AP HO R I SI VIS

CONCERNI NG

T H E U N T VE R S A L

Translated

S A LT

OF N A TU R E

fro m a German Ma n u s c r ip t

ND
BY:SIGISI 1OBACSTRO|VI,
lrl, D,

17 97

curj.ous Aphorisns

concernlng

the UHIVERSALSALT of NATURE.

copied fron a s n a ll

rnl thout

o c t a v o Ms c :

}Iame

comQuaicated to me about 20 years ago

by Mr, F. La Fouatain.
translated

fron

the Gernan

Ano. 1797.

l.
fhe ilealer

of all

fnflrnittes

ls

a Son of the Sun aad is

the Salt

of L ife.
2.
lThen a pure Matrix
tbe Eealer of all

becones lnpregnated

Infirnltles

is

brought

wlth

the prlnclple

of Life,

forth.

,.
Tbe Vlr8lual
out tbe Cei.estlal

Matrlx

canaot brlng

prtnclple

forth

the healer

of Diseases with-

of Llfe.

4.
This Work ls
corporeal.

wonderful;

This Blrth

ls

of a heavealy

Orlg]-n,

although

5.
The ch1ld o'f the sun contains

the powers of Heaven and Earth,

be-

cause Ileaven and Earth are enployed in i t s pro duc tiolts.

6.
The sweet Centre of Life,

svreet like

honey, 1s hldd.en i.n the Centre

o f the subject.

7.
The sweet sulpbureous-r'L

of llature

is

the centre

of Life.

8.
The Clllld
principle

of tbe Sun aourlshes

of Lj'fe,

and is

itself

increased

nagnetlcally

from the heavenly

thereby 1n power and, Virtue.

9.
lThoeoever comprehends perfectly

the Blrth

nay becone a happy nan; and 1f he can KiII,

heavea he rilI

of

the sorar

resuscitate

obtai.n every .Bressin8 thi.s Life

Child,

he

and^ conduc t to

can give.

10.
lhe

soul orJl-

the Sun, is

of tbe Ki11ed, resuscitated

the bighest

and, glorified

Cbj-ld of

Med1clne.
11.

The Solar Child

ouce born nust be fed and aourlshed,

ON ETS PURPTEROBESANd A CROWNOF

O

uatil

he puts

O}r EIS HEAD.

| 2.
lThosoever knows r why Jesus the Savlour of the world,
was bora of TEE
VfRGIN Mary fN A STABLE, knows a great nysteryr

and, nay also

conprebend,

THE },IYSTERYOF TEE SOI-AR CHf L DT wh ic h p o s s e s s e s t h e p o we rs

o f He a v e n
aa d Vo

13.
Th.ere vas a Man who conducted
oftenr

untll

transparent
uatll

he became quite
Apartnentr

clean,

the Bath, so

lnto

then he inclosed

hinn Naked in a

locked the Door, and heated the apartnent

th.e Klng begua to sweat,

became a SallaeV

the King of Salts

and d,ied.

and at last

was totally

r A aote in

dissolved

gently,
and

, viz,. (process

the nargln

).

14.
Thls V
untl.J. after

ty contlnuing
a long

a gentle

tl-ne lt

Eeat passed through Varlous Colours,

becane a flxt
T
^,

15.

WEITE and RED.

The pure i.nward Centre contains the greatest m,ystery; fa tbe Centre
of the Eartb is 1nclosed the Treasure of this Llfe.
15.
The pure Centre is
fore a true

Philosopher

a tooidng

Glass of the Onnipotence of God, there-

does not rest

bef,ore he has discovered

the Centre

of al1. things.
17All

those that

nake profession

of, Medlcine

study TEE CENTR 0F IIATURE and the operatlons

lus

operates 1n the fnferius,

the genulne art

and Chynistry
of Naturel

and they vrould attain

ought to

how tbe Super-

the Fouadatlon of

of hea11ng.
18.

WboEoever knows to open that

RIGET KEYr {1111 flnd

and obtaln

powerful

and vlrtuoua

the sweet Kernel

Centre WITE TEE

aad Treasure

of Llfe.

19.
Xn order

to obtain

the purest

l-t j-s necessary to be provi-

Centre,

ded WITII TEE RIGET KEY.

A rs aur u m c o n f ic le n d i.
to f a b ric a t e

A rt

So1.

20.
It

ts

a very

easy Thi.ng for

a true

cauae he knows the Spern, beginniag

Phj-losopber

and generatlon

to produc"
of@

, be-

21 .
O

aad its. Spern are Cbildren

of tbe Sun, and contaia

Solar powers.

22.
Gotd, le

called

aad brought

SOL and is

to perfection

of a. Solar

orlgin,

and nust be exalted.

by a Solar power.

23A true

Philosopher

aad therefore

is

able,

knows the Mother of O

, 1ts Spern and generation,

by a genuine i-nitatlon

of nature,

to prod,uce @

in qu a ntity.

24.
Whea the Sun ls exalted, in her own llouse ( O
weather is

Serlne and beautlful,

and. Virtue

lato

a pure l,tatrlx,

f" J-2 ) and vrhen the

the Sun slnks and lnflLences

then fine @

is

her powers

generated.

25,

O
t

l"

If

you sor the Spern of Sun aad Moon lnto

ls

generated, therein.

a pure Vor

natrlxr)

and

26.
rn order to generate @,
4

-r

are lequired,

a pure natrix

aad a sufficlent

aad a pure spern or solar

Digestlon,

Maturation

and tlxation,

27.
The-n-of soI aad Luna lE calred srtvER and GoLD,because, ln a
proper

subject,

that.JL- beconee Sllver

aad Gold.

ag.
The sun geaerates,

by his rnfruence r G o ld a n d it s

S p e rm.

29.
The SulphureouE flery-Gof

the Stars

ls

tb,e renote

Sp].rltual

Spern

of M e tals.

50.
All
colours

Metale proceed, fron oue Root,

for

that

planetary

reason all

appear 1n the g1ass.

31.
Nature bas ordalned Salt
the Salt

of Nature ls

netallic

nature

called

to be a Spern of metals,
nlaeral

and, netalIlc,

for

that

reason

becauee 1t contalns

1n poteatla.

32.
0

ls the Corporifled, -A- o f the Stars,

and therein

is

the Nature

o f M e tals.

t3 .
O

t" tbe Body of the stars, whosecentrar

""A

t" catred sol,.

,4.
The purlfled

netallic

salt

caa be maturated into

Gold.

t5 .
After

the netallic

by a pr oper digestion

SaIt has been dlssolved

lnto

a Julce,

it

becones

and De c o c t lo n f ln a 1 1 y a Me t a 1 .

t6 ff

you understand bow to bo1l softly

of the Earth,r you will

viens
aatural

of the Earth,

i.u.

obtain

tbat

o"

process beyond that

the pure julce

and naturate

whlch lt

would have becone in

, but the philosopher

canies

tbe
hls

of Nature.

3?.
tiVheneverlfature
purest

desires

to generate

o" O

, she nakes use of the

substance of l{ature.

38.
fhe ti,quo" @t AND SILICUS causes a vlslb1e

lncrease

fron you nay conclude safely that the l,Ietals have thelr
and THE PEBBLEoR FLTNT. (nargtnal

to netals,

where-

orl.gj.n FROI'I

note- see Grauber and rugll

on L i q .

srr,rcus.)
59.
fa our MINER-{LSALT ls

netallic

nature,

therefore

lt

caa be naturated.

lnto O .
40.
The artist
generating

nakeE use of euch a natter,

and nultipryllg

which contains i-n itself

power; which power contron @ has not.

4l .
Art cannot create O

r it

can only pronote the uarlpe to Maturation.

42.
The I'letallic

J1-of

salt

of !,Iature is

unripe

beeause it

O,

contains

the

o.

41.
Alchynists
the-*-

seek ror @

, which nust

tiage

* l{ote
- accordlng

; and they find $

the body of O

to Basillusr@1

th,eress ia (E is O and its-rrver y curiously

indicates.

is

only,

because they loose

.
the true

mj.neral Salt,

, as the hleroglyphic

never-

charactor (of (Er )

S.B,

44.
The-<u of

O j-s all

Ti-ncture.

45.
The genuine subject
fe cti on ,

therefore

it

contains

every thing,

can b e p e rf e c t e d

that

it

wants for lts

per-

o wa p ri. n c ip le s .

b y it s

46.
O ur S alt
it

geaerated by t h e p o we rs o f S a t u re ,

n u st be fixed

c o n t a in s

t h e { El e n e n t s ;

by the as s j_ s t a n c e o f A rt .

47.
l {ho soever knows how to f lx
of i $a ture, possesses all

a n d c o a c e n t ra t e

t h e -lr-o rA

in

the Salt

a n d u n d e rs t a n d s o u r A rt .
48.

The..n-of

the genuine Q

his o wa B ody, if

assisted

of Nature perfects

and fixes

hfuaself and

b y A rt .

49.
rf

th.e Centre of O

1ts body nost intlnately,

perfect

is

turned, outwards by Art,

and is

then flxed,

as you read i.n The Enerald Table.

its

aad is
power is

reunited,'rith
entire

and

50.
Tbe powers of the whole substance aust remaia together, and must
n e i t h e r b e se p a ra te d .n o r weakened.
51 o
N a tu re

is

e x a l te d

by

i ts

ow a-.n-

5L.
If

you wish to see the Body amellorat,ed by the-n-,

be expel led

or

forced.

fron

the

tbat-n-

nust not

Body.

53.
The -<r-which

ascends in

the gIass,

v rh e n e x c lt e d

b y g e n t le

l{ e at r i s

TEE AGEIIT who does all.

,4.
You nust take away the Volatility
closely,

of the-,n-,

by locking then up

wj-II be ia tinre, what you look for.

and it

55.
The-.n-j-s

fiery,

the Body ls

cold

(so asys BASILIUS, vide De la Brie

nsc. ) .

56.
M o st Chynical A rtlsts
the-n-

l.n the natter)

ingA

j-s WitLin

err b y n o t k n o wt n g t h e g e n u in e a c t ln g A

The excitlng

is

outwardly

(i...

appU-ed, but the operat-

tbe g1ass.

57.
fn our whoLe Art and Labour ls,
the lnternal

Secret A

besides the external

to be noind.ed,.

gentte A

, only

l0

58.
To Bort is the wb.oleArt; Nature Borts, Art l.fusr Bort also.
59.
In our artiflcal

boiliag,

the external

b.eat must not exceed the fn-

ternal.

50'
The externar

Eeat must neither

be too strong

nor too gentle.

51.
The

Ileat must be nanaged nicely,

t o suffer

able

in such a nanner, that one nay be

tbe band oa th,e glass constantry,

with,out burnlng it.

62.
$ature

and Art eust assist

ates without

each other

and Nature rlth1n

to perfect

tbe lforks;

Art

oper-

the glass.

63.
The preparation

perforned

ls

in a close Vessel,

that

nothlng

nay evap-

or a te.
64.
The genuine metalllc
5 DAYS lato
(a Eiat

spirltual

confirning

Sa lt

c a n , b y a n o t h e r p ro c e s s ,

, aad be nad,e iato

l,tR. GARDENS
operation

ln

b e p e rf e c t ed

fN

a Tiacture.
the Y

.)

02.

rn a certaia

Thlng is wIrrrE and RED, I

and Q splrltuarry:

turn the

Ins'i de out and the or.ltside in.

66.
The pure Salt

of Nature,

which appears under A WHITE SHINING IORM,

ll

is by the sorar power brought to a purple corour, under wblch Forn it

becones a Tlacture for nen and netals.
67.
$lhosoever cao chaage the lflbite into Red, dlgest,

boi.l and maturate,

knous the Art.

59.
The Body of the Salt 1s cold, the-rr- ls flery.
59.
@ le a Cold
.-5t- susdj., in
be co u e sd .

( atludiag

the aninated

) inclosed

in

to the COLD,Tranqull Elect: A

The_rr-is

Ar)

the urriversal
*

flery

or

(when noved or agltated,

Hunidity.

70.
Whoeoever can cause a RADTCALullrON between the cold. Body ( the
a1c41ine

Basis)

and fl ery -.G_ , obtaias

a nost porrer ful

Esserc r

?1.
The ascendiag--n-tn the Vessel, exctted by Art,

le the laternal

agert,

who does all.

72.
Obeerve ! As soon as the External
the g la ss ceases also,
JL-

rithin

rrill

Eeat ceases, the operation

but wheaever the external

want to escape, bursts

wlthin

Eeat 1s too great,

the glass,

returns

the

to the A1.r, and

leaves the Body dead.

75.
As soon as tbe Wb'lte has appeared, ln
and whea you 8ee that
and continue

1t eubllnes

the Dlgestlon,

untlI

tbe glass,

no nore,
lt

ls

lncrease

red.

after

Blackness is

tbe Eeat a llttle,

past,

l2

74.
The sureet way in
th e Jt- of

Life

the

Cure of

Diseacesr

i s , to c oaf ort

1n the hunan Body, by a pure c e le s t ia l

(thj-s ls exactlv what BEANME'ANDLAvorsrER call

it

PUREA

tha t

upon an alcallne

celestial

iaclines

a dead aainal

Body.

sooa lnpregnated

bod y . A

d e p rlv e d . o f t h a t

But ln ny opinioa

agaia wj.th A

, and that

to becorne putrid

u p o n th e

V,

for

such lnanitat"

Circulatioa

a n d vi ce ver sa the ceatr al A

t h e n in t o

Eated by the Jr- nundl nanJ-fested ln

O

r calr

or un:Lversal-Jr-

t n c lo s e d

in

m rs DEADAI.IDINANil4ATE

imned.iately

, and, by the medlun of A

the Subterraneous V
" , sublin e s

V lt a lA

waat of ti.fe,

like

or Eunldlty

, by neans of the Splrltua1

by a perpetual

ecnstantly upon theA

p

puRE wrALA,

, which has not yet corporifed.

@ , becomes EIII{rDrTY, that 1s sucu V

and tberefore

Aerial

or ETIIER AI\IMATEDBY sPrRrruAL, voLATrL, rlICORp0RrFrED

NrrRE;

I- s! E LE CTRTA INCLOS E DrN AEREAL

O

l tse lf

and strengthen

is

Mediun, tbe

of th.e Elenents, A

on the V,

actlng

an4 by z!"oa

ln the Ear th acts upon

V a p o u rs a n d A ,

the Splrltual,

to be lnpreg-

lncorporeal,

aerial

See AIIREA CATAITAgOpEnf . )

7r.
Whosoever has 1t in his
celestLaf

r lray live

power to strengthen

to a great

anlnal

llature

by a pure

Age.

76Nothlng

in

llature

ls

wblch Le the L5.fe of all

so proper
things.

to cure dlseases

with,

as tb,at prlnciple

13

77.
By means of the Astra1
th tng s

r eceive

Life

SaIt,

things

live

on Earth,

because al).

from the A .

says rrln the*

( se n d lvo g ius

all

ls

a S e c re t F o o d o f L lf e . )

?8.
rn theA

i"

tbe-n-and

Food of t1fe,

whlch also

d.esceads ln

Der and

Raln.

79.
The astral
whlte,

brllliant

which ls

S alt,
like

flne

a h e a v e n ly S a lt l

is

, and is

raercurlalJr-.

a sreet

v e ry v o la t il,

sweet,

80.
The SaIt of Nature i-s above, in the nJ.ddle and below; lt
zA , 1o v

r in the v

EUMIDfTY, 'nith
!

and in all

, with

aII

is 1n the

Things, as IT CORPORTFIES
ITSETF WrTE

Vegetables,

and ln all

Things.

81.
One and tbe sane power aouri-shes the rhole
things
fron

Sroirr ou account of lts

containlug

world,

aad ISOM DEIIIall

heavealy Sa1t, rhich

proceeds

the Sun and the Moon.

82.
DEI{ ls

a Spirltual

inpregaated

wlth

Sol and tuaa.

g t.
(nl,ght not DEWbe th,e key

IN DEWare tb,e powers of So1 and tuna.

to open the @ , to putrlfy

and to regeaerate it?)

94.

A FIeII dlgested,

DEW is

deened, the

best

l4

Bj.
and nouriebnent of the faferLus.

lE the Llfe
TI{E SUPERIUS

85.
The Superlus is the Llfe,

the Temestrlal

ls tbe Body, rrithout the

--6r- th,e Body 1s dead.

8?.
so proper

Nothing ls
the lswhich

faIl

tbe un{ versal-ttt-

to lnfuse

lato

subJectst

as

from the heavens.

88,
The celestial

fulI

VS"""

porefso

heavenly

of

gg.
Tbe heavenly salt in the terrestrlal

body 1s a genulne power of llfe:

the sa.Ber

the Centre o f the heavenly [s"r"

go.
fhe-cr-or
the V

po.rer in

the \/

l-s become a solld

whlch is

a subtl]

, ls

not seen unt1l

bodY.
91.

r,Thenf saw that

becauEe f kaew that

tbe p

lecarne gradually

I sbould flnd

thlcker

what I looked

and harder,

I reJolcedt

for.

92.
Wh,ea!trs-tl-or
already

the power of Nature la thep

a Med1cine.

g t.
SaIt

ls

a corpori fled -o- o

ls becone a e

t 1t ls