embel l l t
"i ""t r' . ", r"i ""' or. . i ve
at
t l r'
l r. ope.
concl usi on.
Ther-e
i s no ot he. *uy-i o^"ri i angl e
t hi s
(
"ri l o' el ' at i o'
of f act , f ancy,
ancl symbol i srn.
Thi s
i s rvhere
r- r. t uust
cot nmence.
' I ' hi s
t l eat i se
may-
be corrsi cl ererl
i n t he l i ght
of an
; i l r l rer' i cal
out i i ne si ni i l ar
t o ct remi cai
t "i ro; . ; ; ". yua"*, r.
I t s
] : 111, "
*' i l l
o. rl y be evi crent
t o one acquai nt ecr
wi i h' t he
subj ect
r r r r r I t'r consiclerat
ioy,, T o ot he r s_, it ntay, p r
?L)
e- utt e r ly m eaning-
i "". Far' i l i ari t y
wi t h t ermi . orol 1v
asa' l ' hore
i . a p. e. equi si t e
l : : , : 1"11. ' r, arrrl i ng
rhe conrenrs.
Wnut
i of l o*f
i . onTy' t o.
t hose
\ \
l r o r r ave
at t empt ed
10 pr ocur e
ar cher ni cal
ma, r i f esr at i ons.
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9 -
The \\
heavens, i s
pl ai ns
"M1'
my revenue
Tn' o lir
t hi ngs.
*
I rr
by their s1' r
Zodi ac,
begi
as rs cust onl
i n a cl ocku' i
rn,e rezrcl Cla
Apel i o
(t ha
bot t onr:
the pl ayed
ft
revet rl erl
t o I
i n the rl erv t
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and
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represented b1' Le
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t he ai r y. ( gaseous)
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l ourul i rt
the ti ps of the
l l at
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pot
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meani ng.
' fhe
s1' rr
uari ous nteani ngs.
i s i ndi cati ue onl y o.
thereafter under ut
ffi
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l - l - - - - - - r - r
PRAXI S
SPAGYRI CA
PHI LOSOPHI CA
LAPIDISPHILO.
SOPHORUM
0ber
Seutliffe
unb rtuffriffttge
ffinruilfutt
fir
how t o t t t i t l r
sages l r r or r gl
phi l osopl ri t : a
IJI
ffi
te beu olfen ffi
eifcn
dhr
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ouffrifffigen Siq[0onern
bt
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bo
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fe
el.S,f fl!e/
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l t r:
It can l ,e tss
traruiliort lt i.s trit,
and ntay l :,: l ol ;c'
I ' l t -. \ XI S SPr\ GYI i I CA PI I I LOSOPFI I CA
I , API DI S ] ' I I I I , OSOI )I TORUNI
OR
PL; \ I N ANI ) l I ONI rl Sf ' DI RECTI ONS
I r os' l r ) l ni l l i e
t he St onr : . The sl eat est
i ages
l l or r gl r t . 1o Ught r nr t o al l si ncr . r ' e
I ' l r
i l , r * , ' l r l r i r a I r r r vst er ' . y.
sec| et of t he anci ent
l overs of t hi s l i i ghl v
by
Anonyruous
Lei pzi g
' l ' o
l rc f ounrl by t l rc I at e Davi rl I i l ei scher' s \ \ I i dorv
An r r o 1 7 1 1
It cart l :, rr.ssunted that
' .::tri ti ort
l ti .s rti dout u;as ut
: ni nt nt ' l : , ' t ol cn
f or
u, hat
tl rc aul l rcr' s natne ttas Daui d Fl ei scher and tl nt after hi s
publ i sl t thi s treati ,se. HotL,ero, thi s i s onl t' an assrtntpti on
i t i s t t nr t h.
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i t si l l ki r r r l l e a g; eat l i gl r t f oy
you.
I i or
1' o. t i
shoul d
knor v t hat
t ht , , \ l ri l i ght r-
(l orl "
. . ' ho i s ri ' i t hor-rt begi nni rrg
or end and
rtl l o:e r' , i srl ti rn i s er-er' l asti ng,
atrcl
s' ho l r)' tttrfathotnabl e
rl el i l rt . r' at i ut t ct -cat erl l t eavet t ai r' i i cart h al rd al l t hat i s cot rt ai necl
f I er-t ' i rr.
q' l t t t l rel
vi si l t l e 9r' i rrvi si l l l e at t rl b1' rvf t at eyel ' rl a] 11e,
r-r-eat t ' rl i t f 1' rrr rrot l ' ri 1g t : l se l l l rt t hroug| t | c
1l 9q' er
t [ at
crrr; rri rt t ' rl f rorrr I I i rl t l u: oug| ort e \ \ ' or' (l orl l l -. I t rvas decl eecl
l )\ ' t l re I )i r-i nc I l ei rt g arrrl I ' i i s l )i vi ne \ \ -i sdor-t ' r
i rrf he et et ' t t al
t , , r r r r ci l t l r at t hi s t . i t , t ' , ] n' as t o be Fi Af .
c4 S4t f
7
. \ r ' t ' , r t ' t l i t t ql v Gor l l l r ot t ght
I or ' 1. Jr t r at t t t ' t '
7' hr t t . , t i l l I i I AT. i r t di cat i ng
t l t c
t ' i r st
of i t s l t i nr l cnt nnat i r t g f r or r L
G, xl . God. nol an
' : ' : t l t , , , r nt r r t , t r t , l t i cal .
bci r t g i r r , , i i o t i l ' i , ul t he
Qabol i st s'
l hc no' t hi r t g T' hat u' hi ch i s and
: .
t t i t h
can
y7, , 1
l t 1 l r t l l t or r t el
b1 u' n1 of r ' ' asor t i t t g.
( - , ; r t r i , l t ' r
ot l e cr : t r t l r ' t t l i ot t at r t ong t l r c r eadcr s nn' t ' ar i se br cause ol -
- t hci r
t ' ar i ot t s
; . . , . . j j f t r , . God Al pt i ght y, u, l i cl i our at t t hor 1, r r " , ! p56r i Lt ns, i s ncccpt abl ( t o bcLi er cr s
- ,
qi !
l , t i t l t s
, , , r , ! , r o, : i i s.
'
i t i , s i l r c Supr ant e l ) ou. ' ct , t ht ' Di t ' i ne t l r c. l zi t e ct ' The l asl
, . , , : ' , t n, t l nt r t , r ' r t t ay becor r t t , au; a. r c oI by uny' ol r nu' r easoni r t g. Thi s Uer v cr eat Or ol
c, i r r , i i , i , - a, t , ! i r t t , i si Ll : 7; hcr t or pt , na, cr aal . cd
b7' cr t ot si ot t l r ot r t
i t s ot l n unLi nt i l ad
pou' er sj
, , . z! !
t h, t t Dr an car T r - ccop; ni ze a, , d. i r nagi r t c. The out st andi t t g ar t d t ' cr r char act er sl i c
' "r a- u' , , , ,
I r , i g, , , r nt t t . hi cl t hi r i t : cs, i s t hr : t t } t r r ! . l t _l A7' . I t t t r t s, i r t our aut hor ' s. opi ni on,
t he
1. "i ,
, r , , , , ' bt r ul t i cl t ol l r , r ent i l on had bt ' en br ot t ght al ' t out 7' hc t t ' or l Fi at i s r t ot ol
t . . . t . . , t r t , , r l ) t ) t t . t t c? , o , r . ' i l u. t t r ", i s i t t hc "t t . , or r l " i t st ' l l . 7- hc. sout i l t , i br at i r t n, as such'
: \ : : hr t : ar t t l t c
Tt r ocess
61
- cr - t , , t t i ng
t hr i t t l ut t gi bl c i r Lt r t t angi bl e
( l l t t ' ur ance. s. t hr ough
t i t . -
nnni l t . st t t l i oi of t he pr i t r t al nt bst ar t c, , . i s u' hat i cser t . : es out al l I 7l t ot l '
Tl r r er t der ui l l r t ot be ant i ss l o sl t t t l l i se a qabal i st i c i r { cr - r t cc t t ' ' l t en t hc t t or d Fi at
, , . , l t , . , , r ' r r l , r i , l , ' , , 1' , 1. Anal . yr ' i ng ! | r c
f ot t r
I ct t ar s l : ' ,
! ,
A' 7' , r cadi t t . l l
l r - ot t t
t . i ght t o l el t as
, n I i l r br , ' , t , . l r c u; i l l di scouer t l u:
l ol l ou: i r t g:
J' . t l r c kt st l et t t r i n l l r c al pl mbet ' r epr e' -
' r , l , i , i u"
t l n, l t t t , . - t t 1, , st , cor i l l t at l t .
i s t l t e
", r , i l r .
Tt l r n sal t t r n i nl l uat l c( ' ( ot t t t ccl ' d
t t ' i t h i t i s
,l ' t,' i i ,o-ti ,' ,' ,rl tl te l $l s tl ti s
pl :t)net i s l o rrnt!ug.o' 7-ha
l orrrtttl i on 1l ' t' t:i ral t)
tui l l b-e
[.,.
y1,:ht
rtl tortt by th" A ;; i i ",pl a,. tl r" ai r. l ,r.ai h or u.or1. I. or .l r:;rl , i .s thc tentl t
pnth,
l ' : , ; , . t t t t r l t r t l , r , i { l r , r , nLcc ot l
' l \ . 1' cr cur y' ,
al . so an
( ar t h si g, t | . u' l t i l e F,
l or
l ' au. i s t he
, . , i l ,
t , , , t l t . . l , at t r us, ' t i Aor i i r o
. f an ear t ' l t y. nar t t r e
r r t l . t ' d. bf l l eni t s. ] I er cur l
and Venus,
,,i .' ,,i ,,,
Ttl rtrtel .s
orbi ti nsl Ltal tt,ecn tl ' te carl l t an1 tl t' e stut' recei l ' ' ' tl rc tl l tpl t
TtotL' er
: : t , . ugl t t he pl ar t at Vul can.
. r i r ur ' l l t e
Q. B. L.
sh. eds nnr a I i ghl on l hi s ent l r e
pr ocess' l he r eat l er - u: i l l become
: : . , t , c, t l t l t t , l act t hat our au. t l t ot r st i pTt osr t s t hat - he i s
f ar ni l i ar
ui t h l hese f l r t dat nt nt al s'
i t , , t r r , l i t i u, i r { or r nat i on i r i s sug, xest ed t o r 1ad, ' - ' h' r ont
One To 7' cn" and "7' he Ser t en
- R, r s
ol t he
Q' . B. L. . "
131711 l zeol i s ar e publ i sl r ct l bt ' t he P R S'
I l - her t t l abal i st i c r el er enct ' . s r ue gi Der t l t ar t i n- i t i s I : r ' cnuse al cht nt i sl s
nt t r dr t r l er t si t ' e
; ) : ;
. ) f
l h. m i n t hei r r uor k nr t r ! r t t t i t i ngs
17,
-
llt- *' a1'
of a natural
u' ion ancl birth, so it ca, wo.k, sustain
attrl re^produce
itself. Through
mutual
assistance
lt-.ur, ,rooo
,b:l*
forth everything_clecre"ed
by a heave"fJ;
i;ti;"nce
ancl
:Tll,".:.i"1.
upon
.
it. It r,vill shorv itself through rnaterial
I l l al l rt est at _ror,
subst ance
ancl bei ng, out of l vhose
mi xt ure
arise the elements
as water,
air ancf' earth. \\rithin
the three
lies lriddsr
the fourth elernent of fire. Through
iiie coctio. of
He presents
natu.re as trz-e rangi bre oututartr ntani l estati on
of God. Reueari ng the
I3u' ol dual i tl '
he prcsents
the eai th as the natural uehi cl e ,pun-i i i "i
the si dereal
i mprssi qrT i nfl uences
el el l erztar appeat' ances.
water, ai r, and. eartrz he cai l s rhe three
Fi mal substances
conrai ni ng tl ' i thi n rrrcnz the
l orrth
o,
fi r.o.
i i t' -Jf"i tr"r,
are the
o,tt"r nnnilestation
of the inner archetypal id.eu.
He uses two u.nusu.al utord' , uni on and bi rth, that seem to be out of ptace.
If
ndl urc'
as the outward ezpressi or.z of God, b7' i ts ou,tn eztensi on, uas brottgri
forth
b1,
o uni on arul represents
an act ol bb th, i i i i i rnperuri ue that tri s uni on be based upon
tl v l au' of
-dual i ty,
because a procre.ati on
i s ntenti oned
,,rrn"r:"Li ;"r" )a"i sustai n and
pr,qcr?at!.
itself . This process
,.inuo-rues
borh genders.
u"",4esi;ng"
"))
"
tnu material
pl ane.
thi s can onl y be acconypl i shed. br utay of the
_so'
cal l ed.
four
el Trnentr,, Before tl ti s
can ta*r pl ace
i t has to be deternti ned
wl t' i cl t' gender
;, ttr' por;ti u"' ani i "uqi rh
i , the
n-sa!i .. Al eph, bei ng a ntot.her
rettrer, i s thi posi r.i ue
ernrrrnnt ui oi r' .' - i .o, i s earth,
l -i ng negati ue. But the earth tpas
)' et' to
be broughr
forth.
It u' ,orl nnt i n eti stence.
l l atrer
ntust haue consi sted-of a sti i l
fi ner
substance) as i ta). be a-rsttnted. ro be
fountl
on
.l ' .rnus-
and Mercury.
.M.att.er,, .i n
i tsel f
.
bei ng negati ue' , i s the pr:oporl t
attuned.
rec.i pi rnt.for
the posi ti ue
ai r (Ateph)
_to
u,ork ,poi . Ti ri , tl ,oukl al so Jr7:r[.;. ottr cl oser
,.rr!:.t,:,:,,,n,,1,:o
Ven,sus, Mercury, and Vul can a,s i nne, i nl l ttences (entoti on,
mi nd, antl
tnnught) ttnn to l l te outer
Ttl anets uti tl z thei r ntani festati ons
As to tl rc
l our el ernental ui rrues ol taal .r, ai r, antl eo,rth i t catt be seen rhat they
orc the essenti al s i n the
formati on anrl congi o,nerati o,
nf the i i rotJ,
"i )ou,,
o, ,t n
pl anet l i arth. Fi re i s the e.ssence uhi ch acti uates ai r, or' tl r" sr,
(1i ' rej
u,orki ng on
l ' ul ca.n
\ai r) through Mercury and Venus (both ntatter) tn a rel ati uel t" subtl er substance
and
l or t nat i on. I t i s t hi s cent r aL
f i r e
ut hi ch ui l l pl ay' sucl t . "- ' ; , r r - pi r i r "r ' par t
f ur t her
on i n thi s treoti sc
- 19-
fire is brought
-?bq"t
a sonl, a spirit ancl a bocly. Through
this
union rve will find them as meicury, sulphur,"ancl
salt. These
three, when united, rep.esent a p-eifecf
ancl entire body n.
matter under what form. E_verything in the rvor.ld is separ:aterl
i nt o t hree, namel y: ani nral i a, -veget i bi l i a,
and mi neri l i a.
under ani mal i a a. e i ncl ucl ed al l ani rnars, rl en, f i sh, f owl .
and everything pertaining
to this kincl * hich' has
fiesh,
' utoo,t,
and breathes.
Veget abi l i a
i ncl udes
al l t r. ess, root s, herbs"
-
In tl zz coni uncti on of
.the
four
el ements, brought about by the i nl usi on of the
il.td hcar, are to be
found.
soul, spirit,' and body. These three represent
the
rnntiok out of which euerrthing consisrs ihat naturi brings
forth.-They represent
2-t\mselues
a perfect
corporeal manifestation, no
.matter
uitler u'hat
fotrm
or shape.
T-b l"- ol the three, or the-laut.of the triangle, will be
found
repeated'ly
in nature as
tb ortirrul, plant, or mineral utorld.
At slpun in the book
"FRjM oNE To rEN" mat_ter consisrs of a dual nature. Il
tl*tc are
lour
elements that constitute mattter ro become ,ognot", these
four-firi,
414
air, and umter-u;ill haue to haue as its counterpart uhol is kioun as soul, 6od.y
7n
mind, a-lso called sulphur, salt and mercury. Thesi three essentials oi" irrrpr"grotid
b7 a
lourth
one. This sidereal infusion transcends common
fir".
ii" tue do not
anuidcr a combustible conllagration but the thermal source which m,aies the latter
pi bb.-Fi re,-or
heat, as. known to ntan, no matter by what process
or mani festati on
Fd,'ccd
on the terrestria-l sphe.re, is but an outer manifestaiion,
or the 4ual aspect
d
the underlying energy becoming euident as
force.
It should be noted that the threefold appearance ol physicol phenomena
is based
ur sulphur, sah, and mercury a_ppgaring in unison ot o
"o^pl"t"d
earthy entity. These
irutcr substances or attributes haue to manifest on the eztirnal plane'and
bicome an
tticuled obiect. In other uo.rds, eue-r|,thing u,hich ezists do,es so because of its
cbmental qualities
knotan
.as
fire,
earth, air anrt uater. within these
four are
iound.
t-l w three generati ue pri nci pl es
ol sul phur, sal t, and nrcrcury. Thi s threefol d d,i ui si on
bmes eDer apparent. Three main categories. mineralia, t,egetabilia a:nd animalia
ottstitute terrestrial phenomena.
- .
Euerything that has blood and breathes
for
its uital source ol eilstence and has the
ability to proireate
belongs to the animal world, nan included.
-21-
II
, , , , ". l Jj i l rl hi ng
t hat
exi st s
i n
t he n, or. kl
i s cont ai nerl
i n
t hose
r' e' ani mar
wo' rrr
rras
i t s
ou, rr
speci ai
seecl .
T. hi s
seecl
i s
a slrer-nratozoon^
^^llll"fl]l)
r,vhrch
ggnerates
flesh
ancl
bloocl.
I r i t i s f oun.
i i s
own p. i nra
r' at ei i a
arra
f i . st
seeri .
I t was
l l ; l l : l l l . : ' , out
t h rouel ' ' i t '
i i i , , i , , i '
r, , i r r"l rce
upo, ' ' re, , at u
ra r
' l ' l re
veget at rl e
l vorJrl
al so
7' h"sa
three subdi t
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ol p'os'';":;o'i';;'l,a'td
l"t','rat
deriuatiues'
rhe
tatte'r
cnimat
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pro
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their
sceds
ancl fruits,
a' cl
trrat n,hich
is crerivecr
, n i , .
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i ncl url es
al l met al s,
rocks,
ancl
ai l
therefrom.
t hat pert ai ns
I I I I I
rerei' es
its seecl fi' orn
(iocl
acco.cri' g
to r1tralit1,,
for.nr,
arrcr
attril.^rtes.
This seerl
lrqs ^ihe
i'rpr.irri
of iti l..ltr.,
ir-'rougrr
a sitlerial
a' d rnateriai
irrfh-rer' ,.",
ti,
"rot "
it' irlool' irr,i
bri' g
forth its orvn hincl from
the ea,iir.
-
f ' he nri ner. al
wol l : l
l i l i eq. i se
recei
rrrr. rrr' . l . i t r
wot . l r: l
I rl (e\ \ . rse
. ecei ves
i t s seecl f i r. st f i . o' r
Sl , I t .
ori gi r i s f ou' rl
i , . he , t or: , . 1,
l l ea' e' s
f i . or' rvhr: ' ce
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tn h,a in,,n,,crl
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t / . t t , , . t r . r . t . t r
t ( , u cat . t or n Aegr c2.
. l . l t t _
Ocor n t t , i l l bc r eCogni zed
j !fu
l r;t,i t of the. oak. Certai nl .t.,
ru orrl ,
"l orn
l r,) scetz i tt atl ocorn hr. ni tt".. r^r-, ,,- l :r ei thcr
l ctrnt
r>r
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li')
s'urot ptvnornenon.
Belori tt,i, ,,ppooi
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,
'!,l,ol!;.iii"iriij)iXii
I t i nr r nl s
ar e gener at ed
r i keu. , i st z. by seer ! . Thi s st or ent ct t t
ut i . u be cont est ed
b. , .
mr Th, - a, sut nnl i o,
i s. t hat n. o , ", , d, on
bo , "", . o. , i , t t r o , , "g"i obi "; , ;
"; r "i r ' , ; ; j
; r , ; . ; ;
vr ' n
Thcr cl or e.
t he cr ai n_t t hat ; t , t oo,
"t ; . r i "; r ; r r l r , ; ,
r . i r r t or r t
r or t r t dr t t i or t ond. mr i l i t t . .
l a c the t{setobl e
seetl d.i ffers
tr"r, i tr" i i "i ,i ro|oroo,,
.so dor,s the ,r;rrrrt
seet! d.i ffer
l et the tu.o contbi ner!
Hi :|:, ,i ,, ,,n ,:,,"|' nrri r,i ' ,t,
ortter ot)/)(orarrc
l rortt the otl ter
t t ' Ft r si . uc hat ' e t o c. st ohr i . sr t t . r t ot i t ar so i
7' ) ) t
o1 t t , i , p, i , i , ' ; ; ; , ; ; ; , ; "' ; ; i r , set J
i nt o a1
-FCnrsF:s 7 he si darenr. i ,_tT.tres.si ott
r,r,d i rt.f r,,r.ncc tt.or h.s i rt n si trti rnr
r)ottct.rt o.s tn rhe
t t pr r Li . uel r
nar r r cd.
u. mr l r l . s. . , gt r l 1, h1s,
r ni at , nu, l nt cr _ct u. ] _)
a. s t ht l l t r , j a e. sscnt i al s,
haue
s b
l cund br tL.' ay ot' seTtat.oti on to retl col
ti " ,1,nr:,r, boj 1,. It i .s kn.ott.tt i n ol chenti sti cal
Ie' zucee 4s the phi l osonhi cnr_
ntercut' 1.,
an ethereal substa,ce,
ntade
to nuni fest
a.s a
Erhl r rol 4ti l e
ti qui rt.
As thn n,ti nrl i i r",-r;;"1r"rn"n
o, a sri nty substance
ond trte
utaobl e i n sol i d
form. so
,does
rhe ,ri norol
,i rrrr, ,l .roo i ts uel ti cl e,
ul teretn
i t i s
Lr' .cl l r' rontoi ned.
as a hi ghl y uol ati l e i ,ri
[ori ' n-).,
,rorr,rn.
_
z, ) _
- IE
t' e
ea' t' 1'
sart'
it
becarne
-a
per' {e_ct
,
antl
.o-pl"i"
bocry. s' oultl
eitler
of t' enr
rr" iti"a"
t5l,o.p"t,rate
a' d
io multipry, it *' ould
ha' e
to
n" r.,t"."ii' ^"gui"n' aoia,
ri.ri' "rltt' oi
o. ."",t,
[{lf
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Ill il*
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hauc.
the sotrtc
scct! substattce.
Dirferent
formations are
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of hou
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n b unircr!
"'itt, "noiin',
or rennitt
apart
rror, ,:;!;"ili:"1'u.::j{,"toos.epa'ot"
front one
-
Si nce al l t l t i ngs
et i st et t l
or a t ho ^. _^t J^_ ^t
tru.tariotts
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"L::"
,nknorun
suprcn.rc
causp to
ar1.
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but requires
a
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it shour,t
rirst or au be
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ear t h; ,
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"
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is the primal
rnatteri
nantely,
tle three
first substance(,;,-:;;,
The rea' l er
shourrr
bear i n.tni nd
tl tar the uater rnenti one-d
here i s not the common
=,',:"':"":;
,;:;:l:,!li!;f::,:i,:,,,,::;;';;';,i;;'
or tr,n ,iin,ol'i.",,'."i
iniusophicat
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a*la7
Ae fu ,b/;rr.
/z .' a*/ arcr,u
Rryrt
ry
a,/r/e
4-oor
,,
To
find
the prima
materia,reqyirel
a heen mind, one w,r haue to corne to the
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as such. rhis does not mea,
it it to be
found in onb one obj*t, Er;;;;;;;;;'i'
,t'i,X"ETJr"f#:T
y,*,,;":.i:::"::"-"t:d^!,:i-':;i"il-'ir"o,i.iio,",
in his utay ot thinhins,
is
4
his back
lrom the uery thing ir" ii"t".- ei""i'
;;;;:i;";::h{rd;;'T!t}it
*r_:y::"il^:::,r.U!
r&Is r's,".. witiii in" n"[p--ii'i.
iuia",L, .,"
rbd" at last to some. degreg,
it iiu i;;;;'
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;k:":,
*,my,!: :::":yy,.-y!,
i" iii",iif
t"
.ry*;!..i;
i;' ;i;;..yound
out
w oJ practical
ezperimentation.
-
Fi" .iailirir-
ii_Jil;;";h"*r;;f"rr";#
;:;
*;!!*,;,:(Sp^^it_"uini,,i6ii-i"'iniii"'i,i.Ziifr"L.*ii"a*,
tae
it upn his readers. ri",ti."
ii,,qr,*ri';;;;;;:;;';i"#f'ff'f;
X"tftri
t t prcrub
to be
lor
the reader's o., plJirui"'ind
uerification.
Ydantine, Paracelsus
and other,.archemis*
confirm
ouer and ouer again that to
7flr,_y:::y,!::.^*:::u;"
uiiii i ;;;i;;s e*e but to resotue them, or to
t trsn into their
firsr maaer. rnit-i-r'n
'i"ri,frr
tnot ;; i;1i;-";;;'"Fr;2
ffi#, ?:S f::?: :{ * -: :_:i:;i *,y iilr
; ;
;;
p ;ii
"
i*,;;
i6 o"i, i, nt,,ini n
s
within itself naturai -rrrury
;;i;;l;h;,1n"'"rii#;iiliii
:;H\:f|
tle Turba Philosophorum,,chapter..l,
it read.s: In the- estimation
of oll sages,
:,i*j,::::t:*l:,:f ,:i!
^in1,.:;
'F*;tu,;".;;
,"ia,,-;-i,
i:t"ii, Ei,it *,a qstata
btood, so'
eaa'
i,
s""iiiiia
")i
ri Z.s;r;r;;";;r";"r.1:
*ntna in the third chaprer utrites:
"As ice, u.,hich by heat is dissorued
into
b darlv
sencrated out'of utater,.*
")i'iritt
)oy bi ,"riiuii
i;;;';;"urJr,
r it is clcar that they are generateil
ort iS ;1.,i---
tue adepts uoice the same sentiments in so many uord.s.
*29-
TREATTsE, coNCERNING
pHrr,osopHrcAt,
rr,niurNcs
The Stone of the Philosophers
I . ONOMOTOLOGI A. *
I . Homonymi a**
All kinds of stones are found on this earth. but none
of them will serve our purpose, when n' e conipare them
rvith the Philosophers'
Stone before us.
I I . Synonyrni a*
* *
Thi s s' t one i s cal l ed by many' l t ant es, i . g. , Azot h, Lapi s
Phi l osophorunr,
f i nct ur. a,
l ve are tol d thi t the storti u)e are l ooki hg
for
uti l l neuer be
found
an.tong those
ctezted by noture. one can tel l by how the author makes thi s cornpari son by' haui ng
tb stqte before hint. It would be a difficutt task, indeed, to cornpare some substance
ritlrout hauing another to conrpare it uith.
we wi l l take occasi on here to
poi nt
out that those tttho conti nuousl T. confront
&bmi sti cal students wi th thei r theory, that there i s no such thi ng as' a tantgi bl e
?lilaphers stone, ntake those, taho clainted. ro
/rrossess
it,
fakers.
onJ u,ould. haue to
c** between those u-,ho haue no euidence to olfer and base their assurttption only on
tLi r i nabi l i tr to produce and those, who by actual ntanual operati on haue produci d i t.
l ' bn the l atter speak and gi ue d.i ri cti ons to thdt ei l ent, uthi ch the former are not
- c psition
to do, the choice should not be a dilficult one.
"l n order that the Phi l osopher' s Stone," says Paracel sus,
,,u;hi ch,
for
sul l i ci ent
otastrt ue cal l a perpetual or perfect
bal san, nny be rnade by means ol vul can. i t
-t
l i rst
of al l be known and consi dered i n what tuay the stone nny be pl aced
rrtcri al l y before our eyes, and. beconte vi si bl e and cogl i zabl e by the other i enses;
-1.
;f lihe, nrcnner, hou its
lire
nny be nnde to come
lorth
ani.d to be recognizeti.
\t
udcr, then, that this nny be the ntore clearly set belore us, u,e u,,ill tike the
illtarution ol contmon
fire,
that is to saf, tue will inquire in tt,hat manner its
force
bt i tscl l and becontes ui si bl e; and thi s i s as
fol l o:z,s:-Fi rst
of aII, by means ol
Ydca, the
fi re
i s smi tten out ol the
fl i nt.
Now thi s
fi re
can el fect noi hi ng unl ei s
i ttrtt ui th some substance that i s congeni al to i t, and on uthi ch i t i s capabl e ol aci ng,
rri ar u.nd, resi ns, oi l , or sorne other l i ke substance, uhi ch, b7. i ts nature, parti al l y
lrar.
Wlvn, therefore, tlrc
lire
nvets utith sorne such obiect it goes on
lorthtuith
to
Gzde,
unl ess i t be erti ngui shed or hi ndered by somethi ng ol a contrary nature to
i l cIl . Or unl ess the materi al uherei n i t shoul d ntul ti pl y i tsel f be defi ci ent. . Nou.:,
*m. as the
lire
shous itsell in the wood, so is the sarne thing produced taith the
?tilapher's Stone, cir the Perpetual Balsanz acting on the huntan body.
Il thot stone be made out of proper materi al and on a phi l osophi cal pri nci pl e by a
tdd phyi ci an, and due consi derati on be gi uen to al l the surroundi ngs of the man
t*n i t i s ezhi bi ted to hi m, then i .t renouates and restores the ui tal organs
i ust
as though
l qt ovre put
on the
fi re,
u,hi ch reui ue the al most ezti ngui shed heat and are the cause
{
a brilliant and clear
flame."
Thi s sl atement coul d hardl y be appl i ed to a non materi al substance. Hout el se
c' *H i t be. The l aw ol pol ari ty requi res i ts eti sl ertces on both pl anes. The i ntangi bl e
ttJ tongible. Neither could eist tuithout the other.
' Onomotol ogi a:
the reasoni ng evol ved out of a name.
"Homonymi a: name gi ven by man.
"' l i nonymi a: l i sti ng of al ternati ve sci enti fi c names used for a speci fi c group, or
for various species.
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I I .
Leo Rubens
(recl
Lion) etc. Neither will, for the time
being, serve its
PurPose'
PRAGMAT' ALOGIA*
I. An sit?
Is it true that the Philosophet"s'
stone exists oI is it only
to be c.onsirlerecl
ar fable, ir rottt" rva' t it to be? Incleedt
it tids to be answererl
yes by a tlue philosopher'
,Any-
one, who uncl erst ant l s
sornet hi ng
about . i h". ,
t l l eory
of ine rnctals, r,vill have to arlnit 1o' cstly tlat
the
t ra' srt rut at i ori
of ' ret al s i s a . at ural
p' ocess at rd rl ot
agai rt st nat ure.
The rari ous nantes gi uen thi s arti fi ci al l y
produced stone are nnni fol d but are ol
l i ttl e- otl ai l , i l u;e tto not Lro* the real , by u;hateuer nante i t i s cal l ed'
| | . h e n h e q u e s t i o n s h i ms e l f i f t l r c P h i l o s o p | r c r s S l o n e r e a l l y d o e s e i a , o r i | . i t
i s onl t' rhe
protl uct
"f
." i ,i ,"gi )oi i "n
' ' i "' 1, he hi rnsel l ansl Ders i t
"^tl l t
YES' He
cl ci nts i t to be a producf ol i i t
"ri rtnnre.
franstnutal i on i s not agai nst nature, he
i nl orr,l 5 us. 7' o wl zi ch tDe rrcu:) can set l l rc stamp of approual
.sci enti f,i cal l y'
It shoul d
b re utr' ntbered rl nt rhi s rro,tnrro,,, u' tas ntarl e about ttDo h' wtdred
years bel ore Rutherford
a: nduct et l hi s ezper i nt ent
ar ul descr ues speci al no. t i ce her e. I t i s easl ' l or us, not t t ' t o
o:c.pt l ransntutati ort
i tt ti e- oto"i c ogn' But i .t shoul tl not be
forgol ten
that thi s
-nl ' i rnri oti o,. u)as ttot at' ai l abl e to l e contentporari es
ol our author'
Bcfore a starernerl t can be conl i r211r! i 1 ntust haue as i ts eui dence the subi ect or
&i "ct
' r,ndc,
consi derati on.
Hor., ,i rany ti mes stat?-ments haue been ma,l e concernrng
the
phi l osopl ter,s
stone i ,
"o)" ",
i r,pl rnnt as the ne:essary eui dence th.at has to be
grducerl l o shou i ts eti stence.
Il ecorded i nstances o' n nu"' "' ou" tthere cl ai ms haue
o*en made that thi s rr""""-"t Ttossessetl
by sonte. Houteuer
spuri ous or genui ne such
cl ai ms l nue beert, they ;; ;;;i y be ueri fi ed by the fesul ts e:tant.
Il there i s
i nel urabl e
prool ol trorrrrnui oti i n' to
be had' orrl tl r.e eui dence i s sti l l . i n eti sl ence, then
rhere i s no rteed to go t
"i i 1-o-
ri "' ui sustai netl cl ai nts of
fornter
days...Can such eui dence
bc produced? Th" onr*,)r""i ,
"i nr.
m.a"rn techni que
and sci enti l i c endeauors
hat,e
nro611<l ,t,l rl te
fact
noi ' i t"i ' .' o.
Wl ' n" the Phi l o' sopher' s Stone h.as not been onIT'
prttl ai r;tc,! as an accontpUtn"a to' t,
al l that- rentai ns
for
deuoted sci cnti sts to do i s to
make cl l ,,rts to prod.uce-;;.* H;r"
' tue
speak ol stri cti .y sci enti fi c enl ea-uors
that u;i II
crcl utl a
l ,rei ul i ce
anrl prn:ro,""i ' nd
"oi i o"'
Basetl t-qon rhe sci enti l i c stri des' that
hore l tcrtt rrmde ui tl ti n' ,i ""1r"i -]i tri
' years,
there shoul d be l i ttl e doubt that the
di scor t , ' ' ol such o , uur r oi "n, *L' i "i ] ' L""t t gous
t o t he Phi l osopher ' s
St one' can be
prul ur,
'
on a sounrl sci enti fi c basi s'
pr "*r n", "l o*l a:
a l encl - encv ot ' mor c ol l ess r L' f i ni t e- t r y: i : l - : | f l : i l ' r . : 1. '
whi ch st r ess
i s pl aced upon pr act l cal coi r sequences
and
pr act i coi t nl i , "s
"s
st a. t l ar i l s
f or phi l osophi cal
r oncept i ons.
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i I .
Qui d
si t ?
What reaily is the Philosophers' Stone? It is nothing
else but a compouncl of the white eagle and the recl
lion, as procluced by the artists. By it, cornnlolt metals
can be improved, ancl silver be elevated into goicl.
The poor can become ri ch and t he si ck be made
' healthy.
This way, u' e u,ill recognize the onrnipo-
tence of Go<I.
I I I .
(l ausarum
i nurnerat i o
I. Causa efficiens principal.
T' he principal ancl efficient callse is God ancl nature
who manifest through the artist' s hartds.
i l . Causa mi ni st eri al i s.
The artist, philosollher or laborartt, rvho, rvith the
hel p of Gocl ancl nat ure, bri rrgs i t t o a cot t cl usi on.
Wl urt. does l he so-cal l ed Phi l osophers' Stone represent? What does i t consi st of?
He tel l s rr thnt i t i s a composi ti on ol the uhi te eagl e and the red l i on. What are they
supposed to represent? Here begins the untangling nzentioned before. What about the
red lion? We
find
in Basil Va,Ientine and oth.er alchemists a green lion ntentioned.
l Vhy thr di l l erence i n col or? Whi l e the red l i on represents the sul phur c;r oi l of the
subsl anca, so does the g,reen l i on i n the anti moni al process represcnt the green gum
(l i on)
l rom
uthi ch i s ei l racted the red bl ood of the dragon. One can now see the
turi ous rneani ngs attached to the u;ords and symbol s. The contezt of the ntbstance i n-
nl ced i s the same, nantel y the al chemi cal oi l or sul phur whi ch i s of a reddi sh col or
dependirtg on intensity, pureness, and preparation,
It i r through the separati on ol the phi l osophi cal nTercury and the al chemi cal
sul phur
l rom
the body and the
fol l oui ng
puri l i cati on that a coni uncti on i s accompl i shed
u' hi ch u i U el euate the base metal s. By i t, the poor can be nnde *-eal thT' , but i ts
main prn poss
is to heal the sick. By this act, God will be glorif ied
f
c;r the great uisdom
He has hestowed. upon man. OnIy by the grace ol God uti l l the arti st be pernti tted
to accornpl i sh thzse maruel s of di ui ne u;i sdont. It i s hardl y possi bl e, due l o man' s ou;n
Ii mi ted ni nd and brai n
functi ons,
to haue arri ued at such a
fact.
It i s not arni ss here
l o menl i ,tn that al l great men haue acknowl edged the i nfl uence ol a hi gher pouter that
had l et tl rcm real i ze thei r
greal est
ochi euenrents.
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IIL Causa materialis
ex qua:
Sol vel Luna, Theophr. p. 1 19.
i n qua:
The sul phur
(vapor)
of t he met al s
i s t he spi ri t t hat
tinges.
crrca quam:
ts contmon
Mercury,
the mother
ancl producer
of
all
;netals
I\I. Causa formalis.
Is the conjunctio'
of the white eagle and the recl
l i on.
QUAERITUR:
WHAT IS TI{tr WHI.TE EAGLE?
I
The white
e
f
mercury/sulphur
\mm,ttie
cafx of
eagle is nothing
else but the slowly
(vapor),
at the top of the cligestion
gold
li:l--//
,
Hou is this u' ,ork brought
about? God uses
.the
sincere laborant,
the artist, to
&a,Lrtrare his maruelous
worh. He uses material Laays to ,"r"i ih) spirituar
or
* diuine inherent in
.his.
cre-ations through ntan's performar"e
;i
-his
unrkshop
llJuatory). Causarion is
f.ound,
a,rrorg,othirr,
in,the u.torks ol
paracelsus,
utho ezcels
J abrs by his etpoundations and. by
"the
profundity
"t
ni, -'riiiisr.-"-*"
-
Atpther perplezity
enters ruhen our author mentions
sulphur to be a sream or
t? 4,,ly.metals representing
the spirit that tinges (corors).
No sooner does he men-
?
b.ri4lr this sulphur, thai he tells us that tE" mother
",t "ti
i"iii ls quicksiluer.
Ec giws us, aglin: to understand that crud.e ,i)-r"ury and. philosophicar
mercury
are
- tlu sme. what are tue supposed to understand.
from'
this ["ii^"ix
wording?
fu.**-mercury'
belore it is'made into an unctuous utater in tie bowers ol rhe
-!h-4 belgre
lt
goes into rhe
formatio_n of the metars or related
siirron""r,
becomes
sil"ilwr. If the uhite eagle is the philoiophical
mercury iiir--a'l"iut
not if it
i oudc quickiluer.
.
He
qnnpers
the question
by saying that the u.,hite eagre is nothing else but rhe
blv-rising mercurial ,opor,
iog,
i, ,i"or,
lronr
the -"toilii goti ir"tE" uesser. Nou
bdb it a mercurial sulphur'oii gire,
it tie etj:herear
so""iur'opiro;;;;r,'ro diflerent
Ir:a
tlv red-Iion,
the remains at.th2 bouorn of the uessel. But uhere does the metallic
dl
cnter u,hen it taas supposedly
the metallic mercur!, or quicksiluer
that he started.
I tith>
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!
:
i
I
I
I
I
at the bottom.
This
vol at i l e"
I t i s cal l ecl
sulphur
at the
top is ,rery
subtle
and
Azoth,
Eagles
Gluten.
The red lion is an incombustibre
surphur,
like fixed
red
iuice
of the Lilv*"
remaining_;;
ih" botfom-Jf-it
u .iig.rtio'
flask
and is calied
red lion
ti,"o ."fr".rrl.
HOW
ARE THE
WIIITE,
EAGLE
AND
THE,
'
RED LION
PRE,PARED?
WHAT
IS THE,
RE,D LION?
:_l:llt"d
philosophical,
sublirnatecl,
ancl
rooKrng
nl el cury
anrl
t he amal garnat ed
Bv rvay
of the
rearvakened golclerr
gol d.
This calz or
sord fro.nt uhence arises on tre bottom ol the
frask a subtle and. nlaile sulphur,
ih, is it calred ,-n"-*i;i""i."iil.or
ntercury
in one prace
and then
*dn
sulphur?
or Azoth
",
ttt",iosll",
;tr"r"""ifr"i n"ring ansueretr
this' question
to our nblttion
la asks another:
what is t"t","i irot nnr" he cails it the uncombustibre
adphur,
the
lircd
red
juice.of
the Lily;, r^ri"i"on
the bottom
ol the digestion
uesser. Asain he calls it sulnhur:
!:r,
r!i: ,iki
""i
)]li"c
.to
the top but remaining
dormant
l' lotu'
It is getrins' ntore-antr
ntore corttprer
ail rhe tinte. Nou,
we haue to make a trision and to
find out tahot is *i;,;;
;;;o'iit"uty
"ni"nitii,l-ili'"ra
symbots
ol thzir tarious nteanings.
Again, before shedding
mo_re lighr on ilte subiect, he
.keeps
asking:
hou; tlo you
Fc*re the red rion and the.u.,hi-te
iogt"l n' "";"ii, us..bv taking th. piiyie,r
and. subri- taed- resuscitated
phirosophi*t.
nrnli"rrr'"ii)'
ai11orn"g"
;i ,il
"i"irrri^,
at one ,nrw crude quicksiluer
the-n purified,
ttr"' nr"rruliour' -rulphuriur-ona' r' oi"rniusophicar,
cxaainlt
will not make rhings any easier to contprehznil
i" ,Ltir'in"'1Ltrron""
_h"r" it is derircd.
from sord-coloria ^"ri"ri
o""oriroii"^"r"a
gaa.
wtlii-ii iieant
by that qo,o
we u;,r haue t'o be patient
oiirtt" t.,"[il.
e-1"i
o"e"i n";;"ii"
tu,r
siue us
lutther instruction
as to hou.t to g", ,nii ^"rr,)"ry'
to thi, golden
state.
In "De Hydropisi"
uon Hohenheim
ters tts that
the sulphur or metals, and indee.d.,
tlut sulphur uthich
can be. eztractei-
j-^"
^i""itr,
is said to be of speciar
utility
in lnpsv,
lor it is of a drring
"iiri,' "l' a'
ii,' ir' "it
*11": o sun, or sorar heat,
uthich lisperses
the rain of the'b,oiy,
t"a ig"t"l i't"'to'"po*
ofr in uapor.
on onother
occasion lv m1' s:
"The sulrthur
o1 tti ^"titr-it"
""' ";tii"rr.efiracted
lrom the metars
them_ lrlte4
endowed
with uery many uirtues
i",,
,i"' i".Un
of man.
"Another
sulphur is drautn
from.
n,etars before
rhey haue undergone
the
rire, as
lant the golden
and siruer m.atlchasites
anrr oi'iors, u,hi"h
take rani and. ezceilence
a,ording
to the nobilitv of the mine|ar.
-S;
;t;; is drau,n the minerar
or nnrchasite
od a*alt. accord.ins
ti lrl ii"r"'
""i"i,"i"ir'r"of
each.,,
-
Even to th' e-h-alfuay
initiate into alchenty
this statement
is so obuious,
as to where
,t crtract the alchenical
sulphur
thar no ,nor" nlna, n be sii.
---' -' -' I
ll'hen
cobalt is menrioned,
crosery rdlated, to nicker, one u,onddrs
uthen the true
clficacl'
ol this metal uil.be' gpenrr' a;ti.r"r"i"
""d
giuen
the proper
rank and.
file atnong the yet
undiscouered.medical
pot"n";nr-iri")ent
rherein. By this we do not mean
tlw man made negatiuely
destruaiu[,-
raii*ri;i,'
,ot"t, ,orr.
' The
mat t er of t he t i nct ure (paracel sus).
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FIOW
IS TIIIi
MERCURY
CLEANSI,D?
f' he
mercury
has
to be creansecl
f.onr
the aclheri' g
reacr
a' rl bisrnuth
bv way
of cin.robarl
ni rotto*r,
;;il;;"
pouncr
:l ::]lt""n
suiphu.i
i"
-u
iiolk-..1.
a1r6, press
three pounds
ol ' e' curv
th.ough
a char,ois
so" it wili
a;
";
fir^re rai' into
j,r::j,l:tl":lStnfrui K";t
J;;;i,g"ri19
,,,rpr,,,,:iirl
iiiul,,.,.cur.].
roes rrot
separat e
a_ryrnore
a' rl urrt i l
an' amal garn-i s
f o. rn", l .
l--r,_i!,tu.r
black,
th6' cool it.
p"it"r' ize
it urrli ,.,rrii,' ate
it,
rrr a st rorg
f i re, i n a' al ucl el rvi t h
t he
1". i pi "rri
; ; ; ; p.
Thi s
r' i l l
Jr' orl uce a beaut i f ul
ci ' rrabo.
i eaui ' g
al l r. errrai ns
at t he
l rot t ol n.
First. the mercurv
has to be cleansed.
and purified..
Eztraneous
sttbstance
such as
l cod. bi snt ut h, et c. ar et obnr nr r o, u" i - ni i i * l i , i i t ; - at i onor ashedescr i besi t .
r vear e
tc dissolte
one pound
of com-mon sulphur
ii
"
_i,a"-"r*;"r;
;i;;' ;;;' !qr""""
thr"" ytunds
ol quicksiluer
tirrough
"
,io;,;;: (iir|
T""rn", ol sheepskin),
so tt u,iU nzit
ui t h t he sul phur.
The reasi n. sheep, ski i -i s' "t "a' i t , n, t -i i ""qr"i i ' r' ; ; ; L' , ' : "-. ,
t hroush
t' tn as
line
globules
as possibre
io miz uitrt t-he surphur.
This nizture
has to be nt rred
const ant l v
t o di ssi pal e. rhe t nercury; "' t i
nrot t "r
rrt pi r)". ' i i n"*y"t t o-
o1 t t "
rulphur u' ill turn ro a blackish.gr"y.
sr,ia""ir"' oi.qouotini"
tL-, -;ii' r"i nnmed.iatery
tlv conforntitv.
Euerrthing
nnLJuitn
"ii' nlr' irioo,
no ntatter
utruzt coror util turn to
black. grat' and
then uthile. when in"' {"irr"rl-i,
cord. grintr
ir in a mortar
uith a pttle
Then' he sublimates.
the uthole ty pi""i"s
it ;rtn.zn iui"iiitit"
corur.enser).
It has bulbs instead
of a rube or coils-as
"' """i)ir;"g
surface,
uhere the subrimate
wilr
atch on the top. AtI the inlpurities
retntain
o"-ii""o.rrr^
ir"a rni
"r\iiii.t
cinnabar
lmercur).ozide)
is then ready
lor use.
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Il ' Mix one
_pouncl
of this cinnabar
ancl one pounrl
of
iron filings
and place
it i' a gru*
reto.t, weil lutecr
on the
bot t orrr'
Pl ace i n an orr"r ur. l put
coal s arounrl
i t unt i l t he
retort is cove.ed.
place
the burrlring
coals
o" iop o,-,,t i"t ttr"
fire gradually
1uL" over so the reiort rvilr
' ot neat .rp too
*ddenl' ' .
The
mouth shoulrl
rr" i" a receptacle
fillecl rvith
rr-ater'
\Yhen
the retort glows,
the mer-cury
wil corne
over
drop by drop^into
the *' aierl.
do;i;"e
the ii.e r,' tii' othing
more
conles forth.
pour
the water
off ancl aiy irr"-r.ercury.
To one pound
of this red
.ozide
add one pound.
ol iron
r,ings or puruerized.
iron
oJ mir thant
accordins
.to
his airr"r;""i
"
oiiiu tni, ^rrrrr"-iu;ri'
ii.trong
lire
in
t r' lort
and haue the rlcipient
",
,n"
""a
ol"iii
"ona"rser
tube (beaker
or any glass
@"aincr)
lilled toi,h water. so,the *"uury-'airt"iring,
can precipitate
drop by drop into
3i::.*
7'he tahote id.ea in the
t*"e"i;i i, i""iu,ify
,tr"'lri"rLri"f,",*,'at
ertraneous
Since artificial
cinnabar nuy
.be
obrained
lrotn chemical supply houses, uhy go
tlvough all those
cumbersome perrcirmances
as outrined. ul orrr- o-rlioi""?ni,
question
b uvll
founrled. But a -ord
oi ciution ii-.tt. ii*rr"ry.
Not art chemicatty preparetr
Fpduct" are nteetins
our archemicar
,;;;;r;;;"'t";'
soruL oru,- ir-ri"i"^ilii*t
ranguage,
'H;'
rhat
meais deuoid of tin
";;;;;;ri",';;;r*iot
,rbitii"".-
iiriJ_lr"t
sulphur
ar be
pzrrocted
lrom so coued a*a tiu'rtorJni.'"nur,
not its ntercury.
In the case of
'It abot'c rnentioned
cinnabar,.
t"ri ;; ;;-
i;;;
hsted. in the catarogs of the chemicar
tgp$' houscs
as ntercuric
surpitid.e,
aes, r:"p'rnl""t"s
artificiar cinnebar. This red. pouder
J
a cannine
color differs
from' thJ ^"i"ur;"' "Lr;an,.Heo,
of an red-orange
tint.
Drh u.'ill ntcet
otlr requirements,
prouided
they ale uhat the Label ind.icates. In our
@Ittr' s process'
as desiribed..obo;;,
-;";;"i;"";rr;u"
at a substance ,"r"iitirg
Hgsoa,
c a ntcrctttic
sulphate.
This surphui' u.toukr haue * u" ,ir".""i"";;;,";;
the author
-;a3est<. because
it is common srlpTrrr.
HOW
DO WE
GET TIIE MERCURY
OUT
OF THE
CINNABAR?
43_
and put it aside for future use.
HO\\' TO SUBLIMATE, THIS PHILOSOPHICAL MERCURY?
NIix salt and vitriol
(common
anlmonium nitrate. sul-
phur and mercury in equal parts) itr a little water. It will
granulate. Place in a retort but do not close, otherwise it will
burst. Let it remain in the first degree of fire* until no more
srnoke comes forth. This will take about two hours. Then
rsash out all the salt until it is sweet to the taste.
IIOW IS THIS SUBI-IMATIID ME,RCURY RESTORED?
Hout should this ntercury still
lurther
be sublimated, uthich he nou calls philosophic
.-ftar.r- l vi th common ammoni um ni trate, sul phur, antl qui cksi l uer? Fi rst, tDe are
b troisten it to keep it
from
caking. Place it in a retort but do not stopper it. It
r' tB erpl rxl e because of t' he ni trate erpandi ng under pressure. Pl ace i l i nto or
tJcr a
lumehood and let the nitrate escape in the
form
of a yellowish-brotanish smohe.
l'lvn it has ceased smoking, in about tuo hours or so, wash the
feces
with hot
&illcd unter until btue litius paper will show it to be
frie from
acid.
tlerrury u;ill
form
an amalgam with most metals, but not uith iron. One may
smc that hi s i ntenti ons are to haue any
further
i mpuri ti es adhere to the i ron
flingt.
This uay the distilled. mercurr would be as pure as he u;ould. hnow hout to
-L it. Mercury triple distilled
Quality,
Reagent grad.e as Hg, F.W.9-00.59, with a
-rimum limit ol impurities of 0.0001/, and 0.00050/6
foreign
metals that can be
sgpliel
lrom
chemicol
firms,
will giue us a product equal or better than described by
o author. The price
ol approxi,nately seuenteen dollars per pound is not too
arcnsiue, when one considers the time and possible breakage ol uessels etc. Here
n ltaue an absolute pure product uith all the zuorh on the etperimentor's
part
dinimted.
This is all good and true. Hou.teuer, he staled: "Hou to sublimate this philosophical
rtcury?" He calls it nou-, philosophical nr.ercury. This d.oes not make sense. Here we
bv lo become eDen more critical in our inuestigdtion, as ute shall shortly see, It is
ie
lo assume, uhat he meant to scty tDas: Hou., to sublimate the philosophictil ntercury
a
d
thi s ci nnabar.
' Tbc
four degrees of fi re are as fol l ows:
fi nt degree of
fi re:
Waterbath (Bal neum Mari ae) di sti l l ati on made i n water
&wnd degree ol
fire:
distillation made in ashes.
Thi rd degree of
fi re:
di sti l l ati on made i n a sand bath.
fdtrth f,sg7s. of
fire:
made in a free fire.
-4,5-
.",.,ff.f
i.1ffij|lffl$:i
rr ont qui.I
li're
a'cl rralf
as much
c o,, r a i, r e,
"',n
i
j,',T:i:il,1?i,1i.
:,1i".
i:x::
ff
.
*r,*
ilfj:
ffi :
;l:fi,;'j.:"i?l,i:",e
rroni
ii,"',*i"
F;i,".'i"
it,',!.i,,a
tn"
C] ' , ; ; i ' , , "i l i , l l ] i l Yt l
a l i l t l e
* l t ear, rr"i ' .
t o' ; ; "; ; ]
aTrd wat er.
co, q u e, ir, t gli,
r' ii
i,T;J:
Ktq,:"',,,i
I i
l'
;,,i,
;i,;Ji
lX
J.ru*l
j
H:iLt"'
a*' akerri' g
lr,ir
to inr.u proce
betr,r.ee,r' r.rrori
arcl
rri' e
II0\\-
SFIALL
THIS
MERCURY
BE
COLORED
GOLDEN
AND
SILVERLIKEZ
Il :
Of thi s
recover.ecl
mercury
take
si x par.ts (i oth)
ancl
one
Jral t
(qui ntgen)
gol rl
fi fi i i gr,-i ut
noth
j n
an
?:i\:li^'x:!:::;!ii:{":{';ii;:I.ti::i,::!:"No:";::::,?3trr"Ji"'r
r!1j**
Z,:,;,i^i;;iif
ri,:"?fr:
;,:j!i:H!::,
J,l,;,::,:,::x:;.:,
;i,i:i,i',;!Li.r;:"
i,,'::
ii:iiii:i;itrooL"'o"o0,",,"'",i,'i"L,,J,i,i"li5;::';::;''{'i,'::b:,:;;;,:"i#i
:J;iiiti{i;{i,'if
,i;!i:,!tz::!iit;,;:f
!,:ryi;,:,,:!!:,,;,;,oy:;x":
f
i'iiioi:,'t',ii,."X'Li!!i'
tiq"ii"i"i,'ii"{"',''l","li"i,ti,!,i{"!i
lZ;tn:'r::f':;";::
-!;'i"i!i,il,',:!;,',?::l!'*''subtitnatiort.
what
ttifferenc,e
is tttere
betueen
such a
7:;:;:';;i"4i:l::i!:fi1',t'nl':,l,t"l:"tiii:t
::::::*i{,,?,;i,
ri^i::,',;t
rErc<nohtcat
,,tii,,,"i'i.,"fl[!,,,uf;t.,;,,::!:',/::",:,,:,".:
to nine
timcs
to brins
this
i,';':";!::,:,7:Z':,!L;?;:t,;i!{:;r.,r:,;,r"!r:,:,:i"::;;f!:;::!f:ry;tr:ij
*{!';"?;::letl
ntercut'v,
u''hen placett
ouer gottt
fitinss (gotd
leaf),
utiu
lorm a
-.4.7*
opelr reto.t, placed
in warm
sand for a- cray ancl nigrrt,
untir
it gets
black.
p.ess
tt
"
-".iriyirr.o,rgh
a charnois
and save
it ir a bottle.
The.
bocry, whiit
.*ruii*
i" tri;-l;;the.,
mi"
*' ith
pure
amrnoniac
uirh nit."
u",t g.irra
them
unt'
subtle
rrith
a-pestle
in a stone
or glass
mortar.
with
warln
water
*' ash
the ' i t.e and
urr-nri u.
]ro", i t. Take
th"--"...r.y,
fornrerll'
pressecl
through
tt";h;ois,
ancl mix it *.itrr
the
grourrcl
bocly
ancl placd
it. again ir,,to *,u.-
sancr
or- ashes,
as before
foi
one day anrl.rigf,t
?i..., titt rt turns
black)
.
press
agai'
through-the
.ha'ois
i"a gr:i-^l
the bocry,""!'illio."
,oitr,
amnro' i ac
ancl ' i t re,
ancl wash"agai n
wi t h
wat er.
Thi s l vork
co.ti' ues
until the
e' tire
.bocry' ot
-trr""-,' r"*"r.y
' tru,
tr"a'
presse' cl
through
the charnois
Pl acc thi s retort i n o sand.bath
fo.r
tutenry-four
hours unti l
i t turns bl ach agai n. ssueeze
agai n
throueh ttt. tn"' ti i )' oni
t"i ,z' ."i i l i r,
remai ns
ana can not be squeezed tl wough. gri nd
i n i mo.rtar
uti th some i )r" o^rrroni um
ni trate as before unti l i t b+romes
uerv
fine. wash it te"ii
iri" ailr"if"a"'*orn,
unril
free frorn
acid. Take the eme mercury'
set aside and miz it toith the sround ur;a"-""1'rori,
i'h;";;:;",
and place it asain in the sandbath
for.
ttDen;;-r;;r"
i;;;t";',
unt, it gets
brack.
This procedure
bs ro be repeated
until ail ;, ,qi"i"Ji1'n:""I'i
,L leather.
The reader
uilr notice that uhen the mercury has been pressed
through
the leather it is then placed
into a bottre.
inij"iii","'ri7nL
,"ta
i" r["1""rilr"iif'r,
be
sround. fi ne u' i th ammoni um
ni trate. crystdl s, i n
"i ti l r' o"^ortar
or i n a bal l mi l l . wi th u:arm l i sttl l ed
u' ater the ammoni um
ri tratn
i i ;"th;.
out agai n.,,l eaui ng
sort of a gord
Ntrdte behind'
The mercury
formerly )"t"ru"i*tr""
page
45 on top) is nout mized
' th thi s gol d
ni trate and thi s' to-" pi ro"nri ' i "i
r" o" repeated
unti l ol l , or nearl y al l , thc mercury
has been pressed
throu[h-ii"-
tl""inLi.
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al l (l urrt i l al l i s changet l i nt o nrercul ' )' .
' I ' hen
t hi s i s t he l i vi ng
mercl r r' \ -.
FIO\\' TO ,,\MALGAMATE GOLD?
t . \ l rrt rl ganra
si t rnul t um, ut habeas arl augment at i ot rern)
i f i t l ras f i rst been cal ci necl n' i t h conunon rnel -cury t ake i t s
equal ; ut ronnt u' i t h l i vi ng rnel cury
(t he
one gol den or sunl i ke )
arrrl
1rl ' rct ' t hern
i n a subl i mat i ng vessel . Let i t st ancl i n gent l e
heat l or f ol l r hours unt i l i t amal ganrat es. Li f t , t hereaf t er' ,
l he rt t "r' t ' rrry t hrough t he chanroi s and t he nret al
q' i l l
rernai rr
behi rr, l l i kc sanrl or cal x. I l ub t he rnercury rvi t h t he met al
conl ai r r i r r g cal x as bef ol e. Do t hi s as of t en unt i l t he met al l i c
cal r v i l l rnel t i n a cant l l e f l anre
Itr.r,!;s rts the questi ons hout the gol d annl gottt i s nnde. The abote prepared
,turcur\ i s ttout tni ted. ui th an equal antount ol a gol d. and qui cksi l t' cr amal garn.
PIse i t i rt
a gl ass uessel l o l et i t coagul ate i t ntoderate heat
for
about
l our
hours
cl crkti n". unti l i t has ag.ai n
fornted
an antal gant. Press i t agai n through the l eather
ol thr r' ,tal l i c substance ui l l rentai n behi nd l i ke
fi ne
sand or sedi ntent. Thi s squeczi ng
d l he r,:.-,rurt and gol d cab has to be repeated unti L i t u;i l l ntel t zohen put on a spoon
d" r a r , : : kl l e
l l anr c-
AII
,l ri s
rttay be a.s i z i s. Otte thi ng necds cl ari l i cati on on thi s page. He says:
' Then
tl ,r.s i s the l i ui ng ntercury." I-l ou,t con that be2 Il the gol d has been cal ci ned
ti th co,,t,nrt gui cksi l uer and an equal antounl of l i ui ng nrercu.r), has to be added,
rl rrre d' ;r.s tl rat l atter com.e
front?
It i s to be ol a gol d.en or sunl i ke col or. Certai nl y
E (tntt' r,,n qui cksi l uer does l .ook gol den. It i s here and on si mi l ar pl aces. uthere the
cuthor l ..tra.s i ntporl ant parts out, as u)e stated i n the begi nni ng of the book. Thi s
g4den r,,.rcttry i s the "The" ntercttry that has to be di sti l l ed out of the cornmon
rvrcurr. ,r.s l escri bed on page 4' 7. It has uti thi n i tsel f tl te sul phur uthi ch ti nges i t
f cl l ou' n, 11t ' l r l cn.
- 51-
like n' ax or ice. This will prove it. Note: This Uving nlercury
rrill
calcine also rn' hile in an arnalgam ancl n ill revive the
cal ci ned gol d agai n.
Further note that the above nrentionecl calcination of the
sun arrcl mercury is accompiished as follor,vs: sprinkle gold
filings on cornmon rnercury in a retort. Shake lvell and place
it on a strong fire. The rnercury will distill over into a
reci pi ent f i l l ecl wi t h wat er ancl t he remai ni ng gol d u' i l l
becorrre bri t t l e l i ke l i rnest one.
\\' HAT IS TO BE, DONE W-ITH SUCH II,ASY TO
FLUX CALX OF GOLD?
Pl ace i nt o a st rong gl ass f ree f l om cracks ancl ot her f aul t s.
Fi l l t o one t hi rcl
He says to note that thi s nrcrcury cal ci nes uthi l e i t i s amal gamated and reui ues
thz gol d.
Si nce thi s i s l i ui ng nl e:rcury that he speaks of, i t u:i l l act on the ca,l Li ned
pl d i n ntch a way that i t become l i ke l i ui ng gol d. Thi s medns a condi ti on si mi l ar to
tlrut ol a pristine gold ore.
Then he tel l s us to use
fi ne
gol d (gol d l eaf ui l l work wel l , use Hasti ngs pure gol d.
Ia! ol 2) Karat) and mh i t ui th crude mercury i n a di sti l l ati on
fl ask.
A strong
l i re
uttl dj sti l l the mercury ouer and l eaue the
eol d
behi nd as a bri ttl e substance. Thi s
cal t' l i ke gol d i s onl y the body. Its sul phur has been broken up and any dross sti l l
i nhtrent i s ready to be taken out. Thi s resi due of gol d i s nou pl aced i n a strong gl ass
rcscel artd shoul d not
l i II
more than one thi rd i ts uol urne,
It shoul d be noted here that uhat di sti l l s ouer i s at
l i rst
the crude mercury. It
drs not take a strong or
l i erce fi re
to di sti l l common mercury. The l atent phi l osophi cal
rul cur)' wi l l need the eztra
l orce
to be
freed l rom
the gol d cal x. l t ui l l haue to be
ntri ered i nl o a separatc contai ner.
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an(i l eave
t r, vo t hi rds f l ee above i t . seal rvi t h
t he seal of
Hernres
and l et i t di gest f or some t i me. I t n, i l l change i nt o
l i ' i rg nrercury.
' I ' hi s
i s t he pri ma rnat er. i a, a so cal l ecl rnet al l i c
I nercl l r' \ r
or phi l osophi c. al
nrercl rry f ol u' hi cl r t he al chemi st s
have searchecl
but f ew have f oui rcl .
IIOW 1' O RIi GUI,ATI1 ]' IJE FIIti i ?
.
I i i . sl of al i pay
at t ert i orr r, r, herr r, vol hi rrg i rr
t he sphr: r-e
of r r r er cr r l y
t o st ar t wi t h a ger r l . l e { i l e so Lhc vol ; r t i l e
u, i i l r r ot
evapot ' at e
ar l cl t hc spi r i t r ' vi t hi r r i t r l oes r r ot , l r ccor r r e
r l i st ur becl .
' l ' hi -s
*' a1. i t wi l l {rce i t sel f t ou, art l s t rre t op n' l ri l e arr i sl and
of rl c' rr, rvi l l f or. nt at t he bot t orn.
Tl t" rcrttai ni ng ttt,o thi rds a_re nceded.
for
etpansi ort antl rt,l i el ol pressure.
Thc
1"r ' r "
"; i 1c1 be seol . ed h. er nt et f cal l y and r ent ai n so
l r n.
. r i t r r e r i nt e
' t o ' di ' gest .
Nor o he
- - i "t
t 1
sl nl et t r ct l l t l nt l ui l l puzzl e many al chent i st i cal st u. r l ent s. , 4ccor i l i ng
t o r hi s
; . ' . : ; a: i t . . r , ' e ar e gi uen.
t o under st an. d t hat t he phi l . osophi <: aL nt cr cr t r r t t , i l l b, e pr oduced.
I I : : ' ! i t l t e gol l cab bur r he nt er cur y u; i t hi n i t t l mr . nar as i t , o1, p"nr : or r r n.
r { e ski ps
z' :"' i rr' ,1[
part ol th.e uork. l l or, nerr, hc tel .rs u.s hrtu, to ,.i g,rl ate
the
fi re
Ly
i a-rr:;' :{ tt Jnr i s goi ng
on i nsi d.e the gl a.ss rc.s.rel u,i tl rnr
Ii rst
teti i ng ,,, cornpl erei t
L f ; : : ; t t t t i n. I t shoul . d. be. not ed. l hat l hc gol d
, ol z, , r r r r cr r , 1. . an, l . ' r ul p, l t ur
ar e
f
t r st
; . : ' , i ! , t t , t t l r c
l l ask.
Tl r c
f i r e
i s t o be r noder at e
so i l , r , , r n, i , i : r t u, i l l i ot
l l 7.
ar ' t , o. r . .
T' . : : : ,
i , : r , l i . t . pos. si bl e
l >ocause t l u
l l ask
i s l t er nt et i cal l l , seal et ! . .
"t'
i ::t
i ! tt.al l l nteans i s thi s: l Vi thi n the cal r rl gol tl l i es tl r
Jthi l o.soTthi cal rnerct,.1..
T. i , ' . .
, : , .
, - a. si er
t Lr ays t o eal r act l he nt er cur y or b.
l r or ,
t he r nt t ni s
r - hon t hn , r n
1; ": ; ; ' i l t ' ' r c. But our aut hor gi ues us l l u r nuch r l i scussed but - t cl dr . nn t l escr i bed ant l .
: : : : . ' : , ' l ; t n. ol get t i ng
t he phi l osophi cal
nt er cr t . r y out ol gol . t ! . Bec. t t sc i t t s so har d
' ' . ' : : ;
, , r r t l
l or
t he one not i ni t i at ed i nt o r he l t er nt et i c ut or k. Thi s has al ways been
- :
: : . . . 7 t t t r i cky u. t ny" ol obt ai ni ng i t .
l : : , : - l , l cal z t ui l l not change i nt o the ythi l osophi cal ntercurt' . but u.,i l l
,r*i el d i t.
WhaI r cnt ai ns behi nd i s t he sal t and sul pl zur .
:
: ; ,
: 1. . , : r i r ef ul l y
di st i l l ed out of i t .
. r : : r ' . - . . . cnt i al
f
or t he ut or k t hal
' . - : ' : ,
i : l t c r r ul .
l ol l ous.
l Vi tl nut thent he coul d. haue net,er
:' t l te docs not di sti l .l i t out, but l eaues i t i n the
fl ask
and tl uts contnrcnces
'
: l t ; sl , t nc. 7' hi s ei l r ent el y si mpl e u' ay) as
l ar
as nt ant t al nt ani pul at i ons
ar e
'
,.l dornrtt
descri bed i n such detai l . by the adepts.
This dew will cleanse
the transpare' t
from the impure.
It rvill
t.a' smute
the mercuricar
niture into
tt
"
,,ripirrrrii
or t he urrri l ; ened
i nt o t he ri pe.
Whcn
this
Llpor
circulates properly
you rvill have
rothi' g
t' [ear. T]iis circulatio'
ope' s up the lockecl,
harci
and, conrpact
body
(mercury). -
f )' ri ng
t he ci rcul at i on,
t he
vap:r
wilJ sliow sorne coiors wtrite
tire sfirit is uniteri r,r.ith the
soul an(t ttoth
becorne separated
fi.onr the body.
corrtinue
the circuration
until the eagre
has tr*orvn
dorvn
t l , ' . rl ragon
(bl ackness)
ancl t he wat er.
(vapor)
rvi l l
ge' t l v-, t , ' sc, e' ci -so
i t wi l l ' of a"pr-t i ri o"r' t i ; ; "; ; ; i "o. r, l
""-
t i nqui sh
t l re heat .
shoul cl t here be t oo rrl gn o rreai ' , h"
i mpure
*' ill
mix l' ith the pure,
the earth *,ith"the
h;";L;i;.
The digcstion thot
roilou;s has.to b.e carefulry controiled.,
The coarse botry, as
he calls it, uill lnue
to be ripenerl,
i.n order-toi) op"r"a up by the ntercury
ond. made
subtle..
This i.s one of the n' rost criicar
igrigir-r1 th" pro,riri.'
ii" ip"i**n and. the
droa'i71g
ottt ,f tlp tnercurial
uater and the gintlv
i"iiiia;rrg
";r;;;;r;;;;
on the sitre
ol the
flask
rtttt.st continue
unril rhe substu;c;-on' the
bouont"nri .i"t" absorbed. arl
the moisture.
This asccnling
mercurial
uapor w,r eztrac.t- r.he d.orrnant rnl.ing surphur antr
separate
it
frorrt the cah. A hartr. to be reconciled
tuori
""r):,,
i"ii He calls the
cempact borl l ' nt ercury. . I t
shoul d be reat r ro n' t ean-t t ot
rrni ri ry' l pJnr' t t "
compact
bdr. This t|',tr the spirit (r.nercury_)
and soil
liurphu) u,nti"-inh iJi"i^" thentserues
l' om the bodl' gatt).
Graduailv ii" catz -ii air;i' to' """rrZr|
oi"tiittr"rr. a1r",
this state the contbined
merc.urious
turphuroui ,ipo;r uiII cond.ense and descend.
Here
the ntoisture ,trtst
still, dominate and' not ^i, iith the corz. Too ,tuch heat u,ilr d.o
iusl that and u' iU
form
cnt amalgant. This m,usi Le preuented
by all nteans.
sir Edu:aril l{elley
tarote in a retter, trared. August
g,15g7,
as guoted.
rrot,
his
olchemical utitings:
"The-sages agree th.at rhe stone
-is
nothing but animated qrtick-
silrcr' But if rortr quicksiluer.has"no
rife:, n ii
"tt
-tot tt,"y k"o"".2";;r",
ir it has
t.lv
lorrn of ,ter6v7y,
before it ,""eir", iiil,"-n"i, unprofitable.
For this woman_to
bc ntorc
lranA then-iiscreet-is
a uiscous
lrit-:,
"rtroitei
front tt" ao-ruit, of rupiter,
rc,
lront uhitc lcad; it is moist ond utets the
ringnr,
(see
comntentary
on Frontis piece,
The ker of tltr lign). Il a proper-quantity' oy\hn
sun is-ad.ded to it, it is coagurated
and becontes l,rilliant-the
sun is dissolued'int'o
eiceed.ingry tiaripi ii;ioi -ot"r.
po,
the u'atcr dis',.tit:cs
the sun at the uery so^' rrrirr"nt
ttii ttr"ti i
"i'n'[niioa,
arur thus
the solution
of one is the coaguratiin
or thn o,tier, at the uery,"i"-i"ir:"trr' ."
ifri
compound is li,irtg mercu/y,
from
uhich aronn sp/irg ot[ oth,i,
""t.ir"' r"
regtilate
the
lire,is nter. child' s play.' (oh,
ho* *" *irh it were! Note from the commentator;
.4lter
tl:e coni,tnction
it lor>ks
iust
lihe con.tmon limpid mercuri, iia-airr" not nloisten
thc
lingrr but i.s uiscous and liuine.
I f t he l reat i s t oo l orv t hen t he ear-t h
(nre' cur. r, )
rvi l l be
rl rai ned
by t he spi ri t . f ' heref ore,
one nrust gi ve t o i hose chi l -
rlren
altenrately foocl ancl dlinh.
.Aclrl
as t-tr.riir moistur-e as the
Iteat has dried up so tire lcist str-ength can be restor-ecl. The
ealth rvill clrinh up the
' vvater
(dciscenrling
rlerv) ancl u,ill
erparrd rvhi l e
t he soul ancl spi ri t are i rr one bocl 5' . Af t er
rrl t i ch,
t he eart h rvi l l agai n begi n t o r, r, ol k on t he ni at er and
let it ascenrl so it can tliicken intl becorne fixerl ancl r.emain
const arrt i rr t he f i re.
' f he
f i re shoui cl be r-egul at erl
t o Sat ur. rr' s
<pl t er c
f or ' f our l r our s t i l l i t l r u' r r s r l t ' e' p l r l ack. \ vl r er r
t he nr . i s-
t ure arrrl rl ryness rest t ogct her ancl have beconre rrrot i orrl ess
It i s possi bl e
that nrcre.ol ..the ntercury ntay haue. to be ntl detl i l the
fi re
utas
tv' .strong. If so, the hernteti cal l y seal ed
l l ask
has ro be openetl , nrore rsf rhe' mercur\.
ad.ded. then ogai n seal ed ai rti ght.
It i s best to untch thi s procedure
for
sontp ti trte i n order not to haue l he heat too
hi zh Too l ow a heal i s al so dangerous as the ntoi sture u,i l l then stay separate anrl
utl .l . nqt.be absorbed. by the sal t or cal t. In a ntod.erate and uel l re' gul aretl heat i t
uri l begi n to tl i cken and beconrc hl acki sh i n col nr. Wl rcn i r rentai ns ntoti onl ess arul .
Iry;\s dark bl ack al .I i s utel l .
The process
descri bed here ntay take anyu.there
l ront
one l o l tl )o or ntore ntonl hs.
It depends on the arti st' s abi l i ty to regul ate the
l i re.
In the begi nni ng a constant
uat ch i s. necessar y t o pr euent
i t
f r ont
becont i ng t oo dr y. I t k"ad. ui si bl e r hat t he
l .ab' ' rant be
ful l y
conuersanr.,
.by
uay ol theory, u,i th thi enti ,e process
i nuol ued. Il
l v
l tnds
hi rnsel l not i n a posi ti on
to go through tl rc enti re uork i n hi s mi nd. antl canno,t
rc the unrk, before Irc attentpts to bri ng i t about on the phl ,si cal
ol ane, he u,i l l
.n.cunl cr sottte hard l o oDerconte d.i l l i cul ti es. The ai orn of rl rc hernteti c brethren
t c t nou' t he. . t heor y
f i r . st , - bef or e
at t er npt i ng t he pr nct i ce,
t ai l l
l i nd
her e i t s supr et ne
ust Paracel sus says:
ttPl ace
i t i n the Phi l osophtc Egg, and seal i t cl osel |. so that
rmthi ng
may euapord.te. stand i t i n Athano:r unti l , u,,i thout any addi ti on, i t begi ns
ol ttsel l l o be resol ued
frotn
aboue, so that i t l ooks l i ke an i sl and i n the nti dst o1 that
e.a. s.radual b' decreasi ng euery da1,, and at l ast bei ng changed i nto the resentbl ance ol
bi ac*i ng. Thi s bl ack substance i s the bi rd u,thi ch
fl i es
by. ni ght wi thout ui ngs. tt,hi ci
the
l i rst
rl etu
l ront
heauen, ui th i ts constant i nfl uenci , i ti o.scent anrl descent, has
thensrd i nto the bl ackness ol a crou;' s l rcad."
-' l s tttusr be eui dent by nou to the reader, the phi l osophers
and adepts use a
nni l ar l anguoge to descri be the obserued changes taki ng pl ace duri ng the operati on.
But. ,,rtr
shoul d auoi d. beconi ng a uord sti ckl er. Hangi ng on to thi l etter and not
to thc spi ri t has, i n roo nmny i nstances, brought
l orth
di sappoi ntnrcnt and
fai l ure.
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a,r(l
^orly-
blackness.
rernai' s,
it r,vill
be a goocr
sig' . \\rhe'
the fenrale
and rnale
seecl
(vapo.
oirJ' "i",i.*yr""lrli
unitecl,
t he granular
putrifies.
an cl gota'aiia-
iir"*
"i ""ir.'"rr,.-irtu.l
irrto
spirit.
the elenrents
_(vapoi
a' cr crew) resolve
into a homo-
gelleous
rvater,
and the n' o.k is cornpletecr.
while
all .enrairrs
ttt' tio' less
have
neither
n' i' cl
(strong
fire)
rior ral' cristurb
it. l' his
blackress
let re' rain
ro. }irT".i,
,l"y;^ rul.rort
to.,.
I r' urs).
J' he"r' ore
subt re
t he bl act <ness
i s pr"pu. "J-i ri "
t . t t . .
t he t i ' ct n. e
wi l l become
arrcl t rre easi er i t r, vi l l
be t o cl i st i l l
i t l l ecarrse
of t he poi sonol rs
, at l l re
rrne shourcr
""t
p"t ' rri s
nose
t r r ' r l eel '
i l r t o
t l r . vessel .
I n t hi s bi ack' ess
t he . egr o
( mer cur 1, )
ni l l
<' l ean- . e
Jr i r nsel {
ancl t he r oyui
This has becn corrc, by,a,ious
rtantes sttch as trrc_crou.t, rauen, brark tleath, erc. lthen
this state continuet
io,
oboit ,*"' -""' ir' "i,
-it.i o"rol,r' ""r"ri' ti"i' ' ""a
hat,s n6
a' cnukd terrure.
"r
strange
thing ailr u"-
"-or;r"a
because
ou.r author terls us that
ebttt
liltcen da1' s are ,e..qiired.
1,i,
t:,ni, tr"r"-""i' blackrtess
antl then ntentiors
in .the
tz,.ze brtath tlnt this is the equiuale"t ol
fiu) iJurr.
This is another one of,those
cont' u,sing
statetnents
uhich u;e haue
to contend. uith.
ov htur ol his u,ay of
,ihinkirg.;r' ri"' Zqrr;r.ie:nt
ol
fou,
tla..s of twenti,_four hours
e' xh Sonp
u' iil shake their
heids
-in
i;ri' G"."wny
art this confusion?
rvhy not catl
c det a da1' ond an hour an. hour? a, ii,it,
archetnists
attach their ou)n notions ro
thr' ,u' oll
all who
for curiosity' s.
trr"
"rrii,"ir*ir.nt
selfish rrottr"-, ori
lor
no gootr
rdl t)n.
u anl to enter tl tei r d.onni n.
l l ' e
u' i l l haue to make a correcri on
i n ri nte.
.
For the i nteruar
of one hour, as e2n1i an2/
here,
four
d.ays needs to be substi tui "i ,
,."., approzi ntatel y
1 to 100.
''s the hlackness
becomes
more subtre antr. if it should. be necessarr
ro opett the seal
3"rn' to add ntore of the moi sture)
care must be nrnrl "i r"i
i ""r
"' pri rJi rotl s
arsenrc pa*rt
ntar
escape. 7' hev haue been
fonned but not absorbed. a"rnf1"i J' rrrbri mati on
ol th' ' l ark
nti nerar
subi tance.
trs trrc subri moj :i ol ,
"orrti nun,
tt nr, ,znrn ui l I change
ord thet- ui l l l ose the poi sonous
arseni c qual i ti es.
Si nce the enri re ntnss i s brach, the mercury
has arso taken on trte garnrcnt
of
].turn
bl ack) ' Il ere
trrc moor or negro ui l r undergo sonte uashi ng
or creansi ng
Gd anl6rgc
again as a
purified
n.nr"ui'y,
ri"-'rr|rr"ng",
of the god.s,
reatry, to enter
,l v ncrt hal l i n the royal pal ace.
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child will be washed.
The arsenic sulphur
(earth)
will be
: ! l f ul ", l
rl uri ng t hi s cool i ng.
I {",
rvho' knows
hi s way t o t hi s
coolung process
r,vill arrive at the secret.
^
Third,
the fire will have to be regulatecl
in the sphere of
saturn. while it is white it has to remXin for two h;";r. After
the four black hours let it ascend with o""-trutt
a"iree of fire
(so
it becomes the peac_ock' s
tail). Do nor clirtili-t*
much,
otherwise the blisters will b*rn, create p."r*..,
ar,a"L.u"t
trre
glass
vessel. Therefore,
have tire li.e ieach
orirv to lhe ,reck
of the vessel.
such bliiters come from the clrorlght working
itself i' to the moistu.e.
rt is a sign that th" ;;i;;;ecr
makes
itself manifest
and agitates on tiie female seed
- - -
The
lire
is nout increased to the second stage
lor
about one weeh. The substance
-ll turn a light gray. During this time the
f:amous
gaudis pauona
or peacock,s
tail
dI slaut itself. By this is meant tha't uarious corors toir
"o*n
ond.
so.
fh"
fire
(heat
apcrdure) u.,ill haue to be watched uery carefully as the colors iitt tor" to ascend
d lescend. should too much heat preuail
theie ii danger that tt
"
i"rri may burst.
fnot!rcr
anonTmous adept states the same in so many uords:
.When
the
pry' rction
of our soul has thus compreted,,the
lire
may be;""i""ina
iil glorious
&s appear, uthich the soru of art haue coil.d. cordo
pirorir,
o) iiu
-p"o"o"ks
Ta1.
t-iT
il-:
,o:?
!"d
go, as heat is administered approaching io the thid degree, tiII
au rt ol a beautiful green, and as it ripens assumes a perfect
whiteness.,,
-
H", utho does not hnou' ,hou;-to regulate the
rire,
rhat is, u;ho cannot distinguish
P:
the uarious degrees, had better-practice beiore'he attemp)ts ,,
iiii-
ni, fuch too
b-
H" may end up toith a burst uesser or notiing t"t o gtLtt-tit
[ *Lrronr".
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an(l
that
the rnanif,eqte$
mercury
comes
alive.
When
the
great
rnoisture
has-
dried up the drirtu*
a' cl the matter
r.r,ill
tur' r' r' hite'
I' such
a wav
tt.' e eugte aJ";;;;;;it
.,rupo.r
u,-,a
the tion
(body
of the ,,r,ri
".""rfr"i
fi.;l;;;;"Uiirfria.
Not e:
don' t be i n a_ hurry
as some
ar. e i ncl i necl
t o be, but
keep
the same
temper-ature
of the fire.
Fourth,
the fire will
be regulatecl
in the sphe.e
of the
l' oor
i'
the fi.st
degree
for two' hours,
till the *,ii1e
cha' ges
into yellow
or a citiin"
;;i";.
Fi f t ' '
i t wi ' be
i n- t l r e
s ph. r ' e
of v enus ,
i r r t he s ec r nr r
rl egre' e
of f i . e I o' f our t ror. -, r. -' i t ", l sc
. yei l ou.
vapo. s,
*. i t rr
a
vi ol et - b. ' *' r r
ar r d somet i mes, t u. t . - pr . pr e
cor or , ,
sh, r . r . , w. her r
a vel l on'
t ai l sl ror. r. s
on t he
bodv"
'
l,'hcn
the moisture
has subsided..the.
pressure
u,r recede
arur the gray
substance turn u'hite'
At this stag,e, so-me
of the lune
firment.can be added
to 6ring it to the
:::;'i::'::"o3:;,",i.'0"
does not
tett 'i ti io thi, ii,i,i-i,i"i-,iio',io,
into thc
"7lter
another
u'eek a
raint citrine
coror rike rrte
lrottrescent coror of
lish
e..es uill then be noriced.
The temperature
u.,iil haie.to
t",roil"i"ioi"--iior"
and during
[r,l;T: :/,:iout
uDo u'"eks an ;;;; ;i;','i"iii"u
broutnish
to a purprish
hue wil
our autrnr
does not,tahe.out
surficienr
drne to infor,t us that the changing
of
tht colors also indicate the raising
"iii"
,,io)"'i."ry,ratn,
as
found in the metars.
The It.t
stase
is that or soturn
or. tJ"a. ti- i'
i.it-;a
w
inJr*r"i"i,
in'i;"orir"
of tt n metals inuolt' ed.
Thus.
uthen ir tt"i ,"rri"i"iir"n*stote
-o1
pure
u.hite it' -ir-' 1oilou,e,t
by wllou'
lsallron cororer)
-. oranpre and
1;nory
:1"i.
.
The corors do not appear
in rh<, order as
found on th"' iing-
or gueen
scare of corors.
.This.opens
up an interesting
lield
rl research
tha't shoul-d
ttt"i to"n"riri""iirit
orr this phenornenon,
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when
it has fi' ally-settlecl
to the bottom.
when
ihi, p,r.ple
colo.
shows
watch
that you
*' r
""t
overheat
or your
matter
rvill
turn into
grass.
yori
u'iri
;;
il;
;'k;;;"J,I"ri..
to*.
.
Sixth,
in the sphere
of Mars, with_
its recldish
color,
have
t t renrai ' f or
about
a hal f
u" hoJ. i , t r*-t i , ]
a; ; #"
of f i re.
Seventh,
the sphere
of the Sun, in its highest
recl, will
be
obtainecl
clurine
folr
hourr
l"-t["' iourth
degree
of fire.
No*,
is the fer.nlent
5t th" S";;1.3ay^
u"rri .uA likJa
ruby.-
For this
t ha' k
God.
The f erment
or t he"sun
l s. e, l
ancl
t hat o? t he Moon
is s,orv r' vhite
ancr
before
ri"rril.r.-g,-"y.
when
it does
not
snroke
orr a st.wT{
l ]:."
"r
."pp"i .
i i . i s p;;i l .;.
The
rerl
shoul r l
be t esl er r on
i pi ece
of gl oJr r r g
r r r
( r r or
sr r eet
met ar ) .
If it rvill
flow
like wax,
*,liu:,^:i:i::j:1r,,;:,qfi
,,i::li'^y;,;:,Tu::,7,1;;f:f
:ft
,i,,ii,::t':_",
j::j1
ff:"*":;",::::,1' ,:o/,*o'
ri""'i47ii/iln""b"
i"",,"iiei
i. ii'" i'Gi"",
or
rourth
ti ti,-tir,"i,
""
iJ#i"]li"#i,'!;,!ji;;."*
it shoutd
i ili,"i","
a piece
of
Considerable
time will ht
.s. F,uert
cha,oo ,*,,,::: l i nya_ay:i "e
rhi s.process.
.There
i s no need to rush thi ngs. Euery.
changs 7.6
'
' " -' ' ' t' """
process'
I here i s no need to rush
pinlut
u,aitins.
ono .",:,:":-,::-i?i.!i!:;,,!!
':
1.p"'io,I
of
s,noi'onztety and
X!::
";?",':ou":,
9,::'-*,:i:;;:;;;
,;,i'iiui!,ii.
"rlJ","f,,iJ,
';:i:""i;;
ff":;",':,'::";.":::,,:::::o:^r':-i
731*y1ii,';","ii,|;"iii,ffTi,,!ff'1r,'#,;i:1::'
ou-tone
can be contpa,ni
io,'"oni,'i"aii,"'nir""uJlx"xr"iJtf
"",Jlf""iifo
Time u:ill tell if the-tau,,s haue been
follou;ed and._ntostered,
or if ute haue relied t@ much on our ou)n cunni ng.
An euentuar
fai l ure u,,r.be
our rot, i t' the brai n utants to domi nate
ouer the ,ni nd,.,
i f ;."- ,4"*"7' nffi ,
,".onr"rousness
to ,se our brai n as a
1ff,,":::;",,::!,",2!j1y",:*:,'"i,;;;i';;'';'Ti"',n;,e,,7i""",i
'-tu",i!)
crown our
$
..F.
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I .*,',
:'itiff
give off no smoke, and will penetrate
the metal like oil wiil
paper,
then it will color all metals
(glowing
or in-a molten
state) either white or red. when the tincture"is perfect
let the
glass
cool_by itself, otherwise
it will burst
"ra' b.;;i.
Mark
well, black, white' yellow,
and red are the
"*""tur
corors.
The other colors in-ihe' trapo.
do not mean much.
Bad colors
are a rpeated
black and prevailing
red, arising from the dry
state. The tincture is now ready
to be irrc."usi.l.
THE AUGMENTATION
IS
-
Il: take three parts
of the red
the amalg-arn.
Mix-well
and place
Regulate
the fire.
AS FOLLOWS:
ferment
and one part
of
into glass
for fixation.
wlvn either the uthite or the red. tincture is placed
on glou,,ing
merar it wilr
pruab
and shou,, a change of.,color.
.Hou.teuer,
should the ttirt, coi* o1 the rauen
1
tle rd color of the poppy'fro*",
t-ii pr"iminot"d
lor
too rong a time it wilr
br rct act as described.
'Fro-m
the black'"ilu
n'*nii",
ilti"i_,",ira
.red.
should
ry
gradud.ly
and. neither must predominate
for
too long i-ik)-.'*rn;,
can be
4Ua
by adiusting
the temperature.
Nga, the gold dissorued in the philosophical
mercury should be add.ed to the stone
(*
tle preparation
ol the amalgam ol the c"ti oy
saai
"t
ii;
-;";f;"
b
four.
Hounuer, since our unknou,n
friend
used. gord.
to begin with, he does nor haue
o dl cither the lune or sol
fermint.
ll the practical
alchemist
-uses
any of the other.metals
to ertract his philosophical
*,aur
from. he uill. indeed, haue to add either
ferment.
uii-.i'th"'orh",
^"tor,
aid llaue the sulphir of gorir
-;thin tiu^-i"-7;"e"
it accordingly.
It is the surphur
f#fu:he
mercurv'ii
the spirit
s",
ine-Ticeisorv
animario-i'ani-r"produ"t;[n
oy
wluy he speaks of the- augmentarion,
he means to
_take
three parrs
or the prepared
uc and one part
ol crude ^"!:"1\ (suichsiluer).
This combi)itioi-
iri;Ii.nor"
,o go
t\outh the last stages as described.'beiore
and b,ecome thus
fized.
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as above'
fronr
tegree
to
degree
till the
ferment
w' l
get
like
blootl
agair
a'cr
tie
;.i;.d
il"r!"-.r,
fixecl.
This
w'r
take
place
*'irhin
fourtee"
ii;;;"ii?
otrru.
augmentition,
like_
*' i se
i rr such
n' opo. ri on; ; ri
, "dj at i on
of t he
f i re, ,
wi ri
t ake
pl ace
i rr
' i re' hours.
rrr.
i rti .j "Jrg-.rrtu,i ""
i "r.?,
prace
i n
six hours
a'cl
ttre tor.in
l,''iil;J;,"".r.
N' t e
f i . st .
i r r
t he f i r st
f our
sor ut i or r s ( augment at i or s)
the ti' ctu.e
*' iil
become
subtle,
ae;terous,
urr,l
m-o*
potent.
I ; urt hermore,
t hi s
el ect ro (vapor
ancr-st eam)
shoul rl
not
rur, i' to
a solution
p.orri.l-".1' ii
ntr:red
perfectly
through t he se' e' t .
spr r e. e. or
. i , i r i o, i f , , ' i n. uu
t i mes.
Agi i n,
r , r , hen i t begi rrs
t o t u. n i vrri t e.
i i ; ; ' ; ; ; i i rnat e
t he' *i rri -rj t h
j uct g_
fr::ll",llll,lllfl
l?: iltpfi:";;;;"
rr,i,
*iii-.r,u,,g"
ti,r"
It u.tl l hat,e
to tur
a*
n t o t i o n r n
"
i,
i,i,' ? nx
$;rr' ;i.::!"
: :
r
!,:;
r:::"x,
;b
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::,,,,!!,t,
",,.,_l}i.
i::-{i!,'",,0ffi:,,"o,,;l:,::,;;:riTi,t:,,,.t,
:n"
i,-",'i.ii,""'
rh"
increase
-t*ntotion
to a platinunt
"i
-i'i""L"ia'i^i!;
t! u.:II t.t:rn
at the end of th"
itth
*,rancc
becomes
,,rr""iXi,f!.
u.,hite gold
colc;r. In the
lirst fiur."ouirir"nrarlons
the
-
Thl
l i l th takes abou.t,
l our h,ours..
The
si zth
ni ne hours
and the seuenth
about
tuo
fr.';i|,;lf*o','",',X;n"'!"
cisth
take;-'"ti'-)i."t
one. hour.
.rn","i1i",,
none ol the
oa.,t"i,'iit,;;.
";h;,','oliii)ii,i!
,,':'"::;l.one
part
-oy'
b)'","i',2"r.,,
parts
of
Si nte thi s el etati on
dot i t com"s
b ,n"r"
i !-j ' -:edi ci nal
and'
other ual u.es
i s a marter
ol
-u
,",i'.,,"
i',,irli,l'1,"'_',,,Iffi;",,,
:f,X:,i:,,1,::::^:,1i,,,.",;";;;;;;,
ij,o'I'I!"1!"fI;
;X::";"t,:,":,""t;ti,?i ,^"''!.of
this t';""';";i;7,:i;f"
'',7!;
#!i,i:; ,t:i,
!X!"'"ii;
lb &,.tt ot honi
O;;"!orrrU,"
to go
through
rho-:T:,procedurp.again
and repear
i!.
";
j*tt::!;,;:;":,ji*i::"
,i:iini*i:i:::"-ii;.::::i;'#,::;
,"j'r:,"ii!:i!,;
,rr
,"$
f;ii
n. ,
'oll'
ri
't
- 71_
;,i ?i ;t,The.phrastus
uses for hi s medi ci ' e (see parac.
pp.
101
St rong
i ndi vi dual s
gi ve
t en gr. ai ns
as medi ci
f f::, l:
e i gi r t g.u i, ir, *":i;
;^
*,,?;'"'i'
irr'i' ;i::?
r#tlJ,:] : fl: five grains
in
:l l ,:: l l i l ' ,1:l fl :l nl
rrr i ri ks
rhc rl ri i ;' ;;;;.;,i ",i ",,
rakes
pl acc
i n f our
hour s
" " a
t ; . o" " " " ; , . : ; :
r r aur r
auBr r r sr r t aLr ol l
t aKes
l r^, , , . " +i , . _^^ , _^ Lul , l j Lt g"?
one part
t o t en; "t he
si xt h i n ni ne
ll:ll' :;, l,j'
q;'^A
r:_:,
i,1,1
o9l i"q ; ;;.1 ; ;; iil :, :'i;
i'i I"'.i X,,", i rnges
1
part
i nt o
1000;
et c. ,
al rn, ay,
f ry i ""
t hi s t l ough ),:,* *: :_l:,*1.-?lql""tatio.n
is not
necessary
rvitlr
but with
crucle' -"..rry
insteacl.
rrr"
"].ijir,
aug-
l nent a
t i or r
ur r l i r r r i t ed.
Tl::: l,rT-l
;i";;";;
i,,".
"i*"
i,li,i'fl
wi l l
t i nge
Now
t he t i nct ure
i s f i ni shecl .
\ \ - r i l e' s
Engl i sh
t r ansl at i on,
but t he or i gi nal Geneva f ol i o.
The dose differs.
Healthier persons
can tak,
:.,!.,ns r.qtri,c
a
sraduat,aairrt,i"ni"'")r'ii"ii]niliiir"!,":::":"::;ru"*#,,X,#{,2|Il
:' 1 pra' t' .
at' eraFc
i ndi ui duars
ei ght grai ns.
whi r' e ueak' ,,"1,i ""i r' ,n.' )' i a
i l roi u"
,o ^or" than
l i te
grai ns
as a da,T^,do-s""i ,
i n""i i i
{""g' i rnn
r, ui ne or di st,retl
uater. As the i 4ttnct i ncreases
uti th each augmenrati on
i t ci n be conti nrrcd
wi th regurar qui ck,s,uer.
Thr rati o
ot' i ts ti ngi ng po-n,
"i n
bn orrl i r"i ot' ^atttennti cai l y.
' \ot enough
emphasi s.
can,be pl acetl
upon the dosage.
Basi l i us
val enti nus
states rhat thc
fi t' e essenti ar
ttnp, hou"' to"i "*i l *nn,
foroued uhi ch
he d.escri bes
as Lt-i ntrxati on;
seco4i -s.e4temptati i n;
"tni i al -7r;porot;o,r;
l our' i i ' _i )T usns;
1i 1th_
i"sc&e
'
"ls
can be seen ty
1y-ti"r-
it ,|r
ii"""i i#ptrr"nce.
The utrong d.osage can do ' ' m or become
useress' as the case may be. The wi sdont,
not mere knowred.ge,
of :hs 1rv6 pht' si ci an
i s or e.rtreme
i mportance
i n rhi s case. A coarse body ui l r need a t:r"n.;r
dosnse
than a refined.
once. The
";;rr;;
in" u"ii
gri
^rl""iril[!"r
r, brins
the
!:nt
ctlrcreal
substance
n'the
rore-.-
l"i
in""iiirtr.rr
constitttrion
arone,
but, irs ntentaliry
r bt!trr spiritual
condition;
is ol
linal
' *ni)ir"nrn
.tn
the healing procpss.
In a -:t:zllv ntore
actiue indiuiiuar,
o,,i"n
"riot"
ifirrtuormyrticar-esoreric
condition acts 4 a pr(' paratory
state, a greatly
reduced quantit' y
wiil do' rn"' rL_"' "' r' ^2"r".
-73-
CAN ONE WITH TI_IIS
FIiRME,NT .
TINGE
AND TITANSMUTE?
No. It has to be fo.mecr
into a stone as foilows:
I)rop
the' ti' ctu.e i' to rnolten goicl
so it \^,iil imbibe
it i"iir. *,rratever
i t *' i l l
t ake arcl i t -r' vi l l
t u' r i nt o gl ass.
pul veri ze
i t ancl mi x
r' itlr pu.e *' ax. wherr
trre other riatt.er is molte'
holcl it rvith
torgs a' rl put it into the matter
u' til it rnelts *nicr, *iil
tirge
i t .
(-l ose
t he vessel ancl l et i t cool unt i l i t sol i cl i f i es.
I i ' ough
rr. *' f or t l re f orrnal i t i es.
l ve shal l see now rvhat
concel rrs
t he
f i f t l r ar r r l f i r r al cause.
I . I t i s f o' emost
t o t ra' srnut e
t i re baser met al s
i ' t o gol cl
rvhi l e
t he l at t er gl ow
or are i ' a nr' l t en
rt ot " *' i i t
*e' ougn
or
t he' st orre enrberl i l erl
i nt o r, l . ax.
2.
' I' o
let the poor
becorne r,vealthy.
3.
' I' ,
]real the sicr<
(
becausc it ti' ges
ancl refir-res
the
r vl r r ' l e
bodr - .
, . . F
t.l
.:3
t + '
-H
rS
.ii
:i;
,d
4
", T
I i 1
To hnrden the stottc nte.It sonte gord.
and. add tru ti nc:r.ure ro the gol d ti u i t sol i di fi es
ta sl a' s Pou' der
i t and mi z i t wi ti bees-waz. when the ntetar to be transmuretr
has
ante ol thi s added to i ts state of
l rux
then i t u,,i l r bu tronrrrui )d.".-
i " i n" hst srab ol
due"vntati on
i t has become so potent
thar i r has to be.tri turatei .' i ri "r' i n"
rnrdeni ng
n the gol d.
uhi ch acts a.s an
-agent,
and i ts ,ti zi ng uti th bees-war, i r-*i i i be easi er to
fund' l e- Note. thi s test i s onl y to proue.
i ts ai )pnbi l i ty
as a med.i ci ne. what i t can
do to the crude ntetal i t can do ro the ani mar i ,ti y
"t
man. Thi s i s the most i ntportant
P' t ol the u' hol e process
because the al cheni s' t-wi l l
l ook
l or
t:he' l ransntutati on
of
the coose intperf ect anintar bo-dy, broughr otori ty i"";,
"rirarrr"
-rl'.r liuing, into
th" cl cansed and puri t' i ed
one that rets ,i t" ni ei i ;, ntentar, ond. spi ri tuai ' ri ri .ues
rnani l est.
t' or the poor
l o beconte u;eal thy i s to be untl erstoorl that tl tei r weal th can be
attttn' d to l i te a norntal l i fe. Not i i ke
-fornterry
as an-underpri ui l eged
bondsman
of
q' ' drctal
ti ntes. suppose one uourd do ti i s presentry.
ae uoul a rui ' l i to
eraue
ai ffi -
cui ttcs The gouernntent
_has
contprete conrror oui r the i rrui ng ;i
i oi i
ora ,n"r.
Anvonc suggesti ng
that he had obrai ned hi s gord
or si l uer
"7ri J^i ""tty
uourd. be
coqsi deretl a
fraud- He uottrd,enyt
up i n
i oi t"for
bei nc i n i tt"ri
"i .i r"rri on
of the
prctotts
metal ' He utoul d no.t be i n a posi ti i .on
to producz
on nonzi i i o"r-"r, prot)rng
::; ortl i n or u' here i t catne
front, such as i nheri tance,
sal e or otheruti se. As ti nte and
crr' ut.srance
are at p,esent
i t wourd be edrernery
_hazardous
and outi rght dangerous
tc.rp.).c one sel f as a genui ne
al cheni st ol the hi ghest degree.
To heal tl rc si ck i s another matter. Here l i es no danger. The adept u;i LI l i ue
acccrdi ng to the precepts
of the brerhre.n ol the gokren
o"a ,i i y ,i i r, ,Z"i "tp cure the
rtck u' i thout accepti ng
any remunerati on.
Thi s can be done' ;r, i n-' url ol )rustue
tDay,
uht' 6 4q one u.' i l l beconte any uti ser, as ro uthere i t comes
front
and uhat i ts ori pi n i s.
+. Nlost
of all,
to r.eaiize
that it is aimighty
Gocl n,ho
harl l ocke<l
t i ri s pot ercv
i nt o
t he i t u, ' , t
"r"i ui . . "^^' +
u
IiIlItE
ARE
SOMI'
ADI]IT.IONAL
NOT]iS
t,:",)]1.t' }.)1,-l ' 1"
gi ass
shoul tl rest
on.a copper ri ng
upon
lll:"
,I1'^1:,:l'.
,:i":t" 1,
iiigrl
as the rirzrtt",:'i,
i.,
'ii
;';,;::.
Tii;
Tl,:: ,shoult
be. of
.h.r.s6s'
u,. ..ut""r,
ild; ;di;;"rr^.i
ull"
.g
;:rs-
itir
.:fiida,
.,.t,ii
'rq.
.H
'.+
risB
+t
t i 1
I
i.fj
'
!;i,
srakerl
a' rl cal c: i necl
t o renrove
t hc: grease
ar-rd aci cl , so t he
gl ass
*' i l l
rrot burst n, hen
rt . ort i "r-i ' cont act
i , vi t h i t .
. r. he
ash
, ' r' sarrt l
shorrl rl
l -, e rrr. i st erred
as i t r, vi l l r"i i r, , ""gr"; ; ; ;
a f i rrrre.
P' si t i rrr
ar. rrl t l r. r' e i s rcss darrger.
t o bc . nr, . a' , l , i ". rl -' "
2. LU' l ' r \
sApI I i NTA**: you
have t o have t *, o.
o' e
f ol ' t l r t .
ov er r
Thr nethod tl r517-i 1tn' 1 trrar b,e. chang,ed ruu! arl j ttsred
Io
l )resettr
day standarl s. F,i nel ,
btrn! rt-l racrort.
bri ck cl .ay oi si l i ca ui i ' t
,,.rri an' ,u;touto i rrrl o' r;i a-i rrer.""'
SorttT 122' .' ,o g' nc
ro errr(' nte, pai ns
to ,upri cate
trte anci ent
i ntprentents
of
former ci r hr r ni st s
Thcr t nd r r cped
t o b) abt e, . . i i . ; r ,
ber er , or at r cast
l or sur e, t he sanr e
"sul rs
os rrtenri ortcrr
br
-our
forebears. Thi s i s' not necess.rl ,.
rfhe
l act
i s that u,e are
r1 a h' ' tttt posi ti .rt
to r:b-tai n
the sante ,nrrrrri -
rui rr, our ,rcdern
i nst:r,rttents.
.rake
the ttsul ati ort
ol the l rrat al one.
.l i ornterty
i t *ni "o, orr],,or^
t' o' k,;;;r;;;' ;;;' f
an asststant
t' ' Acrp rhe rernl rrrrrttres
under. c.ontror
rc,' ,:' trrc uori o,r, tttani purati orts.
Thi s ezTtense
a:' ' n' uQ\ onc thot nor ntany.of
rhe auerage
7r)o' ,' ro^ coukr. afl ord. Trtray ute hate gas,
4cturol ()r
arti l i ci .r.
erectri ci ty
anr! otrte' i ,rrno,r,
nt ou, i i rporol -i i ri i rs
us a rttucrt
er' ' nr' ' r a"uracr
rrtott tras
Tnssi b-b to abtai n b7. rrmnttar
,.,p"roi i rr., i "rr"t
orn srrong(,r
:4' I
no! a'
l ra.gi l r tl s
l .trl rrcrLy. Pyrer
tutd,i rri i l n, gl ass
c.nl ai rrcrs cart take rrtucl t rrtorc
,n;at
antl arc i n
,l ("tt,
rl anger
ol breaki ng.
sttti nr.ess sl eer, another .-t' ri "
"r' i .a",,
nmrt,crs,
c' ' -(
err' (rt' u i tl t tl ra ol d copper sti ri that har!.
l orrn' o.r.7. ,rourr
-ro:r",.rori i ,e
subri ntates
cn4
"tl rr
bt prtxl ttt rs t,rtert nt' na,ctr
Ttrocesses u,hr,rp
l oi l ou,.a. i r"r"i ",
l orntel artl
(tnta"trnati o^
6l /l ta producrs.
tDcre ol ren
l sreual ent.
' ,l u
i r'
' "u,"i i .i )' ")' r)
ntttcrt r,ore
bi r s' ed
u' l u' n i r c, >t r t as t o t r r c i t npr cnr o' ni . ,
"i r i r i ' i ot . r or
t he gr "ot ' u, o, , : ' 1. ' ' i j nf or l unat er . . .
tht An,nt l rdFe ani uti sdont ol l i ou; l o handl e and ttsc thcrn l nue tl ol cot?t. to tts i n
c l t*c nnnne
r. 7 rr c rrerni r.i .zati ott
and ouruard
aJtl tt:arance'
i ""rrrr' ,.' ' n"ue gai rl
Ih' -
pn"' -'
l nnd o|xr tre
-65spt11i 1r,
but unseen rzaturar
r)tocesst, bel ore they becotttt,
ctul tnt
i n the corrtpl at l aboral ory
i nsl rumenl s-
Shortconti ngs
or nr' |, i l i s h' ard to be concei t,etl l l nl presertt-da.t
al cl unti sts tt,oul r!
tr' tde the i r cqui prrr.rtr
l or tru: ord, and to o ,terroi r, ,1.-tr[,l r),"' orrri ,' ,' o,i i ' ' n"r,
an;
Ttars
ol thr bt
s,111p asc.t. ,,1 senti nrcntal
ual .ue i s
"i i "rni i
,. i ,tr)1""' i ,"rl ,t,' i )1i """' i i ,
, be sttre.
.
()nr
.c.attnot
l u.l
1t
btu adnti rr:
-the
tl oggerl . porri rt"ur' r,
;i r";, ;;;;r:;' l ri rl ,"
,ho,n i n
l ar t
"1,
al l t l u' . hor r i r hi p. s
r r r cy had t o go' t i r ough
bor nr r r o' . i "i n"' i i "r i i i ' uo
cor u! i t i ons
v, r , t t l t ng al l ho. sc l i r r t as.
Inst' but nol l r' ' tsl , i t sl nul d be renteni l .tcretl .
that ntany r.tf the essenti al i ngredi ents
us-' l had !,t be prcl t,tred
by' l ou; and sonteri nrcs hard,rutti tai r;r;;;;;,;;.""Ttrc
rnqui re,!
bz' i r <uhcl ance' s
u;.tt' rutt al vtays as easi l y oui tTrri i tn as i t a1tp.ars.
Great rl i stances. ant!
!h.-n.-(.-<snrv
ti trtc i nt,,l ,cd, nati e i t ounrr,rorr, rti l fi cul t. i ,i nro u,o, ni -.;;;;:,r:;;;,;;:,:.
l I"s' ' drau n u.' apoi l s l rul to bri ng
-the
goods
thar urcre not i ntnredi atery
auai l abre
p;' rt' ' ti rrtts
l ronr Irt.i grt
coutttri es-).
No tei .ephone caus ouer grnoi nr
ri ;;;;;;"r, spanntn{:
(.,n:rr.' rtl ..
u' ere at,,ri l abl ,t l o-:.nake
-possi bl e
the i nl ornruti on
-needt:.
at a cri ti cal poi nt.
l l b' r i ntui ti ott It.' tt( nol sufl i ci t:ntl 1' rl euel operl , i r retl ui ret!
l rauel s to orl rcr ci ti es atrl
.' "u' trrt.' s
rtt gt,t tl te i rtl ortnari on
Irorrt
thosc u:]to i md i t. rhoro roi , not eDen a
' \ - r t r a :
g l a s s
( coN r r NuEo or r NEr r n, r cn)
"l r r t a <; t pi t ' t t t al
cl l t ' oI t he wi se, meani ng
- usr r al l y
cl a. 1. nr i xr : d n, i t h ot her i ngr : er l i ont s
r r - r l l r r t l t ost ' ul r o kr r o*' l r on, l o' seal , , 1, : i Gf r i i i r "
"a' r o, s
vcsse_t s.
_7
7_
a.d one for the glass.- For the oven take two parts
of horse
rtu.g^and
two parts
of glue, moisten it with witer and let it
p.utrefy in the cellar and then tie thenr tightly tosether. For
the.glasses
take a p-otwith
ashes.
place
the"gla"ss in"it so that it
*' ill protrude
the height of three fingers
uiorr". In the hole
pl ace
a. gl ass-st opper-or
one of met al and put
r"d hot coars
arou' cl it on the t.op. when
the glass gets sofi, press it together
]li,li
"
glowing iron. Then
take the
llowing
toals awaly ancl
let rt__cool gradually.
This is called the seal-of Hermes.
You can make it as follows:
take mastix, ground
ve' etia'
glass.,
borax, white oI ugg,- ancl fili the glass' J"a
t.i it clry iir
gentle
heat and melt with a blowpipel
It will have to be
openecl again with a blowpipe.
3. VULCANI
REGI MA**:
The f urnacel
wherei n
---
rt" tu,in-g or herrnetic sealing can easily be,-accomplished
by taking some pyrex
tubing that a burner flame can close or op..r . Tlr"." i, ,ro ,r.j ,"' i"ii"* these old
trme instructions.
"Vulcani Regima; regulation
of the fire.
, coNTTNUED
FRoM
pREvr ous pacB)
auarantee that i t u.toul d be. |ransni tte.d. Despi re al l these and si mi l ar hard.shi ps they
uvre ab-l e to accornpl i sh
.uhat -many
i n ou, trays cannot d.o. r"bpi ,hi i "'
ond. ai r rrauel
not vithstand-ing.
one thing they had most asiuredly ouer us)
""i
,i"i ri,as the abitity
to see thi ngs hefore they became ui si bl e.
To us. thi ngs haue to become cognate
_fi rst,
and. then ue starr our i nuesti gati ons.
ll'e
alu'aTs require the proof_of o thirg before ute euen knou.t uthat it is
for.
The
ancients u't>rked in reudrse. They wanted to knor,t uthot a thing couid. be useil
lor
rl i t u' ere produced.
shoul d i t proDe
ro be tretri mental to the ul i ni ti oti :nd., they hept
i t out ol reach
l or
them.
-Knotai ng
the l au.t and i ts conseguences i n the' hand3 o' f rho,se
rct
l i t
to control i t uou,l d restrai n them_-from produci ng
the means r"r"rrory
l or
i ts
demonstrati on on the physi cal pl ane.
we are' pr"r"rti y
not o, p,rui i i t.
Anythi ng
ao.r.
a-r l ong as i t can be prod.uced.
some use ui l l haue' to be
l ound for
i t. No matter
il destructiue or a blessing to manltind,
llledications-so
called-are being produced by the untold thousantls to be tested on
' nan
and ani mal ro see uhat.they ta-i l l do. Nou,,, i t i s cal l ed. chemo-theri py.
The pro-
ccl ure i s the sarne. we ui l l onl y know by tri ar and error. Thi s u.,ay oi thi nki ng i s
s-till all pr.euailing
in the etoteric u.;orld ol medicine. Not so tuith h"rrr.etic med.icine.
Here the l aw comes
fi rst.
What l aut has bl een ui ol ated2 What l au.t,equi ri s the resti tui -
ti on) Such and si mi l ar questi ons are bei ng asked
l i rst
and
foremosi .
Here semanti cs
o (en9r- Much deeper thnn text booh medicine can euer rereal to the inquiring
mi td. It re.qui res a penetrati on
i nto the di ui ne cosmi c pauern
as reueal ed i n the si f-
tnture
ol al l thi ngs, Thi s-i s not to be taken gl i bl y i n the l i ght of
former
supersti ti oi s.
An ot' eral l partern
u.,i l l haue to be consul ted. Not
i ust l ri g^nni ary eui dences. The
Iacr u' i i l haue to be brought i nto thei r pl ace of ori gi n to bi ol
""y
assi stance to the
alclvmist. The tuhole has to be considered. Man, animal, plant
ir stone has to be
invstigated as an entire manifestation. Disorders u.,ithin sho,uld neithet be consid.ered
ct a "case" in question,
and treated as such. The underlying lau; and not its outer
nanilestation is of prime importance. Paracelsus stated uisely in De causis morborum
i ntbi bi l i um:' ;Hota
coul d u.te make use of thi s earth and rul e the same) as i s etpectei l
ol
"s.
if u,e had not a superhuman light to teach us?,,
Let us
l ace
i t: Man' s puny brai n tuoul d neuer haue accontpl i shed anythi ng i l i t
utre not
for
the superhurnan l i ght to i l l umi nate i ts mortal eti stence.
-79-
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Ji
fi
i8
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*
:f
the fi.e-is
kept,
shourd
be made
out of recr bricks about three
feet high, r' ourrci
on the inside
anci about six inches
across the
round
openirrg
on the top. On the clome it shall have four
holes
on the sicle,,
upp.&i-utely
two inches
wide.
There
should
be three holes^dn
the sicre' to put
the bricks into place.
U' derneath
them
shall be u rror" itr the clraft
and to remove
the ashes,
bis c' ough
to take i*" rr.i.r., pi;;;
i., i, ,ia"*uyr.
It sho*ld
be luilt ii.a tight,
.a.y1"a
q;i"i;h;;;,i
have no
cracks in it,
otherwise
tle' dra"ft
*ili"li
i;".r. p."p.rry.
It
is best unde' rreath
a chi_m""y
io tut
"
,rp the harmful
smoke.
The coals should
be good
u",i tru.a
not bigger
td^; warnut.
If the fire bi:comer
tio rtot, piulul
stone in front
of the ash
pit.
If it is too low, stir trr"' cbutr
"
littt"
th;o"ghlirJ
opu.,i.rg.
f' e fire has to be k-ept steadv
.; th;;l;*
*"iii""T.1"r.
That
is *' hy
the.e nrust
alway_s_be
iresn
toals on hancl
before
the old
o' es have
burnt
out ' when
acl di ng
more
coal s st ep asi de
because
of the harmful
u"a poiro"ous
smoke.
The atlnnot
described
as
paracersus
care,
the-
furnace, rikeu,ise
makes room
for o mdern bed in the rum.e h.ootr o, othn, t;;;u" pto""i,.
.tn-it
"
irei;"i"'i
stages it can
!:;'f:'i::!,with
etictricattr
"i",,.iii";;;;;;
ntantets
and tatJr u;itt erectric heat
The arhanor,
or
furnace, utherein
the rrcar is, nmintained
and. regulated,
d.eserues
our a' entton'
It is here,uthere
vurcan reigns. vurcan,
or the god.
of
fire
as cammonry
called. is ol the greatest
rmportance
lo us.
Fire' as mentioned
on anorher prace,
is not to be understood
onry as a
rtami.ng conbustible
manifestation.
That uihich'^"r"r"
i;r"--";r;;;;';" rh.)"'piyri"ot pron"
es fire rs of our concern. It is hea't. in" iiiri*t
origin is conceared.
1ro* our r"nr"r.
Onb its terrestrial
outcome
"o,
b" pur""ir"i;
",i;h;,
fr;'r';; ;;:;:;;;htiirn,
rn essence,
tlu mrne origin.
As is knou.sn,
one can get
burnt by
"rtri^"-"oia.""s"riiiio^
produced
are the sante as tahen burnt by
fir7,,r"n' or,-nnoi"ttirrnrr,
inllantmation,
etc.
.paradozical
as this statement
may appear,
it is neuirtheless
iustified. Dry and motst are also
atulogous-
A dry state is.an outcorne ol etcessiue n"L,, pr"rrittig' "rZ' ' i;r' ",
rinte. Mois_
tu' e is a condensation
of heat upon cord. since hear..and..cold
are ol the same origin,
oll are,an oflspring
of an inuis' ible
fire.
ihis-;nuisible
lire
is hard to conceiue. For
ezample:
The surfa.ce tentperature
of the sun is estimared to be 10,000. F., uhile its internar
.cmperature
is about i5,ooo,ooo"_F..
Why this aitf"rni")i' -it;;";i;;;
is only an
rxtrglout
of its internal
nature. In rhis ,i^" ,"rr",' ,on tn" io-buiiLlJ- pr^otio,
o1
risible
fire-be compared
to the inner potoriy-iy
rnn nrnrgy as
found.
in matter. As
&te. so belous' Atomic energy seetns so unrihely ,uhnnT pi""' "' .i
,r"' riunt is herd
in the hant!. Althoueh radiooiiir"
i"itr"7"7t""iire
off uarious degrees
of heat, this is
Tly
":
outglou; again ol its inner
".ir""t"i
"ri"iey.
Its
fult. force
can only be released
altcr the dornnnt rrine enersy has been ,ortnri"i
il iir" tii""i" ."
irJ"i.rt, attuned
dcsree' A h.'drogen
alom
.needs .to
be trig-ge'r)'i t,,
"
iien"; ils;"{ J{ hnot tha, a
uraniun alont' and so on dotan
rhe line'
(coNumuno
oN ,ot,x.. eace)
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+. PROJECTA
OR THE TINGING
OF THE SAME: The
tinging rnatter
shall be in an open flux, otherwise the tincture
cannot n' ork on it. The tincture shall be made first into a
rnet al l i c gl ass
of t he hi ghest grade.
- -
If
-r-ou
rvant to transmute mercury, take bismuth and puri-
f i erl nrercury
(how
much you wi i l f l ncl i ' t he 5t h, 6t h, ^ancl
7t h a' gnrent at i on), pl ace
t hem uncl er a rnuf f l e i n a' good
I)an.
\\' hen
the rnercury begins to srnoke holcl the metillic
tirrcture rnixecl r.r' ith the wax with your
tongs into it till it is
<lissol' erl. "I-he
mercury will shoui itself, tiy *oy of many
crlrrs. ascending
ancl clescending. wheri it" begins to settl"e
.n lhe. bottom,_ pour it out. The Tire in the projiction
has to
l r hi gher on t he t op t hen on t he bot t om.
t-
+
,$.i
'i-ai
. , j a
: i
. ; : t ,
;;:j"
:
,:.:
Tl rc nrol ten netal ntusl not be couered. In case qui chsi l uer
i s to be transmuted
trJnr.' bi sntuth or l ead shoul d be added to preDent the qui cksi l uer
l rom
euaporati ng too
qui ckl v
l l ' hen the qui cksi l uer
begi ns to smoke, rh.en the t;ncture i mbeaa"d i n utar
shoul d be added. Be careful not to i nhal e thn i i ri ng smoke of the qui i ksi l uer
as the
furu-s
are poisonous.
A reuerberatory
fire
is best to catch tlie asce'nding smoke antl
' n\e
i l
fal l dourt as a col ored smohe. Any metal can be transn' tul etl ui th' thi s ti ncture,
but l ead. ti tt and nrcrcury are the easi est to u,tork u.,i fh.
Trul r the one ond on-l y God i n al l IIi s Gl ory shal l be prai sefl
for
haui ng reueal ed to
-:an
such i ntntense tui sdont.
CI rI -Tr ] - UF, F' RONI I ' REVI OUS f ' eCn)
our si ntpl e
fi ' e
i n the
furnace
acts as the acri ttator i n rel easi ng the energy
accordi ng to the uari ous degrees of heat to be
l ound
i n herbal , mi ni ral or metal
tuhstances. Thi s i s the reason uthy
fi re
i s of such i mportance i n the al chemi cal utork.
It hel ps to bri dge the gap
from
hot ouer col d to hot agai n. Thi s
rtroduces an i ncrease
tn i ts pt>tcncr.
The i nner heat of the sun, as an etatnpl e, i s rel ayed through i ts outer
thrll It goes through the eztrenu cold temperatures ol space to beconte thJ au,akening
f' xre
i n nnrter upon contdct. upon meeti ng resi stance i t ui l l dratt,
forth
i ts i nei t
cntrgr u' here an openi ng mokes i t possi bl e
to do so.
The ternperature i ncreases 1" F. ui th euery 100-200
l eet i n depth. i n the
upp' r si ttr nti l es of the earth. The temperature near the core i s bel i eued to be near
tl v ntel ti ng poi nt of tl rc ntetal s
l ound
there. Sci ence has
l ornul aterl the rheory that the
l vat ol l he earth i s dcri uul
from
the rodi oacti ui ty i n the rocks, the pressute i l euel oped
ui thi n the earth aru!
l rom
the ori gi nal mol ten stare, i f the earth uas
formed Irom
ruch hi gh tenrperature ori gi ns.
.' l s can be seen, sci ence has no exact
form.ul a ro offer. It supposes rhese rhi ngs
utDn a rati onnl obserrati on of other natural phenomena.
Empl oyi ng the same process
.4 ,msoni ng.
rhe al chcm.i sr i s enti tl ed to hi s utay of thi nki ng that through super-human
i ntel l i gcnce ntore l i gl tt can be shed upon these thi ngs, l han through hypotheses based
ui nn an uncertai n sr:i cttti fi c specul ati on.
.\' ei ther rl oes abtogate the
fact
that
fi re,
or heat, i s essenti al i n the
forrnati on,
profrtcati on.
and con.sl anl changi ng of mauer, i n i ts terrestri al appearance.
SOLI DEO GLORIOSO
GLORIA
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PROCE,SS
FOR MAKING
TI{E PI]ILOSOPHERS
STONE,
Il :
I,Iercury:
Common
I . I ' ake
awaJ. :
t . Bi smut h
ancl l ead.
2.
Moisture.
3. Bl ackness.
I I . , , \ cl cl
t o i t : gol cl
l vhi ch
has t o be
cl eansercl ,
mat l e i nt o mercury,
put
together
by rvay
of
a ) prrl veri zat i on,
b) anral gamat i orr
c) rl i gest i on (here
t i re f i rc
has t o be
t he Sphere
of rner. cury
unt i l i t get
Sphere
sf
ga1ppp_rl eepest
bl ack.
Sphere
of .Iupiter_rrrhite.
Sl rl rere
of Moon-pure
w, hi t e.
Sphere
of Venus_ycl l ow.
Sphere
of Mars-recl cl i sh.
Spher"e
of Sun-_pure
r.erl.
I no' easi ng.
Changi ng
of col or .
\ ( )\ l l -
Ot r THE MAI N
AXI OMS
BELONGI NG
TO TI f E, TRUE
CI I ] i MI CAL
ART.
I .
\ n] ' t i nct ure
not macl e
of t hc rnercul . y
1 .
2.
3 .
digesterl
in
t o be bl ack
f;
i s rrot honrogenous
. t o
t he met al s,
because i t cannot
be aug-
rrrt ' rrt erl '
. A. l y
t i nct u. e
t hat ca' not
be nt nut gu-ut ecl
w-i t h
rnel ' cl l r' \ -
i s of no use.
I I .
.
' \ t r] -
t i ' ct ure i n whi ch
t here i s . o f i ne gol d i s of , o use.
' \ l rr- t i rct u. e
rl ' hi ch ca' not
coror i s a' enrpt y' pon, cl er.
,
I I I .
"\' r-
' rercury
that cloes not raclicalry
clissolve gord
is not
the
.philb.sophicai"mercury..
When gni.i
*oi;;; t;fi:' to
golcl
agai r r i t has not bee' cl i si ol vecl
a' dt he
sol ut i on
l s- ot , r o
use. *
IV.
-
-' \ l l
obj ect s t hat cont ai n no gol cl i ' sol ' t i on
are l ' r-ong
anrl
of no use.
V.
I I e. u' ho
si des wi t h
t hose
f orrrrrl erl
upon nat ure,
because
nor r l at l l r e.
i s an i di ot .
' ivho
claim that alchemy
is not
he cl oes not uncl erst ancl
hi msel f
VI.
I Ie rvho
has masterecl
the ar.t of the al chem
i rtr%
k
rrrt be sile' t,
br+t offers hirnself
to men fo. mo.r".r-
4ua
Lolo
' Thr s
*i l l si gni f y bevond qucst i on, t hat
aqua r egi s, or any cor r osi ve wat er pr ot l uci ng
r hl or t ' l es
and. . t he l i kes, when washed out ag; i n, *Tt t t ", t he t l i ssol ved met al f or m i nt o i t s
frymer metal i c state, n' hi l e, rvhen otr." ,i ;..ni u".r wi th the prri r"*pl r;."i
rnercury,
i t
nmar r r s l i qr r i d.
ls
46o /4U t4ior.
.
- at l - -
j i
ci t l r er .
a n i r r r post el .
or . al l
; r r t 0
i l t e ar t .
ft
VII.
I' Ie
l' ho
r""lr,1h"
alchemical
art for
morley
ancr wearth r' rt
rot
t o knorT' bet t er
hi r; ; ; ; i ; a' cl
na-t ui ; l ; ' "r; "t
bel ong i r nr ong
t he pl r i l osopher s
r r " t
u*ong
t he i cl i ot s.
VI I I .
I I e *' l r o
supposes
he neecr s
r o know
on15-
t he pr ocess
ho' r - t ' r r akc
t he
t i r i c- r u' c
o. r r - r " pr " i i ,
ar r r r
has no
neer r
f or
t he t he. r"r-
*' i l l
so ast . ay,
becauri ^t ri ' t ru,
no
cri rect i or-, i
t o gui cre ' i r . .
So man'
t nl " gs
; ; pi l ;
*i t i r " .
engager l
i n
r ' e wor k
of
;f;.::' i :' ' r' e'
that
thev
ca' nnor
"l l
u" fi "i .-,ri rr"a' i ,,
,r,* on"
IX.
IJe' *' ho
Iras
thi s
knowrecrge
shal r
keep
i t secret
and
honor
(l .rl '
If .e croes' ot
use i t f;tfi ;
t"*pqq"r
ancr eternal
wel fare ,,f
is fellon,nran
U,ut
t-"^p.f,i"
fri_r"if
u,ith
arrogance
and
,51",r;:i::iiili]r
eitrrer
lil^;i;;
o,1i'
o. some
other
r?isrortune
enemy
to his
o*,n life,
n4u/ror""no^.
GOD
BI rl PRAI SI I DI
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C O N C L U S I O N
It is a crerlible assumption that the casual reader of
the foregoing treatise with the attached commentary wiil
be sonrervhat puzzled. Filst of all the language needs to be
urrtlerstood. \\' e may be farniliar
q' ith
the rn' ords as commonly
usetl. Ilou' ever' , in this case, the semantics involved require a
t horough i nvest i gat i on. Semant i cs, t he sci ence of meani ngs,
f13. perhaps no rnore fertile ground to thrive in than alchemy.
l l ere s' ords nray be of ei t her prof ound consequences or become
ut t erl s rneani ngl ess. The l at t er seems t o be prevai l i ng by a
bi g l nargi n. The cause wi l l be f ound i n t he rel uct ance of t he
i nt e. st i gat or t o reconci l e al chemi st i cal t ermi nol ogy wi t h t he
def i ni t i on of t he di ct i onary. Thi s st umbl i ng bl ock i s one of t he
har r l est t o over come. f ' he aut hor i t y of i he di ct i onar y and
encr-cl operl i as i s sel dom chal l enged. Consi dered as t he f i nal
instance in the arbitration of opinions, no further
justification
is usuallr- sought for. Thus ends the matter rn' ith most investi-
gators. I' he reader only reluctantly concedes that alchemical
terrninologt' requires a thorough study to arrive at the proper
unrl erst ancl i ng of what i s rneant t hereby. Anot her mat t er,
arl di ng f urt her hardshi p, i s t he l i beral use of t hose t erms.
lnterchanging them without further explanations carries pro-
nouncerl clangers n' ith it. Wherr rnercurial essences are spoken
of and at t he same t i me ment i on i s macl e t hat t hey can be
procurerl frorn non-mercurial substances, it will be seen at
once horv conf usi ng al l becomes. I n t he next breat h, t he
rearler nrav be told to take a mercurial substance to derive its
nrercuri al essence f rom i t .
It appears that there is rro other way out but to bec.ome
thoroughlv farniliar with the alchemistical terminology. Too
manv shv f rom such an undert ahi ng f or t wo mai n reasons.
The f i rst i s t hat i t i s assumecl not t o be necessary and t he
secont l . s' i t hout t he hel p of one versed i n t he subj ect mat t er
i t i s al rnost i rnpossi bl e t o gai n suf f i ci ent underst andi ng about
i t rvi t hi n a reasonabl e t i me.
' f he
cumbersome addi t i onal work
of anal vt i cal exami nat i on of t he physi cal subst ances i nvol vecl
requi res ext ra t i me. Al l t hi s has t o be t horoughl y consi dered
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)re
even a glimp-se
of the products eventually to be pro-
:d can be remotely
seen to formulate. This is another one
le reasons why so few have endured in it.
A. cursory examination of those who have attempted to
' .
rltg this.study shows a lack of patience
and perrerrer-
:. It is a scientific study requiring h keen nind ancl suffi-
t intellect to
penetrate
beyond appearances. In short,
emy is the wdrk of a life time. Fern would consider such
rndertaking without a guarantee
of success at the end.
' i s
i t so hard t o come by? Every sci ent i f i c branch can be
lered_in a given
1i*u
considering the prevailing
circum-
?9:.
Why the difference in alchemy?
-
Actuall/ there is
ifference. It exists mostly in the mind of the investigator.
y expect to master their objective in a casual wav. as a
of hobby-or spare time occupation. Coulcl anyone"arrive
re crucial point
of accredited acceptance if this methorl
d be used i n t he sj udy-of medi ci l e, chemi st ry, physi cs,
,ralogy,,9I^any
of the other scientific fielcls? W[i should
,
be a difference in alchemistical stuclies? It ii
just
as
,
if not harder, because additional knowledge in chemis-
)otany, physics, mineralogy,
only to mentioin a few, will
have to be accumulated
during ihis interval. Not many
to go through a field encompassing such vast knowlectg' e
ring at the same time such intensive preparation.
lvhen
the term "artist" is
_applied
to the accomplishecl
al-
ist, further emphasis is placed
on the creative abilitv or
ic accomplishment
essential to the alchemistical
scieritist.
rnowledge expected of an alchemist is enormous
com-
to singular scientific or artistic fields.
\nother-.peculiar
aspect enters this sphere that has not
' ed
sufficient recognition
as yet.
psychology
has a
te bearing on the matter. Subtle occurances" transcend_
)arser physical phenomena,
make their appearances
dur_
re various processes
involved and make further knowl-
of the subtle mind stuff a necessity. This is a study in
Combined psychic
and physical phenomena
enter into
ny. Polarity, as the causal law,' underlies
this study.
nakes alchemy not everybocly' s
meat. This is anoth6r
-92-
reason why r
in a conscie
alchemistica.
perusal. Ma
the library t1
have said, v
ments is by
denser, with
personally ol
books of oth
demonstrater
The out
cision and br
the student
j
such and nol
laboratory a
Anyone
assuming th
nothing else
time spent
treatise was
passed up as
both. It repr
forth to prov
performed p
The rea
which side h
the library a
its antiquari
who claims t
work and le
the laborat<
charlatan.
Based o
compelled tc
, - , , , \ \ ] l J' .
so. f e\ \ . have
pur suecl
i t f or a' y l engt h
of t i r ne and
' i f o. sci (' rrt i ' , s
rvay.
Lack
of suf f i i i ent
"ancL
pr: oi i . i
/ r cr . l . r r dLr r ( r l
sur r r cl er l r
anf l pr ol l cr ent
: . ' r r i ct i . . i
i r r ' est i gat or s
al so hi nder
t he st ucl end
i ; t hei r
: . r , r ]
\ l ; l r r -
q r r r r r i ^ r ' "
o r ' + L ^ - - - 1 . . i - - : - . - - r - - - r r
, 1 ,
-
r_rr-. ' r r r \ r. s
Ll g, A Lo. s al so _nrn(l er
t he st ucl e' t s
i n t hei r
r l . , \ [ , rr r\ - sp' r-i ous
aut hor. s,
cl ai rni ' g k' owl edqe-
are of
j , ,
_, r ( 1r , . \
Sl r - Lr r r uus i t ur nor . s,
cl ar r nt ng kt t owl er l ge,
ar e of
r r ar' r- t r' Pr' . I ' hei r' esearches
are conf i necl
t o rr, f rai
ot her. s rS
:
' '
r '
. *
i t i r p. r r r : i l
a' cl t he not e boot r i i r r ha' d,
. or i f i . r , i r r g
'
' '
r i . r l l r - . l r st ' r ' r ' ecl
I ar vf ur ma' i f er st at i or r s,
u, . . Jo, i i " r i
i n t he
'
" 1
' r t l r . r ' s.
onl y i ' s, ch a . . ' uy
. ai r cxi st i r g
l a* , s be
: : .
' . r t r , r t . r l
t r r r l t hei r - val i r l i t y gi ver i
a' y cr er l e' ci ! ' .
I i r * ' , , r r l l i r r e
I ' . ur r d i ' t hi s
t r eat i se has i t s r ner i t i ' i t s pr e-
'
, ' ' ] i r l
l r . t ' r ' i t r . .
l t . ePr esent s
t he nr ost at l vancecl
q, or k
f or
'
" r i ' i ' ' r r 1
r r g. r r c' r ' al . al cher ' y.
I t l r as t o be l ooker l
upon as
: . . , r r r l
not i r s i t si r r r pl e
c. l ent er r t ar l ,
i r r t r . or l r . , t i , l , r ,
t . i pr act i cal
: ' ' , t \ ' , r l , l r , ' t t t f
.
\ r r ' , r r .
r ' t ' at l i r r g he' r : w. r r at
' n, . s r vr i t t e.
i n i 71r
ancl
' . : : . r r r r
t l r . t i t i s t h e p r o r l u c t
o l ' a r r i . c l i v i r l u a l
* , h o h a r l
' r . : . r . l : r ' t .
t l , l r t r t . t , i <i l . h i s t i r r . i l wa y i s a b s u . c r . T. h e r
' - i ' , ' r r t
t r r r r l t l r c r nar Lc' r ' i al
r r r er i r r r s
cxpe, i r cl ecl
bef or e t hi s
\ \ { r \ ( ' \ ' ( r r r
| 0t r r l y
t o be u, r ' i t t cr r
ar ' e [ oO cnor l ] l 0us
t o be
1. r r 1, , 1' r r r si gr r i { ' i Car r t ,
{ r vt ' n f ' r . , r r e
r , vl r o ht r s t he nr ear r s
f or
- : .
l 1 r . Jr . eser r t s
ar l i f t ' s * ' r l r l i <- , f nr r i r r cl i vi r l ual
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