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I r r anot l re r '
p lace l te speaks:
"He, rvho
s ides
rv i t ] r
t l tose
rvho
, l , r i r r r
t l ra t a lchenrv
is no t founc ler l
upon r taLu le becausc
he
, i , r , .
11e1 rc le rs tar t r l
h in rse l f
o l
r ta t l t t 'e .
s
a t t
ic l io t . " T ' i t i s is
r r l l r c r ' - s t l 'ong at rguage; l t l t t cor ts idcr ing tha t
i t l vas
nr r ' i t te l t
, ,
' r '
tu 'o
]rurrcL'ecl r rd
f i f t l '
] :eel ls
ago,
at a t i tnc
rvl tet t
evelt
r
i n r t i f i t ' p o s t r r l a l i o r r s
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
ea l l1 .
a lchemis ts ' conternpt a r ises
out o f see i r tg l re i r '
: , i " i1 i
| ;1 '
l rg
rc [ ) ( 'a tc r l l l - ' t ' jec t t ' r l
t t t l
t t I te t '
t ra t t . l '
u t i l c
e f f r t r ts
'1 ,
r r ra l i r .
l J rer r rse lves
rea l t l .
S i rn i l : r r ou t l t t r -s ts
\ \ ' c re t to l
l
i l r
) l n r l r o r r
i l l r
P a r r r c : e l s t t s .
' a l t ' r t l i r t r t s ,
t t t t l o t l t e t ' s .
W e
t t o t
, , ' r l r '
r r r l l r e n t
c o r r f r r c r l
o l l t o s c
c a t ' 1 1 . l t : l t c l t t t i s l . s
x t t . ' o c o g -
l z c l l r t ' r r r v e r t r l r l a va l n o l l g s t e r t t . i s t s ,l t c r l t a p s l t s r t t t t t - r u , l t a t
r r r { ) r ' ( ' t c l l l p o l ' a t e
' o l r l i r t g .
I l r t i l e v c t ' ,
l r t l
g i s L s
t t o t
t t r t l i k t : . l t r l
f ,
r ' l t t c r ' .
I t
i r i l l l re r - r ' r r re r r r l re le r lr r - l r c
s t r icn t i t i c
s t r r r lc r t t
l r i r l
i t u ' r rs
,
r r l l
i r r 1 )21
t l ra t .
S i r
I i l r r t ' s l I lu l ] r c r ' { 'o r t l
hooh t . l r c
sc ic r r t i f l i c
. , ' , r l l r l
r ' i t l r r i s
a r u l o l l n c c t n c t t t ,
h a l .
c
u ' a s
a b l c t . ob l i r r g
a l r o l t t
; t
t t ' i l n s l l l L t t i t l i o t t
f
o l t e
e l t ' t r t e t t t
r r t o a t t t t t l t e t ' .
l e { ' l e < ' t i r i g
r r
I , r c v i o r r s
s t i l l c l l t e l t l s
o n l l r i s
s a l l l c
s t r l t j e c t . ,
l y L l t t l s c
r i t t ' l y
l r l r l i c r . a l
s c i c r r t i s l s .
n ( ' ( : a l l r r o t
t t ' l 1 l
' o t t t l t t t ' i t t g
' t ' t l l t t , r ' l t t : t t t : ( t
t l , ( ' ) ' o l r l a i n c ' t l l r c i r k r r o n ' l e t l g e .
l ' l t e y
l r a t l r r { ) t c c l l r t i t : a l l y
i r , l r - a r r c t ' r l
l l l ) a r a t u s
a t t r l
i r t s t t ' r t t t t t ' t t t sv a i l a l t l e t t l
t h e r l l ,
l l o
( l r ( ' ( ' t loana l l . s is
s
\ \ .c l i t t t ) r , r ,t ,
t t t t x - l ' t l y , t to
e lecLt ' i c - :
: t t t ' t ' c t t t
t { )s l )ea l l {
f l
I 'e t
t } re1 ' tok l us
r , r 'ha t
,as uonta inet l r t
t l t t :
va t ' io t ts
r r r l t s ta r rces.
n r t ta r t f
i r t s ta t rc :uso acct t t 'a le ly ,
.ha t
evet t to r lay
i ( ) r l l c
o f
l l r r : i r
r l i scovcr i t : s
t i l l
u 'a i t
t .o
l c
t 'e tcogn izer ly
n tor Io t ' t t
r r
ic r r t i f i c s tar t r la r r ls
n t l
ins t l t t t t r c t t ts .
AI I th is ca t t be
secr t
' r 'on l
i r
carc fu l
pc lusa l o f the c t t t t l t ' t t t s
o f t l r i s
t t ' ca t isc .
\ \ 'ere i t r tot
fol
t l re
{act
that
sel 'et ' : r l of t } rc
alc: l tet- r l ical
1r 'o r l t r c tslescr i i r c t l n th is l tooh ar td o l . l te t ' stavc bcet i l l ro t lucer l
l rv t 'orr ternl)oral 'v
alcl ternists,
i t
coult l
Jte
brushecl
asi t le
rvi t l t
l l i l t
;e tnar - l i s .
t i s recc l r t t t r tcnc ied
hat
the
r r red
c i r ra l
p t -oper t ie :s
i r I t l tese I t lo t lL r r :1s
eset 've
c l t lse a t . tc t t l io t l
f t 'o t l t
t l re
sc ier r l i f i c
u'ol l r l he.r ' r '
r t
thc
l-1.S.A.
t t td alr t 'ot t t l .
' I ' l lc
r 'vr i ter
of thescl
l i r res
ras
der r to r ts t t 'a tec l
o
h i rnsc l f
a t t r l
o t l te t ' s
i le
lan ' {u l
rnan i -
fcs ta l ion
of son le
of thesc
a lchet l r ica l
lau ,s .
I Ind t : r ' i r l cn t ica l
r
r r r l i t io r rs
a l r l
yepeater l
tes ts
idcr r t ica l
rcsu l ts have
l leen
o l r ta i r rec i .
J ' l te
l t te re theore tn
rvhet r
r r le t l t io l rec l o
oLher
sc ie l r -
t is ts
\ \ ' i r
alcherrr
C O l l
l e C
l C
ar lvo(: : tc
{ .
1 \ l i l
l
\ t u l e r r l i r
fac ' ts .
O l
rreerr ls
Lr
t .ha t
1 l r r
i r ts
,a rc r .
'['l
r
g lar lna
Lc
h a r lc o r r
d a y
r e t l i
a l i v i r r g
u
sc icn t i s
s
that .
no o i
Th is
u 'or
ial- lo lat .o
m e r r t s
o [
t h c
t a n g i
gra l rh ic
a
jr tst ,
as pr t
A s r r
o f
or rc
e ' [ r
or t l l '
1, , , t '
a g c .
I I o r i
t i s t s
tha I
ob t i t iner l .
t i t r te
a lor
'fhrrr.
n,or- l isoI
r id icr . r le
;
fut l t re
glr
da1' ,
sl . iJI
I t i s
t
n o t
t o r e r i
rvol l ied
r
r
n'ol l is j r rs
the
leas t
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t i ' ts
\ \- ;rs
rr ' t
l isterrecl
o
but
sinrpry
ignorecl.
. I .he
wor.r l
r l t
relrrr-
arrrr( '
bei,g
,"r l .r . tr t
c-a]rse
o
associate
arr l- thing
"r '( crc(t
rvi th
i t
to
the
gordmakin;
; ; , f f i i l ; j 'cho.rurrt .y
i r r I ' , r 'a lc r l
r r - ' ror r r t "bu, t
. 'o i
p . "ceai r rg
ce ' tur ies .
. \rr
rn'niaI
.preparat ions, as p.oi. , .".1-*iJ l" 'pu,ocelsus,. ' r l . r r t i r r c ' -
a r r r r
t r i e . s ,
, o " " . - u "1 , , 1 r , 1
o .e
p , .e .e , , i r1 ,
, s ta r r r i s r re r r
'rr
s' o'rrl '
rrreil
pr1Jlna.J"si.^r
"' '- l
;;i i;;,rJt'"tot..atio'
rr . r ' r ls
rr . r i fe.
estat l is lun; ; i . "T; ; ,
rv i l l
not
ab.ogate
lre
fact
' irt
r lr.
art i 'roniat
p."pu.uiio'. ,
r.".
r,:nrrr-oioiro,.,,
for.
l l . l i l t l (
( ' "
r ' a r r
t e
p lese r r t l y
p repa red . '
P
' l ' f
rr .
n,r. i ter.-recerrt l1",
i".J i""A
a
conlnrunicat iorr
fronr
a
. r ' ; r r l r r . r .
f
' re
of
Anrcr lcn ' ,
i r i " ra
ec l r ' jca l
i rJ t r . t ;n , rs ,
* ,1 ,
r ' r r l
r
r
a t
r
' r
t r c '
r ea r r ,
, ; i ; , i , , ; ; r ce . r r
ng
sor l l e
f
t
re
; r r . r , s e r r
l ;r '
r 'pr l iqt ' ' r 'o. ieS. ' f
alchei, i .oi l r .npor.at ionso *. lr ic.rrhe isr l i ' i r rg * i r r r .ss .
I Ie
n,a-s
" i . i
tL i fo .
ove.
orre
hu,r r r .ecr
ea.s
' (
r r ' r t is r*
ra 'e
beer . rvo.k ing," i ih"otorr rs
arrc l
ver .ybody
'o* ,s
l t ' t t
tt,
. i l l t t lcltettt ical
r, i f f i ", : i^ ia '
be
extracterl
.o'r
r 'etals.
l ' l r i .
* 'r ,rr l t l
rrrr icate_that
irr"
,"rr. t" 'ces
freecl
.
the
l 'r . i ter,s
;r l r ' r f
111;1'1--
rrrrrer '
r tor"
orrr l , I . i l i i ,ur.rry
,ot1i" i . ;^^^;. ;
he
fig-
rrr,rrts
f
lhcir
i rnagirrat iorr.
f ,his
.is
fr l , , f i i , ' " . l " i inrr lu
u,herr
l ro
1211gi l ; le
csrr r t .s ' i 'e t ' t
t i r "
. "q ' " i re ' rer r ts
of
re l iab le
specto_
r ' ' r l r l r i c
.a l ' s i s .
I r
o r r r v
1 r i ' uu " r ' t r r oL
"un , , '
u , rn ' r j t i r , . . , ; , , , t i c r .
i s
r . l
as
l ) r .er .a i . l i rg . rs
n
for iner
t i rnes.
- \ s n lo l l l ro r re r lrev ious l y . o t
too
ong
ago
t ra r rs r r ru ta f
o r r
"f
"111'
' l . rrrcrrt
' to
anotl . ,".
. io,
ctrr. i , re.e, i
: i "r ; l ; i lc. 'ear.sa,, ,
"rt'
rr.ri
rr
'e
co.rsirle'efr
"ri '"rtlrrh.il;,1'i;;;;;ft;,,
ator'ic
gr ' .
I r . i
l , rg
thjs
opirr io, ,
r l i t t ' .p, . "rrui l
r ' i i , r ;
; ; ; top
.c ierr_
i ' t '
thar
rro
oi l
o.
aicrrei ' i .of - . l ipt ru.
f .orn'metals
carr
be
;:iill'
iili,fr\:liii:,lire
act
r,"i't-i.
;
";,;iiy'o.-.1,,,pri.r,"a,
l ' l rr '*3
ct-rrsicrerat iors
shourd
justify
a vi,cl icalio,
of
trre
\rr l
ks
of
I l i .se galra't
"r", ' r
-otra
'*nrrt" '
rn'ho,
-ega'ci less
f
; , ' i l ] : l l "
,rrr, l peisecri t io ' , iu, l , i ", t
'n '
to blaze
in?--rnor..
o,.
tr tnre
g.rrn'al ions.
in
the
very
f ielr, l ;
. : t"; ;- ' ; i l "r)"^' ; .".
to
t l is
l .rr-.
l i l l
r. l
considered
o
bJ
.nrrr 'p"t"r. , t
orrterrr ler.s.
l t
is
{acls
such.a-s
hese,
hai
}rarre iven
us
t}re
rrcentive
l r r r f
r )
'e l l la i r l
i le r t t
but
to
reesta l t l i s l ,
t ,n . "
* ,1- ro-ro. ,aho ' th ,
""" r 'kcr l
' t r le t '
great_
dc ls
arrd
" . "" t r
p"r ' recut ior r
to
see
t 'e i r .
r ' " r 'ks
r^ t i f ied.
As
hc i .
to
t r r is '
g ,
eat
urr r rer .s tarr r r i r rg .
t l r is
is
l re
c 'as t
r .e
an
du .
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'I 'he
added
commentary
is
to be usecl
in corrjunction
rvith the
numberecl
page
as
it
faces
he
text.
Each
alchemis-
tical
laborant
follor,r's
his own
way and deviates
sornewhat
from established
precepts;
herefore,
the
reader shoulcl
uncler-
stancl that
some
expressions
nay 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,
he
symbol ?
can
mean
Venus, copper,
or
olher
things;
in astrortomy
t represents
he
planet 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 classifiedrvithin its ntanifolcl rarnifications into so many
perplexing categories
hat
anyone
not
sufficiently acquainted
with alchemical
terminology
is
apt to
lose his
way. It is there-
fore assumecl
hat the
reacler
has
knowledge of
the
rudiments
of
the
subject
uncler
discussion.
'fhe
annotations
and
corn-
mentary
are
clesignecl
s 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
speakswith tire authority of practical experienceancl that the
various
processes
escribed
are similar
to those
ouncl through-
out
alchemical
writings.
The author,
hnolvingly ancl
inten-
tionally,
omits
some of the
basic
ancl
essential
acts. At the
outset
he does
not tel l
us
what
mineral ia to
use.
The reader
is
left in the
dark as
regards the
very substance
o be
worhed
upon.
This alone
should
inclicate hat
the author
assumes
hat
the
rudiments
are
masterecl
because
is
intention is to
tlescribe,
in cletaii,
the
process
nvolved
to
let
the
rnatter
in
question
come to the clesirecl tate of perfection.
Mercurius
is understood
to
be
quicksilver. This singular
misinformation
may
becorne
an obstacle
of no
little dimension.
The author
states
hat
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
n
meaning
of the
one
worcl or symbol.
Assuming that
the
reader
is
far
that
to
ar
alch
thes
that
whicl
tenti
rnatt
is
ju
confi
all
tl
of wl
The
that
sulp
h e w
to
b
E S S C
I re
w
gas
J)f
ec.
rtra
t ' c l ) l o
abho
I i lCiil
thc s
nl ( ) l '
tlt
t
tl t
t l re
c()1r
{
$;c .
a l ch
valur
unde
le,ss
tr: un
r,vho
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farr i l ia.
* ' i th
the
i ' tercha'geabre
te.ms,
i t
rvi i l
be
noticecl
t l rat
the
errphasis_
s.placecr
ori
the
procedure
o
be
folion,ecl
t ' r
ar. i 'e
at
the
clesi.ecr
'cr.
Since
this
is
mi*i lrg
i 'most
alcherrr ical
ooks,- i t
,r ' i l r
be
the
more;;1;; ; '#
Most
of
these
books
el l
,sr i t t le,
a'r l
that,
in
such
u
.orr i"ul", i
lurrg.,ugu
tl tr t t
evetr
ess
s
glearrecl.
As
to
ihe r'atter to be usecl romrrhich tr ext.act ihe.philosophical
M;;; ; ; ; ," ioi i r tr . . .r l
con_
t.t t t iorr
has
ariserr
lr) .
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The
\
heavens,
s
plains
"M1'
my revenu
Tn'o
li
things.
Irr
by
their
s1
Zodiac,
beg
as rs
custon
in
a
clocku'
rn,e
ezrcl
Cl
Apel io
(th
bottonr:
the played
ft
revetr ler l
to
I
in
the
rlerv
t
Note
that
tlut
is
betueett
tlrc
si
and
iupitr'r
or
ltut
The
other
ltey
A,
represented
b1'
Le
of
these
sigtts
is
it
Each
one
of
t
and
uir
sign.
Non
the
airy.
(gaseous
qualities
lourul
ir t
the tips of the llat
These,
feu,
po
He
speaks
througl
latter
ttre
sLtbjects
meaning.
'fhe
s1 '
uarious
nteanings.
is
indicatiue
only
o
thereafter
under
u
ffi
Be
schyibung
G:hrinntf*
*:W'ins
&r
rrcty'n
D_fryf
dott
crfutin.and
crhaharn
Wc /.tnct
dcs
Xon1s
alomtns ur
Ehrc
Gtltes
b,/?hi{le
n
yon
iflm
Qut In Rore yi/itlraon,r/fu nci .
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r
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sec|et
of the ancient
lovers
of
this
l i ighlv
by
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Leipzig
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lrc
founrl
by t l rc Iate Davir l
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1 7 1 1
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hat
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n t n t ' l : , ' t o l cn
f o r
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tlrc
aullrcr's
natne
ttas
Dauid
Fleischer
and tlnt after his
publislt
this
treati,se.
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is onlt' an
assrtntption
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i t
s i l l
k i r r r l le
a
g;eat l ig l r t
f oy
you .
I io r
1 'o . t i
hou ld
knorv
that
tht ,
, \ l r i l ightr-
( lor l"
. . 'ho
is
r i ' i thor-r t
beginnir rg
or
end
and
rtllo:e
r',
srltirn
is
er-er'lasting,
atrcl
s'ho
lr)'
tttrfathotnable
r lel i l r t . r 'at iut t
t -cater l
teavett
air ' i i
car th
alrd
al l
that
is cotr tainecl
f er- t ' i r r .
q ' l t t t l re l
visi l t le
9r '
i r rvisi l l le
at tr l
b1'
rvf tateyel '
r la]11e,
r- r -eatt ' r l t f1 ' r r r r rot l ' r i1g t : lse l l l r t throug| t |c 1l9q'er t [at
crrr ; r r i r t t ' r l rorrr
I I i r l t lu:oug|
or te
\ \ 'or ' ( l
or l l l - .
I t
rvas
decleecl
l ) \ ' t l re
I) i r - inc
I le ir tg
arrr l
I ' i is
l ) iv ine
\\- isdor- t ' r
r r fhe
etet ' t ta l
t , , r r r rc i l
t l ra t
th i s
t . i t , t ' , ]
n 'as
to
be
F iAf .
c4
S4t f
7
. \ r ' t ' , r t ' t l i t tq lv
Gor l
l l ro t tgh t
Io r '1 .J r
ra t t t t ' t '
7'hr
t t . , t i l l
i IAT. i r tdicat ing
t l tc
t ' i rst
o f
i ts
l t inr l cntnnat i r tg
f rorrL
G,xl .
God.
nol an
': ' : t l t , , , rnt r r t , t r t , l t ical .
c i r tg
i r r ,
, i io t i l ' i ,
u l the
Qabol ists '
hc
no'thi r tg
T'hat
u 'h ich
is
and
:.
t t i th
can
y7, ,1
t1
l r t l l tor r tel
b1
u 'n1
of
r ' 'asor t i t tg.
( - , ; r t r i , l t ' r
t le cr : t r t l r ' t t l iot t
t r tong
t l rc
readcrs
nn ' t ' ar ise
brcause
ol-
- thci r
t 'ar iot ts
; . . , . . j j
f t r , .
God Alpt ighty,
u, l ic l i
our
at t thor
1,r r "
, p56r iLtns,
s
ncccptabl(
to bcLiercrs
- ,
q i
l , t i t l ts
, , , r , , ro, : i is.
'
i t
i ,s
i l rc
Suprante
l )ou. 'ct , tht '
Di t ' ine
t l rc. lz i te
t '
The
lasl
, . , , : ' , tn,
t lnt
r t , r ' r t tay
becorr t t ,
au;a.rc
oI
by
uny 'o l
rnu'reasonir tg.
This
Uerv
creatOr
ol
c, i
r r , i i , i , -
a, t ,
i r t t , is iLl :7;hcr torpt ,na,craal .cd
7'cr totsiot t
l rot r t
i ts
ot ln
unLint i lad
pou'ers j
, ,
.z
th, t t
Dran carT
-ccop;nize
, ,d.
i rnagir tc.
The
outstandi t tg
ar td
t 'cr r
charactersl ic
'"ra-u' , , , ,
I r , ig, , , rnt t t .hicl t
hi
r i t :cs,
s thr :
t t } t r r .
t_lA7'.
I t t t r ts,
i r t
our author 's.opinion,
the
1." i ,
, r , , , , 'bt
rul t ic l t
ol l
r , rent i lon
had
bt 'en
brot tght
al ' tout
7'hc t t 'or l
Fiat
is
r tot ol
t . . . t . . , t r t , r l ) t ) t t . t tc? ,o , r . ' i lu. t t r " , s i t thc " t t . ,orr l " i tst ' l l .7-hc. sout i l t , ibrat i r tn, as such '
: \ : :
hr t :ar t
t l tc
Ttrocess
1
-cr- t , , t t ing
thr
i t t lut tgiblc
i rLt r t
angible
( l l t t 'urance.s.
through
t i t . -
nnni l t .st t t l io i
o f
the
pr i t r tal ntbstar tc, , .
s
u'hat
icser t . :es
out
al lI7l tot l '
Tl r
rer tder ui l l
r tot
be
ant iss
o
sl t t t l l ise
a
qabal ist ic r {cr- r tcc
t t ' ' l ten
hc
t tord
Fiat
, , . , l t
, . , , r ' r r l , r i , l , ' , ,1 ' ,1.
nal .yr ' ing
|rc
fot t r
Ict tars
l : ' ,
,
A '7 ' ,
rcadi t t . l l
r -ot t t
t . ight to
lel t
as
,n
I i l rbr , ' , t , .
l rc u; i l l
d iscouer
lu:
lol lou: i r tg:
J ' .
t l rc
kts t
let t t r
in
l l rc
alplmbet '
repre'-
' r , l , i , iu"
t ln, l
t t t , . - t t1, ,st ,cor i l
tat l t .
is t l te
", r , i l r .
Tt l rn
sal t t rn
inl luat lc( ' (ot t t tccl 'd
t t ' i th i t
is
,l 't, 'i i ,o-ti, ', '
rl
t lte l$ls
tlt is
pl:t)net is lo
rrnt ug.o'
7-ha
lorrrtttl ion
1l't 't: iralt)
tuil l
b- e
[.,.
y1,:ht
tltortt
by
th"
A
;;
i i",pla,.
tlr"
air.
l,r.aih
or
u.or1.
I. or .lr:;rl,
.s thc
tentlt
pnth,
l ' : , ; , .
t t t t r l t r
t l , r ,
i { l r , r ,nLcc
ot l
' l \ .1 'crcury' ,
al .so
an
(ar th
sig, t | .
u ' l t i le
F,
lor
l 'au.
is
the
, . , i l ,
t , , , t l t . . l ,at t rus, ' t iAor i i ro
. f
an
eart ' l ty.nar t t re
rr t l . t 'd.
f
l leni ts.
] Iercur l
and
Venus,
,,i. '
,, i,,,
Ttlrtrtel.s
orbitinsl
Ltaltt,ecn
tl 'te
carllt
an1
tlt 'e
stut'
receil '' '
t lrc
tl ltplt
TtotL'er
: : t , . ugl t
the
plar tat
Vulcan.
. r i rur ' l l te
Q.B.L.
sh.eds
nnra
I ighl
on
lh is
ent l re
process '
he reat ler-u: i l l
become
:: . , t ,c, t l
t l t t , lact
that
our
au. t l tot r
st ipTtosr ts
hat -he
is
farni l iar
ui th
lhese
f l r tdatntntals '
i t , , t r r , l
t iu,
i r {orrnat ion
i r
is
sug,xested
o r1ad, '- 'h 'ront
One
To
7'cn"
and
"7 'he
Serten
-R,rs
o l
the
Q'.B.L. . "
131711
zeol is
re
publ is l rct l
bt '
the
P R S'
I l -her t
t labal ist ic
relerenct ' .s
ue
giDert
tar t in-
i t
is
I : r 'cnuse
lchtnt is ls
nt t rdr
t r ler tsi t 'e
; ) : ;
. ) f
lh.m
in
their
ruork
nr t r
r t t t i t ings
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l lt-
*'a1'
of
a
natural
u'ion
ancl
birth,
so it
ca,
wo.k,
sustain
attrl
re^produce
tself.
Through
mutual
assistance
t-.ur,
,rooo
,b:l*
forth
everything_clecre"ed
y
a heave"fJ;
i;ti;"nce
ancl
:Tll,".:.i"1.
upon
.
it.
It
r,vill
shorv
itself
through
rnaterial
I l lal l r testat_ror,
ubstanceancl being, out of lvhose mixture
arise
the
elements
as water,
air
ancf'earth.
\\rithin
the
three
lies
riddsr
the
fourth
elernent
of
fire.
Through
iiie
coctio.
of
He
presents
natu.re
as
trz-e
angibre
oututartr
ntanilestation
of
God.
Reuearing
the
I3u'ol
dualitl '
he
prcsents
the
eaith
as
the natural
uehicle
,pun-ii i"i
the
sidereal
imprssiqrT
influences
elellerztar
appeat'ances.
water,
air,
and.
eartrz
he
cails
rhe
three
Fimal
substances
conraining
tl 'ithin
rrrcnz
the
lorrth
o,
fir.o.
iit '-Jf"itr"r,
are
the
o,tt"r nnnilestation
of
the
inner
archetypal id.eu.
He
uses
two
u.nusu.al
utord',
union
and
birth,
that
seem
to be
out
of
ptace.
If
ndlurc'
as
the
outward
ezpressior.z
of
God,
b7'
its
ou,tn
eztension,
uas
brottgri
forth
b1 ,
o
union
arul represents
an
act
ol bb th,
ii
ii
irnperuriue
that
tris
union
be
based
upon
tlv
lau'
of
-duality,
because
a
procre.ation
is ntentioned
,,rrn"r:"Li
;"r"
a"i
sustain
and
pr,qcr?at .
itself
.
This process
,.inuo-rues
borh genders.
u"",4esi;ng"
"))
"
tnu
material
plane.
this
can
only
be
acconyplished.
br
utay
of
the
_so'
alled.
four
elTrnentr,,
Before
tltis
can
ta*r place
it has
to be
deterntined
wlt'iclt 'gender
;,
ttr 'por;tiu"'anii"uqirh
i,
the
n-sa i..
Aleph,
being
a ntot.her
rettrer,
is thi posir.iue
ernrrrnnt
ui
oir'. '-
i.o,
is
earth,
l-ing
negatiue.
But
the
earth
tpas
)'et'to
be broughr
forth.
It
u',orlnnt
in
etistence.
llatrer
ntust
haue
consisted-of
a
stii l
f iner
substance)
as ita).
be
a-rsttnted.
o
be
fountl
on
.l '.rnus-
and
Mercury.
.M.att.er,,
.in
itself
.
being
negatiue',
is
the
pr:oporlt
attuned.
rec.ipirnt.for the positiue air (Ateph)
_to
u,ork ,poi. Tiri, t l,oukl also Jr7:r[.;. ottr closer
,.rr :.t,:,:,,,n,,1,:o
en,sus,
Mercury,
and Vulcan
a,s inne,
inllttences (entotion,
mind,
antl
tnnught)
ttnn to
llte
outer
Ttlanets
utitlz
their ntanifestations
As
to
tlrc
lour
elernental
uirrues
ol
taal.r,
air,
antl
eo,rth
it catt
be
seen
rhat they
orc
the
essentials
in
the
formation
anrl
congio,neratio,
nf
the
iirotJ,
"i)ou,,
o, ,t
n
planet
liarth.
Fire
is
the
e.ssence
uhich
actiuates
air,
or't lr"
sr,
(1i'rej
u,orking
on
l'ulca.n
\air)
through
Mercury
and Venus
(both
ntatter)
tn
a relatiuelt"
subtler
substance
and
lor tnat ion.
I t
is this
centraL
f i re
uthich
ui l l
p lay'sucl t . "- ' ; , r r -pi r i r "r 'par t
fur ther
on
in this
treotisc
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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
n
the
rvor.ld
s
separ:aterl
into three, namely: aninral ia,-vegetibi l ia,and mineri l ia.
under
animal ia
a.e inclucled
all
anirnars,
len,
fish,
fowl.
and
everything
pertaining
to
this kincl
*
hich'has
fiesh,
'utoo,t,
and
breathes.
Vegetabi l ia
includes
all
tr.ess,
oots,
herbs"
-
In
tlzz coniunction
of
.the
four
elements,
brought
about
by
the
inlusion
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 astb 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
pibb.-Fire,-or
heat,
as.known
to
ntan,
no matter
by
what
process
or manifestation
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 basedur 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-lw
three
generatiue
principles
ol
sulphur,
salt, and
nrcrcury.
This
threefold
d,iuision
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.
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, , , ,". lJ j i l r lhing that exists n the n,or.kl s containerl n those
r'e'animar
wo'rrr
rras
ts
ou,rr
speciai
seecl.
T.his
seecl
s
slrer-nratozoon^
^^llll"fl]l)
r,vhrch
ggnerates
lesh
ancl
bloocl.
r
i t
is
foun.
i is
own
p.inra
r 'atei ia
arra
fi.st
seeri .
It
was
l l ; l l : l l l . : ' ,out
h
ouel' ' i t '
i i , , i , , i '
, ,
r
" lrce
po,' 're,,atu
a
' l ' l re
vegetatr le
lvorJr l
also
7'h"sa
three
subdit
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rerei'es
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ut i .u
be
contested
b. , .
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a,sutnnl io,
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n.o
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It
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n
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Ie'zucee
4s
the
philosonhicnr_
ntercut'1.,
an
ethereal
substa,ce,
ntade
to nunifest
a.s
a
rhlr
rol4tile
tiquirt.
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thn
n,tinrli
ir",-r;;"1r"rn"n
o,
a srinty
substance
ond
trte
taoble
in
solid
form.
so
,does
rhe
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its
uelticle,
ulteretn
it is
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rontoined.
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highly
uolatile
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of
t'enr
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a'd
io
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t *'ould
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the
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nantely,
tle
three
first
substance(,;,-:;;,
The
rea'ler
shourrr
bear
in.tnind
tltar
the
uater
rnentione-d
here
is
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the
common
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find
the
prima
materia,reqyirel
a
heen
mind,
one
w,r
haue
to corne
to
the
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ot
mea,
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be
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one
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his
utay
ot
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s
4
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rom
the
uery
thing
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to
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t
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;k:":,
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i" iii",iif t"
.ry*; ..i;
i;' ;i;;..youndut
oJ
practical
ezperimentation.
-
Fi"
.iailirir-
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;:;
*; *,;,:(Sp^^it_"uini,,i6ii-i"'iniii"'i,i.Ziifr"L.*ii"a*,
ae
it upn
his
eaders.
i",ti."
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X"tftri
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
o
resotue
hem,
r
to
trsn
into
their
firsrmaaer.
rnit-i-r'n
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tnot
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tself
aturai
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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,:t"ii, Ei,it ,a
stata
btood,
o'
aa'
,
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
nto
b darlv
sencrated
out'of
utater,.*
")i'iritt
)oy
bi
,"riiuii
i;;;';;"urJr,
r
t is
clcar
that
they
are
generateil
rt
iS
;1.,i---
tue
adepts
uoice
the
same
sentiments
in
so
many
uord.s.
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TREATTsE,
oNCERNING
Hrr,osopHrcAt,
rr,niurNcs
The
Stone
of the Philosophers
I.
ONOMOTOLOGIA.*
I.
Homonymia**
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.
II .
Synonyrnia*
*
This
s'tone s
cal led
by
many' l tantes,
.g.,
Azoth,
Lapis
Phi losophorunr,
inctur.a,
lve
are
told
thit the
storti
u)e
are lookihg
for
util l neuer
be
found
an.tong
those
ctezted by
noture.
one
can
tell
by
how
the author
makes
this cornparison
by'hauing
tb stqte
before
hint.
It
would
be a
difficutt
task, indeed,
to cornpare some
substance
ritlrout hauing
another
to conrpare
it uith.
we
will take
occasion
here
to
point
out
that
those tttho continuouslT.
confront
&bmistical
students
with their
theory,
that
there
is
no
such
thing
as'a
tantgible
?lilaphers
stone,
ntake
those, taho clainted. ro /rrossess t, fakers. onJ u,ould. haue to
c** between
those u-,ho
haue no
euidence to
olfer and
base their
assurttption
only on
tLir inabilitr
to
produce
and those,
who
by actual ntanual
operation
haue
producid
it .
l 'bn
the latter speak
and
giue
d.irictions
to
thdt
eilent, uthich
the
former are
no t
-
c
psition
to do,
the choice
should
not be a dilficult
one.
"ln
order
that
the
Philosopher's
Stone," says
Paracelsus,
,,u;hich,
for
sullicient
otastrt
ue call a
perpetual
or
perfect
balsan, nny
be rnade
by means
ol
vulcan.
it
-t
l irst
of all
be known
and
considered
in
what tuay the
stone nny
be
placed
rrtcrially
before
our eyes, and.
beconte visible
and
coglizable by
the
other ienses;
-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 itscll
and becontes
uisible;
and
this is as
follo:z,s:-First
of
aII,
by means
ol
Ydca, the
fire
is smitten out
ol
the
flint.
Now
this
fire
can
elfect
noihing unleis
i
ttrtt
uith
some substance
that is congenial
to
it, and on uthich
it is capable
ol
acing,
rri ar u.nd,
resins,
oil,
or sorne
other like substance,
uhich,
b7. its nature,
partially
lrar.
Wlvn,
therefore,
tlrc
lire
nvets
utith
sorne such obiect
it
goes
on
lorthtuith
to
Gzde,
unless
it be
ertinguished
or
hindered by
something
ol
a contrary
nature to
ilcIl. Or unless
the material
uherein
it should ntultiply
itself be deficient.
. 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
material
and on a
philosophical principle
by a
tdd
phyician,
and due
consideration
be
giuen
to
all
the surroundings
of
the
man
t*n it is
ezhibited
to him, then i.t
renouates and restores
the uital
organs
iust
as though
lqt ovre put on the fire, u,hich reuiue the almost eztinguished heat and are the cause
{
a brilliant
and
clear
flame."
This slatement
could
hardly be applied
to
a
non
material
substance. Hout
else
c'*H it be. The law
ol
polarity
requires
its etislertces
on both
planes.
The intangible
ttJ
tongible. Neither
could
eist
tuithout
the other.
'Onomotologia:
the
reasoning
evolved
out of a
name.
"Homonymia:
name
given
by man.
"'l inonymia:
listing
of alternative
scientific
names
used for a specific
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'
tone
exists
oI
is
it only
to be
c.onsirlerecl
r
able,
ir
rottt"
rva't
it to
be?
Incleedt
it tids
to
be answererl
yes
by a
tlue
philosopher'
,Any-
one,
who
unclerstantls
sornething
about. ih". ,
t l leory
of
ine
rnctals,
r,vill
have
to
arlnit
1o'cstly
tlat
the
tra'srtrutat ior i
of
'retals
is a
.atural
p'ocess
atrd
rlot
agairtst
nature.
The
rarious
nantes
giuen this
artif icially
produced stone
are
nnnifold
but
are
ol
litt le-
otlail, i l
u;e
tto
not
Lro*
the
real,
by
u;hateuer
nante
it
is
called'
| | . h e n h e q u e s t i o n s h i m s 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
is
onlt'rhe
protluct
"f
." i, i,"gi)oii"n
''i"'1,
he
hirnsell
anslDers
it
"^tl lt
YES'
He
clcints
it
to be
a
producf ol
i it
"rirtnnre.
franstnutalion
is
not
against
nature,
he
inlorr,l5
us.
7'o wlzich
tDe
rrcu:)
can
set l lrc
stamp
of
approual
.scientif, ically'
It
should
b
re
utr'ntbered rlnt
rhis
rro,tnrro,,,
u'tas
ntarle
about
ttDo
h'wtdred
years belore
Rutherford
a:nductet l
his ezper intent
arul
descrues
special
no. t ice
here.
I t is
easl ' lor
us,
not t t '
to
o:c.pt
lransntutatiort
itt
t ie-
oto"ic
ogn'
But
i.t
shoultl
not
be
forgolten
that
this
-nl'irnriotio,.
u)as
ttot
at'ailable
to
le contentporaries
ol
our
author'
Bcfore
a
starernerlt
can
be
conlir211r
i1
ntust
haue as
its
euidence
the
subiect
or
&i"ct
'r,ndc,
consideration.
Hor.,
,irany
times
stat?-ments
haue
been
ma,le
concernrng
the
philosoplter,s
stone
i,
"o)"
",
ir,plrnnt
as the
ne:essary
euidence
th.at
has
to
be
grducerl lo shou
its
etistence.
Ilecorded
instances
o'n
nu"'"'ou"
tthere
claims
haue
o*en
made that
this
rr""""-"t
Ttossessetl
y
sonte.
Houteuer
spurious
or
genuine
such
claims
lnue
beert,
they
;;
;;; iy
be
uerified
by
the
fesults e:tant.
Il there
is
inelurable
prool
ol
trorrrrnuiotiin'to
be had'orrl
t lr.e
euidence
is
stil l.
in
etislence,
then
rhere
is
no
rteed to
go
t
"ii1-o-
ri"'
uisustainetl
claints
of
fornter
days...Can
such
euidence
bc
produced?
Th"
onr*,)r""i,
"inr.
m.a"rn
technique
and
scientil ic
endeauors
hat,e
nro611
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Quid
sit?
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
rich
and
the sick
be
made
'healthy.
This
way, u'e
u,ill recognize
the
onrnipo-
tence of
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IIL
Causa
materialis
ex qua:
Sol
vel
Luna,
Theophr.
p.
119.
in qua:
The
sulphur
(vapor)
of
the metals
s
the
spir i t
that
tinges.
crrca quam:
ts
contmon
Mercury,
the mother
ancl
producer
of
all
;netals
I\I.
Causa
ormalis.
Is
the
conjunctio'
of
the white
eagle
and
the
recl
l ion.
QUAERITUR:
WHAT
IS
TI{tr
WHI.TE
EAGLE?
I The white e
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
he
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
nto
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
o""iur'opiro;;;;r,'ro
diflerent
Ir:a
tlv red-Iion,
the remains
at.th2
bouorn
of
the uessel.
But
uhere
does
he
metallic
dl
cnter
u,hen
it taas
supposedly
the metallic
mercur ,
or
quicksiluer
that
he
started.
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i
I
I
I
I
at
the
bottom.
This
volati le"
It
is
callecl
sulphur
at
the
top
is
,rery
subtle
and
Azoth,
Eagles
Gluten.
The
red
lion
is
an
incombustibre
urphur,
ike
fixed
red
iuice
of
the
Lilv*"
remaining_;;
ih"
botfom-Jf-it
u
.iig.rtio'
flaskand is caliedred 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
nlelcury
anrl
the
amalgarnated
Bv
rvay
of
the
rearvakened
golclerr
gold.
This
calz
or
sord fro.nt
uhence
arises
on
tre
bottom
ol
the
frask
a
subtle
and.
laile
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
his'question
o
our
blttion
la
asks
another:
what
is
t"t","i
irot
nnr"
he
cails
it the
uncombustibre
dphur,
the
lircd
red
juice.of
the Lily;,
r^ri"i"on
the
bottom
ol
the
digestion
uesser.
sain
he
calls
it sulnhur:
:r,
r i:
,iki
""i
)]li"c
.to
the
top
but
remaining
dormant
'lotu'
It
is
getrins'ntore-antr
ntore
corttprer
ail
rhe
tinte.
Nou,
we
haue
to
make
arision
and
to
find
out
tahot
is
*i;,;;
;;;o'iit"uty
"ni"nitii,l-ili'"ra
symbots
l
thzir
tarious
nteanings.
Again,
before
shedding
mo_re
ighr
on
ilte
subiect,
he
.keeps
asking:
hou;
tlo
you
Fc*re
the
red
rion
and
the.u.,hi-te
ogt"l
n'"";"ii,
us..bv
aking
th. piiyie,r
and.
subri-
aed-
resuscitated
phirosophi*t.
nrnli"rrr'"ii)'
ai11orn"g"
;i
,il
"i"irrri^,
at
onenrw
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"
t is derircd.from sord-coloria ^"ri"ri o""oriroii"^"r"a gaa. wtlii-ii iieant
by
that
o,o
we
u;,r
haue
t'o be patient
oiirtt"
t.,"[il.
e-1"i
o"e"i
n";;"ii"
tu,r
siue
us
utther
instruction
as
to
hou.t
o g",
,nii
^"rr,)"ry'
to
thi,
golden
state.
In "De
Hydropisi"
uon
Hohenheim
ters
tts that
the
sulphur
or
metals,
and
indee.d.,
lut
sulphur
uthich
can be.
eztractei-
j-^"
^i""itr,
is
said
to
be
of
speciar
utility
innpsv,
lor
it is
of
a
drring
"iiri,'"l'a'
ii,'ir'"it
*11":
o
sun,
or sorar
heat,
uthich
isperses
he
rain
of
the'b,oiy,
t"a
ig"t"l
i't"'to'"po*
ofr
in
uapor.
on
onother
occasion
v
m1's:
The
sulrthur
o1
tti
^"titr-it"
""'";tii"rr.efiracted
lrom
the
metars
them_
rlte4
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
ant
the
golden
and
siruer
m.atlchasites
nrr
oi'iors,
u,hi"h
take
rani
and.
ezceilence
,ording
to the
nobilitv
of
the
mine|ar.
-S;
;t;;
is drau,n
the
minerar
or nnrchasited a*alt. accord.ins i lrl ii"r"'
""i"i,"i"ir'r"of
each.,,
-
Even
to
th'e-h-alfuay
nitiate
into
alchenty
this
statement
s
so
obuious,
s
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
lficacl'
ol
this
metal
uil.be'gpenrr'a;ti.r"r"i"
""d
giuen
the
proper
rank
and.
file
tnong
he yet
undiscouered.medical
pot"n";nr-iri")ent
rherein.
By
this
we
do
not
mean
lw
man
made
negatiuely
destruaiu[,-
raii*ri;i,'
,ot"t,
,orr.
'The
matter
of
the
t incture
(paracelsus).
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IS
TIIIi
MERCURY
CLEANSI,D?
f'he
mercury
has
to
be
creansecl
.onr
the
aclheri'g
reacr
a'rl
bisrnuth
bv
way
of cin.robarl i rotto*r, ;;il;;" pouncr
:l ::]lt""n
suiphu.i
"
-u
iiolk-..1.
a1r6,
press
hree
pounds
ol
'e'curv
th.ough
a
char,ois
so"
t
wili
a;
";
fir^re
ai'
into
j,r::j,l:tl":lStnfrui
";t
J;;;i,g"ri19
,,rpr,,,,:iirl
iiul,,.,.cur.].
roes
rrot
separate
a_ryrnore
'r l
urrt i l
an'amalgarn-is
fo.rn", l .
l--r,_i ,tu.r
black,
th6'
cool
it.
p"it"r'ize
it
urrli
,.,rrii,'ate
it,
rrr
a
strorg
f ire,
in
a'
aluclel
vith
the
1". ipi"rr i
; ; ; ;p.
This
r ' i l l
Jr 'or luce
beauti ful
ci ' rrabo.
ieaui 'g
all
r .errrains
t
the
lrottoln.
First.
the
mercurv
has
to
be
cleansed.
nd
purified..
Eztraneous
sttbstance
uch
as
cod .b isn tu th ,e tc .a re tobnrn r ro ,u " i -n i i i * l i , i i t ; -a t ionorashedescr ibes i t .
r veare
c dissolte
one
pound
of
com-mon
ulphur
ii
"
_i,a"-"r*;"r;
;i;;';;;' qr""""
thr""
tunds
ol
quicksiluer
tirrough
"
,io;,;;:
(iir|
T""rn",
ol
sheepskin),
so
tt
u,iU
nzit
i th
the
sulphur.
The
reasin.sheep,ski i- is'" t"a' i t,n,t- i i""qr" i i 'r ' ; ;;L', ' :"-.,
throush
' tn
as
line
globules
as
possibre
o
miz
uitrt
t-he
surphur.
This
nizture
has
to
be
trred
constant lv
o dissipale.rhenercury;" 't i nrott"r rrtpir)". ' i in"*y"tto- o1 t t"ulphur
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
lack.grat'and
then
uthile.
when
in"'{"irr"rl-i,
cord.grintr
ir
in
a
mortar
uith
a
ttle
Then'
he
sublimates.
he
uthole
ty
pi""i"s
it
;rtn.zn
iui"iiitit"
corur.enser).
t
has
bulbs
nstead
of a
rube
or
coils-as
"'"""i)ir;"g
surface,
uhere
the
subrimate
wilr
tch
on
the
top.
AtI
the
inlpurities
retntain
o"-ii""o.rrr^
ir"a
rni
"r\iiii.t
cinnabar
mercur).ozide)
is
then
ready
lor
use.
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'
Mix
one
_pouncl
of
this
cinnabar
ancl
one pounrl
of
iron
filings
and place
it
i'
a
gru*
reto.t,
weil
lutecr
on
the
bottorrr 'Place in an orr"r ur. l put coals arounrl i t unt i l
the
retort
is
cove.ed.
place
the
burrlring
coals
o"
iop
o,-,,t
"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
orth.
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.ronJ mir thant accordins
.to
his
airr"r;""i
"
oiiiu
tni,
^rrrrr"-iu;ri'
ii.trong
lire
in
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
n
the
t*"e"i;i
i,
i""iu,ify
,tr"'lri"rLri"f,",*,'at
ertraneous
Since
artificial
cinnabar
nuy
.be
obrained
rotn
chemical
supply
houses,
uhy go
lvough
all
those
cumbersome
perrcirmances
s
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,-
r-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 caseofIt abot'c rnentioned cinnabar,.t"ri ;; ;;-
i;;;
hsted.
n
the
catarogs
of the
chemicar
tgp$'
houscs
s 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.
rh
u.'ill ntcet
otlr
requirements,
prouided
they
ale
uhat
the
Label
ind.icates.
In
our
@Ittr's
process'
s
desiribed..obo;;,
;";;"i;"";rr;u"
at
a
substance
"r"iitirg
Hgsoa,
c
a
ntcrctttic
sulphate.
This
surphui'
u.toukr
haue
*
u"
,ir".""i"";;;,";;
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author
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and
put
it
aside
or
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-
lvith
common
ammonium
nitrate,
sulphur, antl
quicksiluer?
First, tDe are
b
troisten
it to keep
it
from
caking. Place
it
in
a
retort
but do
not stopper
it.
It
r 'tB erplrxle
because
of
t'he nitrate
erpanding under
pressure.
Place
il
into
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 his
intentions
are to
haue any
further
impurities
adhere to the iron
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
this
cinnabar.
'Tbc
four
degrees
of
fire
are as follows:
fint degree
of
fire:
Waterbath
(Balneum
Mariae) distil lation made
in water
&wnd degree
ol
fire:
distillation made
in ashes.
Third degree
of
fire:
distil lation
made
in a sand bath.
fdtrth f,sg7s.
of
fire:
made
in a
free
fire.
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this
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utiu
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opelr
eto.t,
placed
n
warm
sand
or
a-
cray
ancl
nigrrt,
untir
it gets
black.
p.ess
tt
"
-".iriyirr.o,rgh
a
charnois
nd
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
rith
a-pestle
n
a
stone
or glass
mortar.
with
warln
water
*'ash
he
'it .e
and
urr-nriu.
]ro", it. Take th"--"...r.y,fornrerll'presseclhrough
tt";h;ois,
ancl
mix
it
*.itrr
the
rourrcl
ocly
ancl
placd
it.
again
ir,,to
*,u.-
sancr
or-
ashes,
as
before
oi
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' iac
ancl
i tre,
ancl
wash"again
with
water.
This
lvork
co.ti'ues
until
the
e'tire
.bocry'ot
-trr""-,'r"*"r.y
'tru,
tr"a'
presse'cl
hrough
the
charnois
Placc
this
retort
in
o
sand.bath
fo.r
tutenry-four
hours
until
it turns
blach
again.
sueeze
again
throueh
ttt.
tn"'t i i) 'oni
t"i,z'."i i l ir,
remains
ana
can
not
be