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PUBLISHE 's PREFACE

About the Book

Th is is a collectio n of five a Iche ica I tracts written by one of the most famous alchemists who s said to have discovered the Philosopher's Stone. In these writings Paracelsus attempts to educate the reader about the ature of the Philosopher's Stone and the scientific principles fro which we can be assured of its existence and understand ho it works. Like all alchemical tracts, the language is very c ptic and allegorical so as to be unintelligible to the unworthy.

About the Author

Paracelsus (1493 - 1541)

Paracelsus, born in Einsiedeln Switzerland, was an alchemist, physician, astrologer, and ge eral occultist. Born phillip von Hohenheim, he later took up t e name Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hoh nheim, and still later took the title Paracelsus, meaning "eq al to or greater than Celsus", a Roman encyclopedist from the first century known for his tract on medicine.

Paracelsus wrote many tracts n alchemy, mostly dealing with the nature of the so-called Ph losopher's Stone. Sadly, Paracelsus died an early, violent deat at the hands of those who were jealous of his supieror knowle ge and annoyed by his arrogant attitude.




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CONTE TS

PUBLISHER'S PREFACE Vll

PREFACE 1

COELUM PHILOSOPHORUM BY PARAC LSUS 4

PART 1. 5

CONCERNING THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF MERCURY 6

CONCERNING THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF JUPITER 7

CONCERN ING MARS AND HIS P PERTIES 9

CONCERNING VENUS AND ITS P OPERTIES 10

CONCERNING THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OP SATURN 11

CONCERNING LUNA AND THE P OPERTIES THEREOF 12

CONCERNING THE NATURE OF LAND ITS PROPERTIES 15

PART 11 18

GOD AND NATURE DO NOTHIN IN VAIN 19

NOTE ON MERCURIUS VIVUS 20

WHAT IS TO BE THOUGHT CON ERNING THE CONGELATION OF

MERCURY 21

CONCERN ING TH E RECEIPTS OF LCH EMY 22

HOW TO CONJURE THE CRYSTA SO THAT ALL THINGS MAY BE

SEEN IN IT 24

CONCERNING THE HEAT OF ME CURY 25

WHAT MATERIALS AND INSTRU ENTS ARE REQUIRED IN

ALCHEMY 27

THE METHOD OF SEEKING MINE LS 28

WHAT ALCHEMY IS 30

THE BOOK CONCERNING THE TINCTU E OF THE PHILOSOPHERS BY

PARACELSUS 34

PREFACE 35

THE BOOK CONCERNING THE TI CTURE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS .

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CON ERNING THE DEFINITION OFTHE SUBJECT AND MATTER OF

THE INCTURE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS 40

CON ERNING THE PROCESS OF THE ANCIENTS FOR THE

TINC U RE OF TH E PH ILOSOPH ERS, AND A MORE COM PENDIOUS

MET OD BY PARACELSUS 42

CON ERNING THE PROCESS FOR THE TINCTURE OFTHE

PHIL SOPHERS, AS IT IS SHORTENED BY PARACELSUS 44

CON E RNI NG TH E CONCLUSION OF TH E PROCESS OF THE

ANCI NTS, MADE BY PARACELSUS 47

CON ERNING THE TRANSMUTATION OF METALS BYTHE

PERF CTION OF MEDICINE 49

CON ERNING THE RENOVATION OF MEN 51

THE TREAS RE OF TREASURES FOR ALCHEMISTS BY PARACELSUS 53

ERNING THE SULPHUR OF CINNABAR 54

CON ERNING THE RED LION 56

CON ERNING THE GREEN LlON 57

OF THE PHILOSOPHERS BY PARACELSUS 61

EIN IS DECLARED THAT THE GREEKS DREW A LARGE PART OFT EIR LEARNING FROM THE EGYPTIANS; AND HOW ITCAME

FRO THEM TO US 64

WHA WAS TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE EGYPTIANS 66

WHA MAGI THE CHALDEANS, PERSIANS, AND EGYPTIANS

WER 68

CON ERNING THE CHIEF AND SUPREME ESSENCE OF THINGS .. 70 CON ERNING THE DIFFERENT ERRORS AS TO ITS DISCOVERY

AND NOWLEDGE 71

CON E RNI NG TH E ERRORS OF THOSE WHO SEEK TH E STON E IN

VEGE ABLES 73

ERNING THOSE WHO HAVE SOUGHT THE STONE IN

ANI LS 75

CON ERNING THOSE WHO HAVE SOUGHT THE STONE IN

MINE LS 78

CON ERNING THOSE WHO HAVE SOUGHT THE STONE AND ALSO

PART CULARS IN MINERALS 80

CON ERNING THE TRUE AND PERFECT SPECIAL ARCANUM OF

ARSE IC FORTHE WHITE TINCTURE 83

GENE llNSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE ARCANUM OF

VITRI LANDTHE RED TINCTURE TO BE EXTRACTED FROM 1T .. 85




SPECIAL INSTRUCTION CONCERNING T E PROCESS OF VITRIOL

FOR THE RED TINCTURE 87

CONCERN ING TH E SECRETS AN D ARCA A OF ANTIMONY, FOR

THE RED TINCTURE, WITH A VIEWTO RANSMUTATION 89

CONCERNING THE PROJECTION TO BE ADE BY THE MYSTERY

AND ARCANUM OF ANTIMONY 91

CONCERNINGTH E UNIVERSAL MATTE OFTHE PHILOSOPHERS'

STONE 93

CONCERNING THE PREPARATION OF T E MATTER FORTHE

PHILOSOPHIC STONE 97

CONCERNING INSTRUMENTS AND THE PHILOSOPHIC VESSEL. 100

CONCERNING THE SECRET FIRE OFTHE PHILOSOPHERS 103

CONCERN ING TH E FERM ENT OF TH E P ILOSOPH ERS, AN D TH E

WEIGHT 105

ALCHEMICAL CATECHISM 108

ASHORTCATECHISM OF ALCHEMy 109

ENDNOTES 139




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PREFACE

YOU who are skilled in Alchemy, nd as many others as promise yourselves great riches a chiefly desire to make gold and silver, which Alche y in different ways promises and teaches; equally, too, you who willingly undergo toil and vexations, and wish not to be reed from them, until you have attained your rewards, and the fulfilment of the promises made to you; experience teac es this every day, that out ofthousands of you not even one ac mplishes his desire. Is this a failure of Nature or of Art? I say, no; but it is rather the fault offate, or ofthe u nskilfulness of th

Since, therefore, the characters of the sign of the stars and planets of heaven, together with the ther names, inverted words, receipts, materials, and instrume ts are thoroughly well known to such as are acquainted wit this art, it would be altogether superfluous to recur to thes same subjects in the present book, although the use of s ch signs, names, and characters at the proper time is by no means without advantage.

But herein will be noticed another wa of treating Alchemy different from the previous method, and deduced by Seven Canons from the sevenfold series of th metals. This, indeed, will not give scope for a pompous arade of words, but, nevertheless, in the consideration of th se Canons everything which should be separated from Alch my will be treated at sufficient length, and, moreover, many ecrets of other things are herein contained. Hence, too, res It certain marvellous




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speculations and new operations which frequently differ from the writings and opinions of ancient operators and natural philosophers but have been discovered and confirmed by full proof and ex erimentation.

Moreover, i this Art nothing is more true than this, though it be little kno n and gains small confidence. All the fault and cause of diff culty in Alchemy, whereby very many persons are reduced to overty, and others labour in vain, is wholly and solely lack 0 skill in the operator, and the defect or excess of materials, wether in quantity or quality, whence it ensues that, in the cours of operation, things are wasted or reduced to nothing. If t e true process shall have been found, the substance itself hile transmuting approaches daily more and more towards pe ction. The straight road is easy, but it is found by very few.

Sometimes i may happen that a speculative artist may, by his own eccent city, think out for himself some new method in Alchemy, be the consequence anything or nothing. He need do nought in 0 der to reduce something into nothing, and again bring back s mething out of nothing. Vet this proverb of the incredulous not wholly false. Destruction perfects that which is good; for he good cannot appear on account of that which conceals it. he good is least good whilst it is thus concealed. The conceal ent must be removed that so the good may be able freely t appear in its own brightness. For example, the mountain, th sand, the earth, or the stone in which a metal has grown is sue a concealment. Each one of the visible metals is a concealmen ofthe other six metals.

By the elem nt of fire all that is imperfect is destroyed and taken away, as, for instance, the five metals, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Venu , and Saturn.' On the other hand, the perfect metals, Sol a d Luna, are not consumed in that same fire. They




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remain in the fire: and at he same time, out of the other imperfect ones which are d stroyed, they assume their own body and become visible t the eyes. How, and by what method, this comes about n be gathered from the Seven Canons. Hence it may be earnt what are the nature and property of each metal, wha it effects with the other metals, and what are its powers in co mixture with them.

But this should be noted in th very first place: that these Seven Canons cannot be perfectly u derstoad by every cursory reader at a first glance or a single re ding. An inferior intelligence does nat easily perceive occult a d abstruse subjects. Each one of these Canons demands no slight discussion. Many persons, puffed up with pride, fancy they can easily comprehend all which this book comprises. T us they set down its contents as useless and futile, thinking t ey have something far better of their own, and that therefore they can afford to despise what is here contained.



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hi si are co caalad in .. II. One of ham all i'5. t e ce I ~ of the - their co rp.o rea I ssel exte m I.

ble a d maya Ie. All Ik:I~ efact 10M .a rna nife~d n

, F r he vess I is a livi ng and corpor a I sp i nt, and

io 'S r t:o I a tions enclosed in it, hen p r@Ye

S;U rro n ded, a re not therew content.

ns me ca be und for th io.; liq uefactio n, by ic h it may e

desi8nat ; ill ss ca n tt be found fer tts ori,g . And sjnee

heat is as to ba equ ali§!!d t ne r!!wi , it sh ou Id e

compare fire of ehe nn a. A I iq uefaction of this kind h s

no sort f 00 n ttic n w' h ethers made by the heat of natur I on e I ted or eeagu lat~d by n atu I cold. The e ns, tn ug h t .r we.a knes"-,, are una Ie to obta Inn he refo , on t nat acto u nt ne a Itoge1f1 r o ne mdi't gather t at !!I@mf! nti1

f destruction, ca n a dd n oth i ng to, n r , ce lesttal powe rs ( h idl a re call d nts). nor h ave tney ny ea pacity f r i.a I .a nd n"furnal poW!!! r!i do n obey the to r

t e r they be d rv. moi~. hot. or old. No one

u ltv of ct I ng .a gain st s Quinte en 00; bu t ea h a ns of actio n-

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E NATURE AND PROPER~ F MERCURY.z

N t" at idl is I"I\a n ife.5t (that is to S:iI ,thi!!! ooy of Jupiter) six c porea I meta Is; ares pi itua I con cea led, but one mo de ply and mo tena iou,.,.ly than another,

rter has n th i"8 of a Qu intess nee in is co position, but is of d'u~ natur of t e fo u r eleme td rias, On t is aceou nt t his r uefaction i bro ht a bout by e app icatio of a mod erate

fI ,a nd, in I ma ner, he Is cca u lated by m derate cold, He

t1 affin tty t1 th liq uefa ctions a II t h at he metals. For the

m re ll k@ h he m re ~asilv ha is

u ited th ere ratio of th ose nea rty

of 0'5@ wh ich are e othe-r. M the very powerfu I. su perio r orde rs arn, and do not mu tea r those of te, a d none of the

ie-nee the mi'Ser'lj of al sp rit is accou nted on t t aeccunt held I nee ceo rd Ing to the better, 0 r is I~,

ONCE

THENA TIES OF J

body does no press fe ared, t no h It

DPROPER ..

T e more re ete, he refore, J u pi r is fund t be from Ma rs

Ven us, a d the n ea rer Sol an d tu na, Mgoldn ess ~ (I r

"5 lverine-5s", if I bcdVr and the

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nge r. , more ta I'Igi

more aces bla, lshed, .d nd

t nan in sern rs min. the more

t ke IeS'5. a in dill the

'Since wh at i s a Iwa preferred be

In propo rt I n ea re r is clear tl1 e mo remote is;

Th is, tf1 e poi nt w leh you. as " Akhem ist

sari ou(S, Iv -tk you If," ow you n r@leg.ate u ita r

to a remot use plac , wh it h Sol an Lu na 0 CCLi • nd

how. In tu n, you can sum on Sol and una from r ote

pes ibon s t a ne ar place, wh rperea ltv p s ed;

'So thatz in the sa !! WdIY, l.a nd lu n.a lso may re II be

present th e corp rea Ily b re yo ur eyes. For the tra n

t Ion of met Is from im pe rfecti n to pe rfecti n ttl ere are praetiea I i pts, Mix the ne with the her. The" 'S!!pa rats th one r!! ITo m t e other, This is not nin& @I

the proc of per utatio n, s in orde r by perfect a Ich

labour, N that J piter has ueh gold.an not a little ~j

be impo ed 0" him. a d of the-

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stre n.c .a nd pu H,= should. her. be on hi not led capt I 'iudd e tv an considered by tl at me od of bng, and So and tun ,witn

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ion of king, ; that he be ust also be ke ttle place of Ma~,s

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HIE oth Ii!: r six m als h ve rendered \fen us .1 n @ b Y bV mea s 0 II their eeteur and m

liq efaetic-n. It ay necessa ry. in orde r to un

(It we 5 hou rei s ow. b some exa mples. how a

be- re nd@ d {1 [ It, and an occu It th ing

rna nifest me n of fi re. WI'1 atewr is; co

ut '{ fire fro m one form into

as e • glass, colours. stones . .a du to rna ny ne w me-tall ic b r re d red fulgile by old rust. it tions of fire. Eo

i n'Sica I hod of

REAN PROPER ..

ennobled in my wat r. M and congelated bod i '5 of to the ea rth. W hate\l r is th e reeo, a nd by me wou lei be of little u believe r what lies, hi

wou Id b!! mora P do with rnYS~If. I:)e-S~

wou lei then use on Iy The stone of co Id is i rnaks the spirits of t e si th e seventh, and th is s to

n as I .am put in with me, perish re pu rified and ls a water s he ni ng the ri,c id hers, Y& body is inc::! in ed I nee me be mes confo rmed

Two kin ds of Antim wh ir:: h Sol is pu rified affin ity with Satu rn .

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wit Saturn. It i imperfect, to know w Whoo\ler i able to rna tk~ s~ven seventh, always ron the si>t: -spi matenal

matals mo.: not useful metal rem I

Sol and Lu liquefied i nature wn p.a$$~d on and comm 'Separation nt!V!!!r @xi

IN LUNA AN TH PROPE TIES F ..

r Mars out of L un a than to rn Ire: luna.

among ta Is wh ich .iI ra spi itually conce.illed, self the . a I, FOr th is sevent h hidden in i @H. And rnal and

ix, in any wa you n, Mercury Jupiterr

, V@nu • Sol, .a nd Lu na It wi II not ttl !!nc@ u It that

ill s cha nge the ot er fi t hat. by th e genc:v of

tbes will become I and una, For tho g h a II be

a si gle rna ss, ne rthele s each rerna n sin its ar is, This is th ju nt wnit:h must b@ pore I mixture. But (Once i ng -spiritua mixtu re on the metal.".· shou d be known that no r mort ficat io n is spi - ual, b cay sa sue h S mts ea n ittl ou bod ies. Thou h the ody shou Id e "taIk@ n

a nothe r mu h mere tra nsposftic of ttle de th to an ther, that s to say r fro grate r .a n high ~ r, n me Itt, into er I CI e be'St a d most m st perrect. d1 -Ilia t an alt08et er roya I tal. It is t true, req u ntly said ab r that ke '§oi x met.a always

se nth. Of prod u e it from h emselves c I a r in its

asu reo of co ulation ior it-; he eneous n d Vi rgo. It.... $potles~ wer of fire I S t1 is the ot the ts compc s te nat u re a lid IN isdom

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Fun !!! rmnre, it sh au ld me llie spi riU acq u ire i

eele -011 i nfl ux. For the r, wh n he h i31S rushed the

ston ,contempt i bl~ as' is in a pp a r.an ,Iiqu ~~'S it, cor it, a d a Itoget her mort- es tt with ire. T en d1 is mallie s

in s eh a process of nificati on, rece - es a bette iiU1d

no bl body, not fria Ie but Ile-ab. Then ornes the Alch mirt, who 3g.a in co rrLlpt-;, mo ifie~, .a nd artlfk ally pre res s ueh a meta llie body. Th u once more tha t pirit of he me I 4lSSU me'S a morn ob Ie an cI more perfect b dy, pu ing nsal forward t:learly in 0 ttl!!! lig ,@XC pt it ba I or L na, The at last t he meta II lc pi rit and d'i a e perfect united,.a re '5afe rom the co rTU ptio of e leme tar{ f ,a nd .a Is mcer ptible-

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HE NA URE OF SOL AND I S PROPE TIES.

or is: eausad Aqu anus, con proof of t his i th e Sun a'S i a wit nd rawn an COil8 ulate (I nd 0 othe r five Is, Sal urn, Mari. en wit h their regi e Sol ca n wittl d it iilCCOU nt of t h c M~rcu ry ea nn t a defe.,d hlmsel .18 I tl eat of Mere rv liq u@fuction. th an Mereu ry alwaV5 to flo . H othe r metals

pintua I mata 15 is t:orpore lIy h ing but pu re fire, Wh in ranee is ore beaut Ifu I. me re b rill- nt.

tib le, a he vier, (older, or more hom ed it is e.il to pi:! rre ive the: C;iJ use of t is, i s in itself t ~ co nge latlons of the othe

it is; rna e eKterna liy into one ~

efaction p teed s from e lementa ry

liq u anons of PIlI arcu ry, witn Pi5.c@s nd piritu.a IIv ith i n it. The most rna n ' st s:ilV m inglad corpore ally ith

for Sol. when the he is:

cold '5U pe e nes after liq uefact 10.,. to me ha rd nd sol id, there i-s need of he natu rE it !! mbraces in its:elf - Ju pi !! r,

una, In th e five meta Is the cold abo es espeela I fou nd. He nee tt tl appe ns t .at

be liquet" w rtf1 0 lit the neat of fire, on

whereof ntion has baan mads. (] r

with bls tu ral h eat or liq uefa et ion CI r the cold f d1 e five meta Is, berea use he t suHicie t to reta i., Sol ina state of _ .... rn. 501 has 0 ob@v tn@ fiv.E!: rnsta Is; rat @ r

ercu rv i If ha'S no. office of its~1f s e c rt na ppe ~ ttl at in coagulatio ns of he

ffett noth g, since its n atu re is not to r solid, bu liquid. To randar fluid is: he

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nature of

con solidati mmobihtv, wh idl is c

exa m pie. Id metal s, Ju ptter, e

v@ nus, Lu n .a re to be- liq uefiad m st

(;01'1 cI ition at of fire, S now or lc ,

not prod LI ct. but rather wi II ha

t he meta I I iq uefie by fire is re moved

s!!i2 i n.g u it, re d!! rs it ha rd, congela d,

nse If. H LIt n orde t hat Me rcury may contin ua IIv say, I ray yo~. whether ttl is heat on to 7 Wno ver an swe rs ttl at t nis cold a nd d mp n u ra, and t" itt it ha 5 i promulgat r of th i opinion. h.avi ng no k.n led away b the v ga r. For the vu Ig.a r

i:l"d a Iwa holds rmly 0 n to nis error.

-thd ra t harefrom, M@rcurv, in iii warm .a nd fiery nat r

heat i life. but cold the occa I u ra, not i nd eed a Iille, b sui ph u r in tI1 itt ye-ila t herein in ue p pc rtion. The five co MaN,. Satu n. ve nu • a I'IId lu na, wh I ch ass n

a ceo rd i"g cold, rhe body itse If; (lCCO

.a [00 rd ing dry n ss, solid ity; accord inc. t

.and OLJt of rightn 55. sOu nd. But that gol i eleme nt of te rrest al fire. nor 1"-' even co u the firmn e s of So F or one fire ca n not u con 5U ma it but rat @r if fir@ be- added to f rE

become s ore e r1u lin its op~ ratio 5

which flow to u"-,, the earth from tne S n

t here is i" eave n, ne ittl er is it Ii ke tt1 at at ca I@ ial fin:!! with us i 5 cold EI

of the Su n. Whereto re the 1'1

ove!"to me your fi . Th is. on Iv ha ppens, n 'Snow or it , by tha sa me celestia I S4.l.,. f:" e

red to eat". For s, Satu n, Marsr

nd red r@ mixed etals a r Jupiter. Sol tn ir vln~ es:

to fi ,CO lour; h u mid - ,'W@ ight:; not bur ed in the

d. is ected by

a nothe • or eve n

is i nor '5f!dr an d The ce stla I fire not sue a fire as tl e)!jsts u pen the cong!!EI ad, .a nd it n in 1'1 w.ay be It is liqu .ed. like hereto ,has not

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hope: ~ @rge5.nt truth after a n d@rful

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T'="Sted liq uef ttive powder. su rn fat verb n a."3

n it~J four ou n S;;jI moiety of su I ph ur;;jI r one

ou nee, Mix a d I iq uefy.

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o mortify or ronge.1I M turn it into tu a, and to s labour in val • .,;ince It in na existing tnerei . Tne re is i1 d much more con isa, wt1f!n! a d less expen d ltu of toi I, it is t

ngelatlo n. Anyon cs n at pie s si te it is so si mple nd easy; an

ke .d ny q u a Mity f"511ve r .. nd d scnption'i. and ~verybody 51 .a ightforv.ra rd wo s. Do t bis, LI will have Sol an ru na, by h I ry ric h rna n. Wait wh il e, I beg

you in few word , and keep at out of Satu rn, @ rcu ry, .a nd J l na. The re is net, or ever will b a d practlse, and s effective i

I and Luna bV AI emv is so n ed of books, or of !! la borate i if ne wished to w' .3 be ut last

ry, and .i3h@ rwards sa k 0 I ate it with great la b es a d~ss~pat Ion of S he r metnod, fa r d i

• It is; tedro us to rf!.i! 10 g hes to be advis:e in n: proceed as fo Ilows a d hereof VOLI wi II turn i Ie t his precess iSi de", se words we II diges it!!r you may rna k~ .any art so e.a~ to fin t elf. Tne rned10d of m ki s m pt that the rs is no ct ion, tha n t hars wo ''S ~IiOW.

CER ING THE RECEIP

A , then, snail 'I'll!!: say a out th Ale emy. a nd a bout the die ity of ins ru rnents? The-re are , ei Isr ime-s:, sui ph U~, sa Its, c hrvs coltae, oppe: r-gr!!:@n'i, atrament ,

cerus , red e rth, ttl ucta, wax, lutu m p

verdi ris, 'SOD , testae OVOIlJ m, crocu (halk arse nje antimony, min lum. e Iheir

n rtre, sal am on iat, ca la mi ne stone,

and e r ttl ing.'So. Moreov-e r,

pL.Jt digestions, prob.at ions

flttra rberanens, ea Ie In arlen . ations, pu rgat ion s, et ,

mmad, ,.., e n, iiI~ in,

seed 'WOods 'Stones,.a n una Is, wo rm othe shells, nd pltc h. The'Se and th 'Some ve ry fa ~fetthed in Alene-my, a r

work sinte e en if Sol a nd Luna eou rathe hinder nd de lay th.a n further 0 e' from hese - 0 say the truth - that t e 11 of a L un a s to be ea rnt, So, ttl en, a II thes t i ngs stl ul by, b C"~ U'5e t ey have no effect with h five m Sol a d lu na re concerned, Someon t bis 011 an eaw way, wt1 ic h j nvo whe by So I nd tu na C(I n be made 1 Ily iii n open Iy e:w: pl~ ined in th 5 101 bou r should one see k furth er 0 i nstru ct n who do 5 de rsta these. It wall kI be 1m s ble to c n nee such

ut it is n ng Sol an be pas r so far s

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u h av made heavan, or the sphere of

t urn, IN n r the ea rth, place on it all the

Ia nets, 0 such one r ore. s YOIJ wish. '50 that th e port Ion L .. U1.a m V be ne sm I st. Le a II I1J n. u "til heaven. (I r Satu rn,

as @nti V dis PPf!a . Th@ all those pia nets will rerna in

ead wit the old rru pti Ie bod ie s, having me anwh i Ie

bta ine-d noth rfect nd j r.co rnJ ptibl e bodV.

hat bod is tf1 n I F rom it these pia nets aga in 01'5. bern ra. Tal«!: this body from

ep it. I is Sol and tun a. I-i ere you have and ntl reo If you do not vet u nderd tn rei n, rt: is well. It i's better that rt t mada pu blic.

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HAT

IN T

To conj u rf! - nom i C. elsi!!! tha n rightly, to kn w an d to u nde rstan d Is a figure the air. Whatever movable or immova Ie. th same appea or t:ryst:ill as a wave For t Ii:! air, rha fa r .3'S vtslo n is con m ~d. a re one. like inverted copy of an bJe ct ~ ~ n,

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HOSE who ttl in k that M

n atu re a re pia I n tv In erro the t1 j8he~t degree warm s bei"8 in a censtanr !itate cold nature it wou I d have t boe ~ iwflYS ha rd and 'Solid, liq efy it by the heat ot fire, as i

Bu It does not req ujre th I~, .,;In its wn neat natu ra Ity in born in pe petu.a I flu id ity a nd ren def'!i it "q uick" r die nor be ooagu lated, n or co ~.a led. n Icing. that the 'S pjrlts of th e seve n th m as have been com mingled fi contend with o-ne another, mil put fa rt h ib powe rs .a nd yin

rna rv In the way of liq uefyl ng th ~rtue. life, a nd form of an

n re a nd fa rm to ttl i!i one. metals; a re stirred up by t h

u n t he at he r, a nd transmute f

CONCERNING THE

io n an d pu rity .a re atra in

wh at must be done beskl it ure an d heat may be take

extrem ecoid introch.l-ced a gsther mortify the Mer-c 1,1

ence su bjoined: Ta ke pure

r pb: I'S. F III a Ja r with frag

rcury is eeeaus nd moi fluidity

mutu Ily one to a noth r, untU

Iy shut In the

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wh i ch p la ce he pj:)cjs. for a natu ral .d • Tnis t a dds an exte na neat.

r heu 1"5, t nat is,

s. ;jJ from M@n:::u his occu It h sat,

nt ibutes tl1 e in mal CO Id ness of b h pia nets of a cold n.at ur@)r le d to congea I.

Saturn and un (whi h .a whence and w er~by t e con s;olldate, nd ha rde

Not!! also t con §;olidatio

way a'S; one perte ptible I than true Wmoist nat Lire s mean." of he da jly find out

other reeei matals, in metals made Sol.

n@@ds in its

s unique Art. teaches how to

ive i mpe rfect ta 1-5, anow~ no

II a nd truly says: Onlv fro m din d with ma Is, a r!! p@ rf@ct is L Lin a an d i other meta Is i!;

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T ATE IALS AND INST UM NTS ARE RE UIRED IN ALeR MY.

HERE i5 ne of not hing alsa but .i3 fou dry. bellows, to rigS ham ers, c.a u Idro ns, jars, a d CU P Is made from beet n a", h s. Afterwa res, lay on abJ rn, J upite r, Ma rs, nus, erc:u, and LiIJ.,a. Let tne m pe ra f.na Ify up to

Sa ur

THE METHO OF SEEKIN

T Hf hope- of fi n ing th ese in th~ mort Lince 1131 n and the Ia bou r s i., ce ttl is is the i rst mode of gett to be despised, but ready co mme ~ appetite ought no mo to b!! done i31W inclination of young p pie, a nd th 0'5-e matrimo ny. As th ~ bee lone. for roses a pu rpcse of m akln,s he ey an d wa:(, ~O, sva lice or d1 e ir own rand ise ment - mata I from tne ea rth. Me who does n

it .oJ in no way a desire or

find it. God d owe rs m wittJ poverty, sq ua lor singu la r knowledge of obta ined an e~$ier an

n not on tv with and ml..,erv. He eta Is. (I nd mine

n to some a by they have -ng gold and

sillier, wit hout digg in .1 nd s melti ng n th,=y were

(om men Iy a eeuste me to, by extra ~ from t he ~r

prim ttiw bodies. A., d t is i-s ttl e case not s ubterra nea n

su bstancas, but by rtain;iJ rts a nd 'YW e they h~ve

extracted the m from he five metals e. n r.a I hat is to sav,

from metals e:.:cocted rom m I., e ra Is w i h a e m pelted and

((I lie d meta Is), ViI., m Mereu ry. J u p r, S rn, fvla rs (I nd

Ve nus, from all of wh i • .a nd from eacn til e e par.ately, Sol

and Lu n.a t:a n be m.a d , but hom one ilV rha n fro m

another. Note. that I and tuna can e a e easily from

Mere ury, Satu m, an d u piter, but fro m d '\Ie n us wit h

difficulty. It is pO$!iibl to make them, nolMAHJo_lPrl but witk the .a dd itic n of Sol and lu 11. Out 'Of Magn i L un a, a nd out of J LI plte and Cln na boa r pu

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If metal t:t1!!y co s urn tra nsm ~d i these: t ttl I old ste figu re'§"

signs UOLIs to days. or or that

... or your sand tha stars of

g en ough in th t bV long onti u.a nca they nes, and he are a great a ny of few, For t1 ere ~s fou nd in t e ea rd1 atf1e "S, pint originallv JI'leta I ie, b LIt t:t1 gh the ut by Nat re, t ey were tur ed into

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Thev ha • thereto re, th e g e and wit the sta rs, becau e t t ne!ie, T ey.i! re Iou nd by herd {whose pro believe hat th ey we re pro

ut one 'Stone i I'll m the cele$lia I

n I;: rete. mD:e d, .1 nd Grad ua Ily lch has Its seat

s sten es wl'1 it: h 51: place to th ~ • pur!tv, bea utv. a d into rru ptibili-

i tne ea rt:J,.u

th heave n IV stones derived from

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y we re afterwa rds pe I

ied

OU ntad to ba graat rich s, on ae unt nd otl1 er vi r1 ues: A. b ri et eseri pri n of

n tra nspa rent ston e. It does; go to

ry, tt defends chastity; nd if th i be

r i@s itr thE!: stone it!ielf d a in

tn@ joy wh it, 11: is of a ron, It is. th

ta I called Mama"t or e Is.e Eva on it is @ff@[1U:il1 in im pr@!i ing on t 0'5@ bscu re and t ra n-sp..3 re nt la ckn ess the ha rdert of aU; b~t 1$ d· Ived I n the t tl1 e larg-est does not e

I'S an iron

a stone, beca use it is P sea

lou r. Seeing th at it g in an im ted

eing-s:. in n or I., f h 'S, it is not prope rly of a stc nv na u re, ut pro rly a de p d (othe rwis-e a trans ut-ed I " ure rt work,1S

ra ns pare nt stc ne, The re I s a flow r of ccord ing to the fa ble the poe s, is eo

hines with a

a hea .,Iy

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Th@ oral 1"S.a w the s a, out of th

of od or a sh destroved

ow "at ure Ii ke the

r not nspa!! nt, It grows in the ir, lntc t he form a nd not capable of

halced onv ade up of d ~ re nt colours.

ing amid pia ce b ......... ··.....,."n ebscu -t'!.I a d tra nsparencv,

a Iso wittl I ud i ness, r colo red I is tne lowest of n@s:u

iIJ nd .a mong roc ks, Z2

like ire by night, and

tra spa re nt, .3 nd rod ced fro othe

is tter, n ot@ the

inte lIig ntlv and reasona bly a rn I ng bout he meta k, what d uced: he m y know tnat ou r !!Is@ th n e b~"5t and the "Spirit of corn en stones, hat is, p' ch, rease, f t, oil a nd stc ne. But I ease pu r , u nconta In ed, and pe rfe ,SiO long as it

rem in 5 hi elden m i)led - h tn sten es. It stl Id therefore be

in the on!!, ba rae ni d in them and extra m that ' , to 'iblv d wn .0 and liq uefle d. For t en It i.,. no I nger a one but an labe te .and perfect

ple:dg@ .an ing conclu ta ke ca re to exe t ney ra, a"d wh

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furnished regard on in the de the very '5 all, or not comes 10 ~hould be

, '5Ul nes '5ep;ilrat~d fro to re, stud ies. mi nera I

a Iy good, in th@ depths.

r i~w. be it great or s a fu Ify invest !gated an i ng to its nature and rom mon 0 @ th rown .a way .a nd des a cow. Re mast not a I wav-; be ha fro m w nie 11- stone came forth: for sky preva il I Y ryw nere there is p ress

or sand, h oftan contain much &0 d or sihn~rr .a

will mark.

THE BOOK C N RNING THE TIN TURE F

THE PH L HERS BY PARA ELSUS

I NC you, 0 Sop hi'5t.. @W'rywn~ reo .1 b s:!! me fatu Lis and men dac lous word'S. 0 n the rou nd spru g from rude Helvetia I ca n u nd rstan d " h i" g: (I d also baea U$e be i"g (I d I,.IIy qu ar d p"V5i

w nder f m one d istdc:t to .a nether: thereto Ii!: I have

mea n of tni$ t rva'tise to di!fdose to he ign in xperie ced: wh at good a rts existed in the irn age;

a ava lis. against yo u a nd you rs aga in'St : IN hat

th ugnt 0 eac h, and now rrY'/ poste rity in th age of ate m . Look at He rmes;, Arc" alau 5, .a nd oth ers i : see hat Spagyrim a nd wh.1t Ph ilosoph rs then

they estlfy th at th eir en em je.s;. who a your

hist.;jJ the prsse nt time are but mere empty

15, A It ugh th is wou Id not be ;jItte5i'ted those

e Iv 1::0 side red yo ur authent ic fath ers .a d sa int , yet t

an te nt I:: era Id 'ra ble shews more an d e:.: pe e nee

P losopn. Aldl e my. Mag it. and the I ike. tan tau ta ht by yo U a nd you r crowd of followers. If you d ersta n , from the .afore said facts, W hand h 3'StJ res he se are. te II me why no prince 0 r ing was to su bdu the Egyptia ns, Then te II me y the Oi letioi! n ordered a II the 5p.i!gyric books to e bu rnt h could V his ha nds 11.1 pun them I, Unles:s: th b ks ha bee n kn own. th ev wall Id have be n obllg

sti II'! is int Ie rable yoke •• a yoke. 0 Soph lst, ich s ha

b put up n t"e neck of you rself a nd you r col ag ues.

PREFACE.

U@ ,Tn !! cahirn iE!'S of 'lie 0 n d isp leas d man cities. e kn Ignt orde r, a called

U!iV Soph lst, re lgnora Itt. determine i I'll Ie cour.;e of

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age s"a II be ill urn ina ed elea rly a nd co mpens 10000000Si by the gih of,g ea a nd tha re~ rd of thi!!! SO that since t ne begi "ing of the world no simi I of ths int@lli&ence oil nd of wisdom snail ever h ave In the mea ntlme, 'Vice ill not be a ble to su pp ress th will the resou rces of hese viciou'S- persons, ma n t be, ea use a"y loss to e u prignt.

r al its th, ion n aar of. ood, nor ugh hey


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THE OOK CON RNING T THE HILOSOP

UREOF

I, PH LIPPUS Thaoph Divi ~ grace, rna nv of t e Ph tlesephe

d end, He rmes in his own cess, Halt the Albe r1 U Mag., us, the Each 0 n of t hsse adv nevarth lass, they :iI II a Irfe, SO muc h des ired he nou bk! susts na net! Va II~y Mise ry. Now So mba ,rvto narc h of 'Spec ia I fu for th is en ph lloso hie work may b he It3lia , pol~, G.a LI t G be. ce e 11 itl1 er after i:l"d spa and 0 n to you, Alch me w' h the mort regener Ion. I will tea q u intes nee, w ne rei n and of II work5. For another on Iv in those one 51'1 II nave b rO~8 mettlod of eJl! perime t ker@ is no raaso n for

mba

avs have bee ~t

wtJ ich flna Ily al rismegist us, t e hod, OruSi, t e

sa,,! that, by the Tinctu re tne same approached bserved the

ra bia n, rema i ed i rrn in is orde r. But rman, follcwe a loa len ny precess. ced in p ropo io to 11 is wn method; i\foE!! at one .i! nd t:t1 sarna n d, at a long y the ph ilos ph rs, an al~o at an nd l"I'l@i1ns of p !!S rving t at Iih:!! in th is th is time, I. he ph ra s P.a race Is us e A rean a, am e owed by God with t nat eve ry sea ch rafter nis supreme lIow 1'Jl@, be heseever he st rene mers,

may ,I w.11 show

who.al !!xi1lt@d by

is corporeal

to ba lie-v!! in fire, If any rary to th~ in Medici ne, p@rimentallYr

th rough the agen(y of fire, th

Th@ light of N.i!Wre i nd aad i5 tI1 e reof the proof or tria I of ......... n..rr

t:t1 OS@ who w.a Ik .n th is light. very best methodo; of d erne n me nave approa ched th Is .,;.0 fa netes and acute speculation

t:t1!! d ding@f of their fool ishn sta nd po lnt, ma nv rustles have

t1 and, th roiIJgh the .,.peciIJlat .a nd 0 pin on t"

rna ny no bleos nave bee n cha g d irno c W

G1 rria d gclde n mou nt.a in'§. in e i r hea d bet

thelr hand to the fire. First 0 II, then. t e d igertion~, d l~illation'5. .,.1,1 bli tion'S, ve tion s, sol ution5i, coagu lation, rerme"t tio

e'lff! ry instru rnent which is u is it@ fo th '5 W

mastered bV e:.r;p~ ri~n ce, ~LI a'S gla-s s I

arciIJlatOf'S., \I€'S'3eI'S of Her .i ea rt he n

fu rnaees, rsverba rateri es, a" rna rble, coals, a nd tongs. Th profit in Alche my and if) Med i i

But so long as, relving on fa n f et itic us boo ks, you dir@ fin th ese th ing'S.

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process of the i ncru ra, it is

ne dfu I that I opem you the 5:U bject the f: for. Up 0

j~ has Iwayo.; bee n kept in a .,;pee la IV

OCOJ I tNt . So. the n, t he tte r of t e

e ina Spagyn I ge"gel is a Vulca n O!~ r pa5:se out ot th !!:

esse . or may remain. EUJ I that I V cordi g to the use of he ant ien ttl e d Lio~. still it .$ Ie OWl1 by Ie .

Th is, nd th skill of the Art· h ims@Hr c n

be t a wtJ Eag r so that out of one two a

the b htness of gokl d es not st1 i e as do these two wtlen ke pt in 0 . nd t @ use of th!!: C.1 lists and t @

ot bo n by God for the Spagvric a .

of Vulcan. or c ted to 0 n

;(II Arts, The grsa peart and a ning n XI; to tha rna nife Most High .1 nd the o nsid ratio of me n whit:h c n exist up n

earth Thi r.; th e Ii of lc he a nd of Med ic In , wh it: h t e

ph ilo oph rs nave 0 d il- nt Iv ugnt afte r, but. thrc U8 h t e

fa ill,l( of entire k owle com plete pIe p ration r th

have not reg to t e pe ct end thereof. By mea ns their nve l&at Ion'S nd e:.: eri me ts. on 1'1 the In iti I stage of t e Tinct re n s been t the true 101,1 n at ion, wh- h

40

s

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FINITION F THE OF THE TI (TURE SOPHERS.

must im itate, has

left for me, '5(1 that 1'10 one

ur good into!!! rmo ns, I, by

Y rong experie nee rreet ttl e Spagynsu, and

fa Ise or t n@ @rmneo '5 t om the trua, since. by long 5, I h ave tau nd reas ns hy I 5 heu Id be able ju st tv d to cha nge d i'l/er;.e hi gs. If. ind eed, I had fou nd ents of tne a neients r t ha n my own, I stl ou Id

ta tee n 0 p '5lJ ch gr!! I boo rs as, for the sa ki!!!, the

the adlJ.a ntage of II good Alchem ioits. I have ill ingtry. Since, t hen. he su bJect of the Tlnct~ re ha s nth( dec la red, so rh it sea rcely co uld (I r ougnt to in fidelity betWE@n 0 broth!! rs, I approach its

a nd after I have lai n the experie nces of the

I'S h. to add my own I 'lie bon s; to wh ich at last the will by-an 1:1- by give s d h.es ion, wh id1 eve r of the So ph i5t, yo u, in th ea nti 1"Il@', sh dill nav!! m.a d@

CON ERN I (lENT FOR

SO ERS~ NDA M

MET ODBY

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or four ti Aftnough non~ the I SiS our a of their wi h bV thl she rter w of arr had learnt e agre

rience ga castors oft n method, Th

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of e simple. But when afte rwa rd , in

inve tic n had d i@ d out, t ha ir s U sso me a rd s ca me upon the two "am s of 11 is simpl , n i3I d it with one word. nam!!ly. lili, as b i n.c th@ s U j Tin Lire, At Ie ngth the i mitator5 of N tu re putrefie d hi

at rt prope r period J ust like the see in t e earth, s nc

th is erru ption noth ing cou Id be bo fro bR! k forth from it. Ah!!rwa rds th!! d rl! off tha i splr fro t he matter, IJ ntil at length. bV t e loJi lence of t e i . t ere a lse eq ua Ily s ubhmated, so hat. n t njs way J u

does at tf1 e prope r tim e of ar, ttl ey mig t

mat rity .a 5 0 n@ .ilft@( an other is awa . Lastly. as after th e sp ring co rate th ose frui~ and d rv spl rlt5. an th e i neture to su en a poi nt tl1 at it ca e its!! out for ri pen i n.c,

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CONCE

THE .iii

len&th had I would t1 ave e~pe"!fe a" Pa raeelsus h tv Is at hand Sp.agylirts -coloured bl Whl!n you h old process. which an infi

corrupts it eKCite-s a not in like mann or from us, that knowle of the Schoo •

F

wou Id l'IIot tlave qu ired 5U-C h uch W~.1 risorne re p t ition if tht!Y the I r work j n my sc hool. They

ist1 jU'it as well, itt1 fa r le 55 this time. wtle"

nee. If vall. of Ari~odeJ

an irrationa I Helvetian tOW, a nd ari ng va.G:iI bond? Art is .iI W fn own, as experje nee witn

agai '51: you oil nd you r idols. Somati mas, com OL.l nd s ce rtai n -sim ples, which he I to t1 is; need, .a nd pre pa res tt1 en often out of rna flY th ings on rha n N.atu r@ of .,!! rself ca n rfectly well know n that Ven us i inth la, Lu na out of Ven us: and i pass eve r in s.lenoo for the ti m thar natu ral objects, wh ich 'IN@f@ re wond e rhJ IIv th an Ovid n ar t hey come to the light. lt1 at '110 U k your Lion in the East, a nd you r work wtl ic h has bee: n u nd !!: rtake r in rume nrs than H ungarv an d .str_ ire 0 lss d from unity by d ua Itty in tic n of each, t ne n yo u sheu lei d i rea: y ; '5.0 in Cyprus sha II you gal n oil II

w lch must not dilate me re profiJ-se t res nt. The re a re .,;till ma ny more of th it tra n mutation 5, though tney are kno nd ah no h tha 5 ma,,! by t ha Lord Go d be rnade a vone, st I, he me ur of th is Art does not 0 n that

ce bre k rt but the A 1m Iginy give", the

no to conceal th ese a nd other Ii ke a Eli 5 the Anist, at wnic:: h ti ma the It t .at it sha II not be revea led. You a I

u,g h tl1 e re 1$ no need to spea k of th en de ri'5iively by 'Some) ttl at in at nctu ra for g~m 5, wh ich, in deed, re t ha n Nature by herself co uld d eta '" a nd gems sha II be 0 mttted by

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@rNore', erwares another

made, , as in rodlJced ungary, ing the I known

in thls

plac. jnte I hav SI!!!C abu

en sufh:ie ntlv a ut it in my Secret of 5 of Ale.,!! mists, ;jJ nd n the precess of ou r

rture of the lloso ph !!~J I will now

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ERNIN THE CONCL SION OF TH CESS 0 THE ANCIEN , MADE B PARACELSU

41

V, t ne a cie r.t Spa,gyrist5 h vi"g placed Lib in a Ii o.a nd d ie:d it,. tix!!:d it by rTl@aos of a reg latsd i c ase of t e firej cantin ue so long unt II from e s, perm tion into a II the C ou rs, it became d a s

, " t ne rewit ition of a ~al am

, in @iE!'d, did hey proceed with c h Ia bou r, .1 nd the

a it is; Ii t a nd becoming hat eve !)lone- S 01.1 Id

e 0 see ks t rs, pearl, It will be erv d ifficu tt for e to

t is. clearer you unless you s all have" le.a rnt i the

I t e Alche its to observe the ~ r@@"S of the fi r.1 nd

ge yo ur essels, For then at f'Igth yo u will se that eu r Li Ii 5 .a II have become t1 ted in the Pt1 ilo ph it wo"derfu I appear nees, blacker th n the u t:t:@S'5ion of time, whiter tha n the w.a n; rough a yellow co u r, It t urns out more ek, seek ~Y"-' d1 e i~t S pagyrrs,t, .a n vou it sh all be 0 pened unte you. It wo Id be

u s to p~t food in ttl mou ttl of a perf leu s y to it,. even as I, ith ethers befor me, to do. But follow tr e Art; for th is wi I lead

perfect k owledge. It ~~ not possible that an hing be set d wn more fu ltv or ore elea rly tha n t1 ave en, let u r P" arisa icsl scho Is teac h you wh they t eir un sta Ie and slip pe ry fou dation, wh ich re ches nor ~.., a . Whe n at lengt vo u sha II have be en '5- eeuratelv '5- possj b Ie the Aic em istic Art, neth "8 in

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wh i ch is adva t hi~ pi ace fro eughe by Sp ordained by

snail the" at I ngth be so ifest to you b tha aid of th s An. not bri ng to t1 anyti1 ing nte t its highest p c::.tic n, as n bs

t e nity, or the uni , of our dua . B

r p p.a rations to I ad tt th tth.er whe r

t re. Let th is nave b n sutficie nt V sa id mer

sand mv co @ctio of the relate s to' pre pa at ion.

ou r ha nds, it @

offered to u s to the forme r

body; ac-cord i

p hrastus POI eelsuj, have . I am willin to p them Ing to the s ns in eed of :Ill pe rienee a" d roof ttley a pea re

Iv·

tha Ph i csoph is to bi!!! used

utatlo n, po un d Jt mu b~ proje~d on a

nd pou n "S of meite Sol, h n, at length. will .a

nave be n pre pa red muti ng t ne lep 5

moist ure ttl i!!! rTK! I. "This wor erfu I {] n@ in tne r ht

of N.atu ,n.a me tv, by the agi , Or the operat ion of

th e Spag rlst, am. wh len f rrne rly e ~sted, ~hOIJ Id pe ( h,

and a not er be p ted. Ttl is fa ct h s re ndered t nat sa e

Ari5torle, witt! h is; h i Icso h , fatuous. For tr

wi'! ~n the rust lcs in e prop.e r se ason i

Z iffErbru n nan, it led with.a bla'it-fi ,

TATIONOF OFMEDICIN

whicn tu

th ings. oreove r,

181'1 ora nt, an d pa It ,

artifi ce rs, remai n a often bro ght V!!!nu SCI that t e eclou r Antimen or or Qu other ki" s,

f I'I\iI rca 5 @'5., in high grad ,and ture. Tne e d1i

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sireus of tnjs art num, • n@\l'ertheb~ss. ve few pa ration to iu. en I For

a n infu r 1'Jl@'f31 i Iti~!; and obstac into So I Pe rha ps of Natur

o :iI S UP!! nor on@ as the eha nge n .a 0:0 LU1t of the Siins shcy Id be hi dde fro m

whos@ fe. t ha grew ag.a n, In t he care e'S'S I'll s Aldu~mv. Fo r .a [00 rd in to renovaf n of following eha p r.

rtad the sarne t the more at 13 rg~ i the

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SOME the fi rst .1 nd pri it iv!!: ph i Ie ophers of

lived mea n"i of ttl r.; lnetu re to a h Lind red

vea rs The I ife of ma n • too. has prolonged 0' '&eve ra I ce ntu ri • as is d iJf@re-nt hi orias, though it @m'5 scarce

For its po er ls -S:O' re marka b IS! t nat it e bodv beyo d what is po'iSib ~ to its c ngen ital na

kee po; it so Irmty I n that eond Ion that It ives: on in ","·.D'1~r aU infirm it- s, And a Itho ugh. i deed. tf1 e ody at len

to old;jlg neverdu~'le$$r it iII.a ppe~ as though

esta bl io.s.hed in its prim al yo uth.

So. the n. he Tinct ure of t Med icine. nd consume'S all d i eas-e'5-. by

are r:a lied, ust lik~ .a n i nloJisib fire. The

Its effect Is ~ poweriu I. leprosy. v e rea I d lsease, d PSV. ttl e sea b. an d s il;jl r .afflit."l ions: a I 0 lu pus. C;jI

f stu las. .a n the IN hole race int~ m al th an one ou Id be Ileve. Of h r.; fact G Pola nd. 80 em la, etc .• w ill a

Now. Soph ,leok at Theoph rastu 5 P.a ra

Apollo. Ma hacn . a nd H Ippoc r es sta nd Inrt me?

cattlol ic: urn of ttl e Ptl ilo so p he • by whicn II the se ptl il

h ave atta i ed long IrFe for s istlng d is ases, a nd t

atta ined t is end ent ire Iv nd JI"lOSt effectua Ilv.

according their J udgme nt t ev ns med It The Tin ct

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Pn ilosopt1 e rs, For what ca there be in he whol 3 nge PI mad icine greatar tha n '5UC" pu rgatic n of n@ body. b I mea ~Si whereof a II 5U pe rflu ity is radica Ily re d frc,.. rt al d t ra nsmutad? For when tha !!d is 0 nee m d!!! soun ~ II !!! k.e: is perfe ered. Wh.at ava il~ the il -fc unded pu tic n of t e s :)ph ~ s since tt re moves noth ing as I ought? Th i$. t e refore. ~ heme ~ e:«:e llent lou ndatlon of a tru ph~i<:ia" r t h regene r~ i •• r (If t e natu r@', and tn@ rastorati of youth. her this ... hI! nlE IW esse nee itself drive'S 0 LIt a II hat is oppo~ to it. To e1 h ct tt is rege!'lle rat Ion. t he power_; nd virtues of t1 e Tl!'IIct I... of t e Pn ilosopt1 e rs we re mi raeu 10 -slv discovered a"d up t h 5 tin e have ~ n u sad in secrat an ke pt concaala by" true P' I( ;yrist ,

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TAKE min~ manner. C three t101J Aq ua Regis. whit: and sa I .a mmo nia and common $alt.

manner. If it pu means cf an ale and t he .a ir will a

r

on .aga In . .a nd seps r t s. Let it put refy fu r a hoe e lement$ in th ollow g ~fJ,. commence th,= d sti lation by

re of the flM deg . he wa e r

and the ea rd1 will

r and few find.

r.atory you will pre pa rei s add fire of tf1 e fi !i.e nave ela f)5ed yo e number of days an n the mate ria I e neles

a thin alkali. contai . Mix tf1 is wiI; h the W.1tlEf .a nd the e.a rth. ain pi ee nd eight n I.g hts, and 0 wi II ft d

fillor! d.i!YS a nd n ig ts. Whe t hIE secon d degre r the a proceed accord in tArt It YOiIJ w ill find a vo t ke Astrl,lm of fir t hat have been p it 0., the a shes to


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ists. Sep.a te this your !!XP rie-n rf!z .iI nd accord in ttl the ru So of the

(I nd yo u will h ave a white ea h, fro m h leh its n axtra ad, Join the @le:rTM!n of fira sn salt to

ea 11 h, D" est in a pelica n to ract the

arth will e depo~itedJ wh ic h p t a ~ide.

ONe RING

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Tl'1is Oil of t must p~l;e its degree. Th us It will elevation a be produce t his in its 0

E E LION.

he Ika n whit h .11'50 is

t net u re. that is to ~av. d'S: beve the water, the e pas it by tnt urat ion.

bi I 311'. Sw-!!:~t@ n this wit h th n distil in an alembic ~ AQ U.1 Ftegi a.

in iU- degree- Kee p

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E GREEN LIO •

AICE the i riol to the

31, ca refu Ily pre pa aceordi n.g ric Art; a nd add t ereto the a if' wnicn you hav rese 1"1/00, pu refy f r a mortth aeeerd ing to i nstruen is finished, you will ehold the

e, a nd you will $0 'See two

. Ttl ~ red rs. above the white. The owe rfu I that It rec:lde ." all wh Ite

an s of a rete rt, .a . Treat it ag.a in bV until it cernes out work, Re 1;1; ify until y you wi II rec:og nise j~ heavy and la rge. w in see ma rve no~ s bought by no tre as h 0 a I earnt how to find '

d you will an." of the t1 itjst1. Go u find the

,=ave n tv Stars. eprosy J gout. 0 ra in, if it has be

8.a Is.amll, the B:ilI-s; m of the bod ies to decay, n r al rowi ng root. tt Is gWen in a ese of one tth SYlphur of Gold.

ere are

h, Ch.a rles the ur ph Ilosoph ?

re ls 'fOur treasu re7 OUf' doctor.;.? Whe r

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[l"d a re they Ii rnitati on, s in t:: ca rbu ncle, and beauty. and po pi" If you a Galen· they c II no.,e Ii wh@n[;e ha "015 ent letters t

t he cross upon themsefve

YOiIJ r AIJ Icen ns its I n ttl e have disputed it!' him a ot tha Ph il O'5Op !!~r h is. Qu h i5 Mi1:h ridati,. h is Theriac a who des pise ttl truths ta s t

hi mseft i., struet by Nat... , t ken r .a nd llsten yo~ r high positi and drug YOiIJ wherewrth up prmcas, and t @ most in ' ci world. W~ for you r n ecks in t e da the monarchy III be min. I e, t glory. Not that pra is.e m

00 rn; he-r I foil . 51'1!! kn

which is in her have behe d

the same I., ttl figure of h univel"'5ie.

But I must p d lsclples to the fu II extent t hem, if only kilfed in t e practised in a r.a I matte , ph ilosophYr wh ch ena b les t e kl nd of water,

nd relax? Is you r ut of thai r t::OUl'Y!:r fro m the line of

c der to ~at;.;Fy my Illi nglv do this for and thofOU8 hfy @'Com@ .a d@ p1:5 in

t P::! nature of ~very

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scribed, rts; of pelican, -II 1'1 a\I'@

Ta Ire then, of ttl is liq u ~ of the mi ne rals wh lch I hay

fu u r arts by we ight.: the Ei1 rt h of H!d ~I

Su I pur of Sol o.,e pa I Put these together into oonG late, a nd d issoh/@ tho!! m three tim as. Th us vo th e nctu re of the A lch mists. We have not he re d s we Ig : but th is. I s given n t he book on Tran smutatlo "5

So, n w, 1'1!! wl'1o hOI'§. 0 @ 1:0 a tt10US:iI nd ounces of h Astru m

Sol i'§; ha II alse ting~ his: n body of Sol.

If yo 11~ tne Astrum of Mertury, i" the same m will t ng@ tn@ who I@ 00 of common Mereu ry. If

A"itr of Yen us you wi I, in like rna n ner, tinge th ~

of V us, and eh ange tt nto t he best meta I. 111 e$e fa been proved I The sa me ust also be un derstood as t of t otha r pla nets, a Satu rn, Jupiter, Mi1 rs, Lu n re st. For tinctu res a re lsc pre p.a red from these: wt1 ic we now ma ke no en tlon in tl1 is. pia ce, be C3i1.1 alma y dwelt at sufficie t Iengtl1 upon ttl em in t ne of Tni ngs .a nd in @ Arch idoxi@-s. So, toe, the- f

of m Is an c:I te rrestrja mine rals h.ave been made,

des r for Alchem I~~ t e na ble them to get the

rk. the Tinct.u re th e Alche mists, n ~e d n

onths; but qil.l ic k ,a nd wtt heut a ny delay, you Spaygric Art of t Ale ne mists, a nd, in t ne '5 c d ¥ you (3 n fix tt1 i5 i11 hernical s ubsta nee, @xalt it, term nt it coagu late it nto a rto ne, .a nd prod uce t cal P oenl)C3A, But rt s h iI.Ild be noted well that the

ba r baec mss tl1 e F-lyi"8 Eagler whese wi

ut wind, .a nd COl the body of the phO@nix to

th e re nt, where it is n Llrished by the ete men t of fi

YOIJ on es dig out it~ eye~: from whence there

er, you ave the I~ body nave all

one of V go on of forty ~ it, lehemilphur of Iv away

nest of and the

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phere. into a sphe re of its inwa rd pa rts, according to the

HE AUR RA OF HE PHILO ERS BY

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ING TH ORIGIN OF THE P P ERS'SfONE.

inv@ntcr of arts, beca u e h ings as we II after the- Fall s e ed the worldl." destructio b me about that his sueces im they @ngr.awd all n itt

, in orde-r that the ir pO'St

cq ua IntOO Ith th I~ predictio n, t hae 'SO rovisio" m de .n tf1e time of danger, S

lv, No.ah .... d ona of th '5@ tables under Mount Ar ar

the ce-I ug. n th is tab were described the- cou u p p~r fi a ent an d the lower globe, .a nd .a pia nets, A I ngt h this n !versa I kn ow!edge wa.,; d seve ral pa s a nd lessen d in ~ vigou rand powe r, this se par t i n, one rna be came ;(I n astronern ar, a 0 mag.cla n, a othe r a r ba Ii st, .1 nd a to urth .a n a I h

Abra ha m.. th Vu lea nic: TL.I balea I n, a consum mate a

and art'th et cia n, ca rrie ttl e Art CI ut of the Ian d of

Egypt, wh po I' the

d i.gnity th t th is wisdo was derlvsd from the nation.,;. T e atria rch Ja ob painted. as it -w.ere-, the

: and t h.is ~ done by magic: 10 r .n t

sns, He bre ,Persia" s, a"d Egyptia n be the hi,g est philosopnyr to be lea nd prtests, So It was I n the t I me of M rt'S. and al 0 the ph~.cia ns we re eh .agi - the p ests for t" e judgment of W (I

to health, p!!:t::ia Ily in the knowle dg@ of !@pro .

II kew lse, a s In ~ rutted i the Egyptka n sc hook-, at

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ural prie philcsop r priests fruitful a

ter, so t nat he el<telled e that people, Thu'5, too, was .

out fu I days im biOOd the lea m ing e ;i I'IlE!: a cabalist, Wit nass his II: P s:it ion of t hose word"§:. II Me ne. s can be IJ nderstocd by t he pro

aba listie Art was perfectly fam il

osas din d thf! Proph@ts. T ha P by his cabalistic numbers, So d is at IJ ral and my'St leal Art... lea rn to Ie now

tie .n Hi's I aws, a nd walked in Hiss

ft' a Iso ~v id ant in the Boo k of uel,

follow 1: he devif s part. but beca e. by a ke rs of vision s and ve rita ble a "a I t ~at morn at large in the B

JEo, nil§. gift is granted by tha lord d to

Ik i th ~ Divi ne prece pts, It W3S: a e stem nev r to ad mit a ny on e as king un "-'S he i"e"t in rea lily as we II as in n am - This ry n.a ma of their k ing'5.; for t n@

ere those W~s:e Me nand Pe rs la to -.;ee k out the Lord Jesus, a Egyptia ns, a lse, naving (I bta in m t ha Chaldeans an d P@l"'5oians, d si red oLIl learn th ~ ~a me w1sd om; ant hey d s cce"5~ul there in that a II the nelg bou r-

d em. For ttl is rea son Hermes

tst s, beea use h f! was a king, .a pr ,.a . a d a soph lst of n.a1: ura I th ings:. Su d'I

came i s eeu uly n.a phet other

WHE DREW FROM

rig kt foun t io evident f th respeetl ng t e

Egyptian'S. p

........ A04~ THAT THE GREEKS F THEIR LEARNING AND HOW IT CAME ro us,

sessed th e tf1 ird part of the h is; Art broks into Cha ldaaa spread into Egypt. The Art IJ perst Itlo~ s and Ido latrous wiser t nan tne rest betook pna ns, so t nat they might 51: hoots, Since, however, th ~ es did not sati~ them, they iu S, an d fe II away fro m the

r I set: rats and .i3 rts. Th is i5. ptio M, a nd from the ir errors ................... ". It was the custom of the

before by Natu re, an su bjert s ubsta ntia Ily i fa Ise hoods; a nd ttl en of ph ilosopt1V wh ir::h d in the ir tu rn, bei ng e own doct rines, an d E urc pe, M a"y acade t:t1!! i r dogmas and ru and th is system flou ri rigl'1 t d own to t he pres

pounded he I@ fiction a certain

t at the V ung rnigh h the Ge mans, an

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T IN THE SC 0015 OF YPTIANS.

HIE C .illdean 5:, !"I@rs n r a nd Egyptiil ns h ad all of t ha

the s me knowledg f t he secrets of ture . .a nd a I 0

the 'S me rellg Ion. as on Iy the na m that d iffe re .

The ha Ide- ns and Persi a s ca ned the ir do i ns Sopnia a d

Mag- 31;.il0 the Egyptians, b cause of the S.iH: fice, ealled th r wi~d m prie craft. Th e m i of the P~P;ta ns, nd the t heel of th Egypt n§, were bot the m taiUght In t e sc heets of 01 • Thou h the were ma ny C (lois an d lea rne me n in Arab - ,

Afrie • a nd G n!!!~C!!!, such a 0Z.ilgf! t Ge: b r

Rha'Si , and Avicen n.a .a nd a rnon,g t e

Gre!! s, Ma c ann, Podalin 5:, hagc ras, An a _gor.a 5:, De moe i·

t LJ!;, lato, istot le, an d h dian LI~; 'Still the were d iffere t

op In i M a ng"St the mat ttl e wisdom of he Egvptian n

po int whe in they ttl em e es d rffe red, a nd he reu pan tl1

disag h it. for tni'50 r .a 00 Pythagoras 00 ld not be cal

man, becau-se the y ia n prie stcraft a d wi~d om we

rpect y ta ugM, alt h he received herefrom ma y

(I rca na: a nd A" a:w:agoras had received a g t

as we: , is claa r from h - discu'5.sion 5: 00 t @ su bjsct of I

Stem ,wh ich he Ie eh ind h im .aft~ r i'S death. Yet

In a nv respeees t ne egyptian~.

caUe wise me" or i; but following

s phV= y~ they g

few lea I'n'S I ike sha 0 from th e m.agi

ba ns, BiUt M se , Abra ha m, Solo on. Ada m a d that C(I me he East to en rist were true Ma ir th is .a rt ;i nd wi d om th ~ Gr!!@ 5:

new very I rtde 0 r is p hilosoph lea I pecu latlon, utterty nd SCH! noes,

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HAT M GI THE C EANS, PE IANS

ND EGVP IANS WERE..

F

ial ara bound up w h thin.gs e see n in their 0 p rat ion '!IIe-.;;. Such a c nJ u netic n of celest la l.,fliIJ en ve nly virtues acted u PO" i nfurior

the Magi a mah@a~, or tn@ rna

and propertl with e leme nta ry b

lie nt co mml ures of aU bod les, ty, of t ne sun "d plan ets, likewis

avour to opes. for roducad sphemles it~ origin I For God r.aved its e nature agistery

ttl ~ Light of asslsta nee of tl1 e virtues a

and 'S@@ t t 1: he Rom a s, This cove ugnout th whole su 1'1- , also. we ave the se m DtS. For h@ T@rnary OS; a perfe Septe na rv e on~rated by thi n.gs rests in t e lerna ry, horizon f @t@rDity.

W hole bon . H ere .a lse

tl1 e treat u knowtedge 0 tf1 e m. his placa,

uenon to gs whid1 rd and by a true another

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this tone de.ce that of it

their IN is om ;jJ'5.'5oert@d that ;jJ II c to one un iti ~d '!tubmn ce. wh

may. pu rtficatl on", an d pu

e of S IJ lety, such d wine natu an

to rk wond rfu I results. F or they c nsid@

to t e earth. nd by.a s uprerne magi I se p rat ion. de su bsea n wo uld come fonh wt-. I is at eus and pro 10 nged prep

up ab the: ra n.ge of veg@t.d @ su

I into meta lIie, an d bove

rpstual .aI nd d wine- Q int@

nee of all celestial a d te

reeks. by t he occu tt c .a ra the Pel"5iia ns and t II;!

ars .aldowe d it with va ria us eon igrn leal em la nces, mpa risons, and fictit Lis t M rerna n cec ult, Very Itttle or 0 kn be lola d f om the m.

h ilo'50 phs er of th Id, obse iCutty is callad it ge bier the liter l sen

RNING TH TS DIS OV

greatest d t:t1!!y ha accerdln

D. to w operatic; when.

1'1 otn In g ore than error ha many ha

convert tl1at he metals

ORSAS EDGE.

ost occul n:il1"l'M!'5 to t his u nd don me e 5 irn ilitudeos. vs i h k. ·RO rt t nat the he terial of his Stone; for

ey mea n t:t1 ereby any p repa en s she uld be il 0'-"0 pl'1 e 1'1 ad a not he r eir rna tte by the na me an occ It akhe rnical

.at na . it denctes

n os. ilit~ e. Mo ver, no s mall

of eget bles, with w., icl'1 a good I ate M@r rf 1, and .aherv.ra rds to na, sl nee hey su p po§;ed te tt with ut the a td of he ch ief master. Now • .rM"'I"o ........ ttl is, yet tha

'iLilph LI r with i"-'1Ure of the

"te in e process of

e resu Iti g. I a m well

~ liquid!i e mer~ly abound. h je" rise

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ass and

.a da ted for a P!!!rfert proj an in

fou d (J1Jt to their cost. Ce (I in

COi1 u lata d M@rcu ry with the it~ .a

a Lint of the inte Me heat w ich exi

ca II d that liq u Id II Lac Virg I., is-; yet th-

m be asserted concern ing t e ju ie

col u rs ju st OIl§. tho LI8 h it were dowe

(;01'1 i've d a va in idea. M a cert in fi>t:

veg able. from wt1 ic h ttl ey ~ ght r a wh refrern t ney mig_!,t make a eea ulat

ure, B LIt ha nee a rOSf! Doth i g '5a'lt .iI f

soma hava

~nt:@ people oted up thi~ uintessen ee, t ran smuting

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ERRORS OF HOS ONE IN VEGE ABL

SOME :iI Icne- sts h boiled it to t ickne cOJgil.llate I., .0 a pounded into a f.,e bl

projection into So . This mixed Sa I Am mon c w· VitrioL SIJ pposlng hat t rs su It- They bre U8 t it b t:t1 at t ha Sal Amm n lac th e su bsta nee of he plished. Tn@reo are 50 m tioned sebsta nee ta k d racu nell I us, the I \Ie'S. and ttl e like, and s ytt h so m@ doilYS, kf!f! P in t ha M~rcu ry i'!!i t Llrned into rs su It. Tnese peo Ie \lU lga r, who give it ut t wit hout rnetals h s t h before. Ma ny r to . ha artifl cia IIv out of geta oils, and su Ip n~ projaction, or ti net

com pare th ei r ma tt1 ey mean that "-'iI.I spermr and that i G111t!d t ha i r matts veg


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tre s, they also in tnei t k~ atte r of the Sto !! et ien (If fU, flowe .

e upon natura I se th ~ ir stone spl t as vegeta bles do.

fl

ttU! basil'

• by .d nam rter Lac Vi ich, neve

and He nee lt1 e

!!I. a nd p uri d in .a came as red 3$ blood, ffensl\le liq u Id. une rly I Others have u rifi ed

rom

this

the of "a part

hars h a\I'@ dragon's bl per and ele

n, as they

• his rnysti!!!ry it is per ow. He nee it co mss t aca use in it!i brood a S odV, ~pirit • .a nd 'SOLI I. F icroco,,-,m, beea use it h.a d t ne nee they terrne rid .an animal",

od to nirnat sad of

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HAVE SOUGHT E IN MI ERALS.

HER ET i1 r!!! ad ded tle many ig ora nt man who sup e t he one to be ree-fold, .a n to be h idd en in a t ri Ie

ge rUJ • na I'ne!ly. eta ble. an i a I. a nd min era I. He nc it

is tnat they ve so U8 tn f r it in mine Is. N r:IW. th is is fa I'

t k~ opmlo n tha ph i Ie ptle rs, Ttl ey

unifom'lly etable, ani al. and min .aI, NOw, here note t

Nature has drib uted it.; mine ra I ,,-,pe m Into va rlou "-' kinds, for i nsta nee. into sui ph u ,sa Its, be xes, nit res, ammo nla • alu rns, .i! rs ies, atra enB. vnn s, tut las, h ae matlt r orpiments. ea Ig.a.-s, m ne s:ia s, ci na ba r, anti I1'I(:Iny, t cachvrnia, rca sites. ,.n a II t h se Natu re has not .atta i r.ed to 0 r matte t; al hough in so e of the s pe eles na it d is.p lays, tu If In a wo n erful aspect 0 I' the transmutatlo n of im perfect m a Is that a to be bre ht to pe riettion - TI1J r Ie n.c @xperie ca .a nd pra iet! with fi r '5.hew rna ny .a nd va ri s perm ... ration in til ~ m r of m i ne 31~, not on Iv from 0 e colou I' to .a n ther, but fr m one e"-,,,-,e ce to a nethe r • .a nd f m im perfection pel'fectio. And, altho h Nature has, bV me s ot p rapared rnlna ra Is, r@ chad soma perfsctlon. yet ph lle ophers wi II n I'l.ave it tha the matter f the ph illXOph ic sto e proceeds ou of.a ny of he m inera I a Itho~gt1 they say t at t neir sten e is un iversa L H nee, then, t e soptl iSU ta ke cccasi to p!! rsacuta ME! re u ry hi If wittl rio us torrne nts, as w $U b lim.ation'S: co.agu latio . mercu ria I waters, aq Llaforti$. a t he II ke. All t ese errone us w.aV~ ~h Id be a\lojded. toget r wit:t1 other ph tstica I rsparat lens of mine ra Is. a"d t e pu rgation sad fixations 0 spi rits .a nd

fl


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prepa ratio S (If the stone, as (I

t:t1!! rest, are sop histical, Th su bl i matio s, d jsti Ilations, recti tion s, C j un rtksns, solutio ea Icinatio ,a nd inciner.a1iol'!"S a e ttl pod, in t ne- atha no r, I., tl'1 e rbe rate ry urn melting fu ace, tne a cc:id io ne u , n du ng, ash e , sa

not; ;iI nd.a 0 in t ha cucu rbite, t @ ica n, rate rt p h

and th ~ st. The sa me opi io must be ass

su bll matio of Me rc LUY by mine I s irits., for th red, as by vit rioL sa Itpetre, a I u , wh ic h su bj rts t hat sophist, Joh d treatise- 0 the White and altogether these are me re IV d c i part leu Ia r 50 p nistry of Geboer su bl i rnatio s a r rna rtifications, .a M~rcu ry. ith his prepa ration s by a ~pLlI h ra all w njch th I ng~ 1'1 ave end voured to fiJI: Mereu

and mats see-n Me metallic respects; far lsa,

, but have be@n gr ry by th is Art. and dy resembling and ut when brought to t

pesci ssa, Phi losoph lc ul dreams. Av exa mpler 1'1- ak.o tha

e, in the

, or wnat I. fixatary, on the e and the eming all

C@'5. in his e. TakeI'! - also the sevE!.,fold

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processes, si nee is rende red mo t han to .a ny kin matter is not to im perfect; and

lively r ~ nd r of perfect] sought f bri ng it to pe

61

stirred u several

at the whiten mg of h ich I n a fals:e easls • .a nd t at by it ut not eh aflged.

mi x@d t i'5. cunt@rt@it V@nus wd sold ' t t he go Ido:;mith-s; an

hey h.a ransmuted them'S€" s into

t hesa sold, but those who be ught rsenjc taka re d, and h i5. ha 5 ve r it ls prepa red. i proves:

SoI'l'M!. a sulphur. Ii:..: l\IiiU m, wt1ite, T

5; y!!t, rthe-

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desired common sui hur to tha form of witt1 the add i on of Ij"'Seed oil, 0 r t ken po ur it' to oil rna rbla mortar, a he ea r. wh i h they have first d iii ~d into ge.,t Ie fire. B they have fo~ nd to t ei r loss do a nytnjng in tne way of tra n uti ng L "a 0 S I as they su p posed tt. wou kI be a ble, As meta Is, 50 al th e re is much va Ii I sha II not m ke fu rd1 e r me ntio., each a mo Id req u i re a spec-I treatis

'Sop niSI icatsd oils of vitriol oil nd .a ony. l @

gu.a rd .again the oils of the meta I • p~ rfect r i or L un a; be se a rtho ug h t he ope 10., oft es in th e ., atu r of th i ngs, yet the t t his d.ay. to ry few poE!: rso ns, Ab

prepar.at ion'S common me rcurv.

by SIJ blimat I n, desce nsion. fi>:atio

vitriol, sa I a man iac.. accord i ng t ke books tha 'Sop hists, like tin ctures ta k n from ma rcasites a t nat o;opt1 mit Ion called by the a

[l"d of fil'{ed na and s im i Ia r tnfl

su perfici.a l.a pe.a I"i1 net! of truth. .a la bour and i du"Strv. rti II the p wort hie S;~ an weak. Being ther6ft"'!"6

towards the ell mea n i ng 0 pe rat pi! n the w hole foun sepa rate.a na, na me Iy. in on secc nd by vit lot and j n a th ird by

I will teach he true projection Is.

on you as Sol

• even at ophistical d the like.

upon the

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TRUE OFA TINCT

S OM persc ns ., ave wr e I'll t hat a en it i com peu nded of M@ u ry and. Su I hu othe rs of @iut an d wate r; but: m writer_; say t at is of the iltLU' of S ulph ur. But t1 owever t1 iJt may be, it n t ure is sue that tra ns mutes red

copper i I'll wh it'!!. It m al be broug!, h a p-e rfect stat'!! of prepa r ia n as to bl!! ble 0 ti ng@. B th is s not d one in the way po I n d out by 'iUC I sopblsts a Geb r in "The Su m of

Perferctio ~I, Albertu'l s, Armotl the memist in ~Tl'le

Book of t e Perk!ct Mag st'!! Ir Rha5is d Po OI1JS; for t"O$e

writ:l!!f'5r h 'It!!:r rna ny

or else ev write fa rs ce.pts. t1 ilst not isn 0 itse If th r e rHlt ura I spj oorrnsw@ .1 nd PI! netratl & II meta Is. T ls s pi . wnit@ns Ve nu 5 and after some d ilVS: re e It sponsV. But t is a rtiflce relates on tv to t ose whe pr.a ct '" e he ca ustic rt. e seeen d 'Ipilit is; ety!italh" and 5iweet. T '!! h ird is a t i gei" sp irit sepa r:lIted fro m the hers before e t ioned. Tru p tI il sophers see Ie: 10 r e natu ra I pre ie-s. in arw ic w· h a 'It iew to the perfect p jection of th se men44• ut t se ba rbers whe practise I,Irgery seek a e r that sweet a nd rys:t:lllli"e" at I,If,!! se pa rate from t he bn ng pirit for U'Si in th cu re of wounds, bu bees, rbu not les, .a nt ra and oth e r i mi~ ulcers wh it h are

le save by ge t Ie mea ns, A'i r t h t tinge ing spi rit_

however, LI nless the pu sepa rated from the impu re in it th e fi >red fro m t he vol i Ie and tt1 e eret inctu re from the

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tha he-oat a nd is end ed with a e rfect ngt fit for projection, n mely, pa of n .mpel'fect bodYr .a [00 rd ing to t @ h rp rH~"S'5 o the pre pi1 r ion. From @nee .appoe-.a rs -sh i n i .an ost e:.:cel nt una. a t hough it ha bee n

dug from the b I~ ttl e ea

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