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FAITHFULL IRECTIONSHow to Obtaln the

HERMETICALREASUREin Yia mercur i i metal lorum

also

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CONTENTSPreface .. . . . ( i )Of GoTd and j ts pr incip les.. . . . . . ( 1)Gold -- what i t js . . . . . ( 7): : : : : ; ; : ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;. ' . . . i" ": ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ""Digest ion of the aee .. . . . . . ( 7)Disest ion cont inued to a reddf : : : : : : : . . . . . . . . ( 7)Signs and phenomena .. . ( 8)Use of the red pouder - . . . . . ( 8)Precess in a par t icu lar wag .. . . . ( 9)Augmentat ion of the Sophic f : \ . . (10)Second augmentat ion . .Y. . . . (71)f ts use for suppor t . . . . . - . . . (12)Process for the Great Work . . (74)To e jaborate the White and Red l ' ted ic ine,via universaLi . . . (15)Fur ther procedure . . . . . (171MuLt ip l icat ion of the whi te ETixi r . . . (18)Process with the whi te lD to make the RedI led ic ine . . . . .T. . . . (7g)Of Pro ject ion wi th the Red Stone .. . . - (20)Muit ipTicat ion . . . (27)sophjc El . . . (21)rts pteparai lon -. t ! : -Mt f stel l .atus . (22)Puri f icat ion of thel f r l l . : : i . i . . . . . . . . (23)Further animat ion o7tn"& wrth) . . . . (24)AmaTgamation of the Lunar t f f i wi tYpur i f iedrunnins U .. . . : - . (2s)Disr jTTat ion * the t l . . . . (221Ult imate rect i f icat iBn of the E .. . . (28)Pur i f icat ion of common runni"qt U for theforegoing operat ion . . .1 . . . - . (30)e process to obta in t}e Sophic GoTd out of theSopht-c C, bg a comPenctTous wag . ( 5t )rhe sophic ?@ ex d "q^ I f rom U Dup7ex.. . . (32)vi r tueor th jg '* r {" rug9 . : : :1. I . . :1. . . . . . . . (33)Process! o :5t9I35: l i9*,?tg": : : : : : : : . "" 'n"r" dist i l : : : i . rso{: :o, ,h ' : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ' . ""ur"Further procedure wi th t \" ' ]O, i ' . a" obta in " ,^^,

Sophic! bg a compendious wag . (37)ophic ?6r |"r - , et O from U Duptex. . . . (32)

true potabl-e and nedicina l i . . ( 38 )vf ts Use .. . . . (39A par t icuTar l-abour wi th t f r is @ f or meta ls. . . . (39How to proceed with the EEa . . . . . (40universaL process with the same .. . . . . (41

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(42)(42)(44)(4s)(48)(4e(s0(s0(s1)(s2)(s3)(54)(s5)(5a1(57)(s8)(s8)(se)1s0(61)(62 )(53)1a3)(65)(66)(66)(67)(57 )(58)

(5e)(70)120)(71)gz2)123)

(80)( 80 )(82)(84)

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Scoriaeubl ined and subt i - l ised Scot iae

, i tn ' f : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : . : : . : : : : : : : :14edic ine

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s t ru uf ivo7t i l la tpr ocecul .a tuare thocessd",thesethe su.Pywork

as aprocth i s

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pratUse ofUse ofI --r1flT -J' -OCltv iAnotherf ts useFur ther

Use ofProcessA part iOperat iTo makeP roces sTo makeHepar ARunn i ngA proce-Zst Tin2dt3.d :R.athqrLapis fgn isAuthorThe comoosi xOF MERCURYYThe makinq of -3- ' . . . .-- , - at -F otoCor ros ive s of i ts own

.. . . (74)f ' r< l.... 1t Jtt71l. . . . l . rt/111. . . . l . t,

l , tuTt ip l i cat ion in quant i tg . . (7I )Further nuLt ipTicat ion . (79 )OF VITRIOL(E\Spir i t and o i t o f (ELTo make the ,Stone oi t o f Hungar i r r r@\,

Separat ion of the pr incipTes in via humjda. . . . . . .

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BasiTi i VaTentin i expTained b9 thet ion and d igest ion

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Composi t ionRemarks on

The remarksthe foTLowing trans- l .aare bg the TransfatorThis work js thought

. . . ( 85)

in troduced in dif ferent parts oft ion between patenthesjs / : thus : /. Theg are no part of the or ig inaLto have been wri t ten bg Cramer.

'p i r i or# ,?! : l l . l ! tg! t1t ; .9#" ' : : :. ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' ,' , ' r ' ,

. I s use f or meta- ls ( Sg )14ensruum f or the so- l u t ion of f ) :r_proceedingf rom+X, O i Buttet}-r 6 . . . . . . ( s0)OF COMMONALT ,E ,and the Circufatum Einus of parace- l .sus.. . . . . ( 92)

the process .. . . . . ( g6)

( e3)( e4)( e4)( es)( 95)(100)( r01)(702)(103)(704)( t0s)(1os)(106)( 109 )(110)(110)

Reasoning of the AuthorExperiment upon s i lver

MuLtipTicat ionAn Exper iment on OCharacters (sgnnoFExcetpts from Patac tablee- lsus

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GOELUTPHILOSOPHORUilIthat is

A faithfriL hstructionfo.uded cr practie and qrfirared bry Eperiencetsr rpt crly by t}re Via lGreurii ttbtallonnin the dry ard hunid Way tJre herneticallteasure rnay b fiifly &tained,h'tt alsotst to elaboratc particrrlar tinging !ib-dicines frcrn al,I the Serrcn netals andVariorrs mirerals;withpoerfi:l and Safe !tsdj.eines to lpalDiseases othelxf,ise incr:rable;

out of love towardsour fel fow creaturescommunlcatedby:

rn ldmirrr of Frndlmontr lCHEMICAL SCIENCE

/ :S.C.: l0RES0EX&tElPZlS 739 octaYo

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PREFACEFTHE UTHORBenevoTent Readert

If thou art a Lover of the more sublime part of Chymistery and intendst tolearn and do something practically without hurt to thyseU, this Treatise will beuseful, as the author is not envious, but will be glad il some good is donethrough his good meaning.

The author has on an Emerald Foundation /: alluding to the Tabula Smar-gadina Hermetis :/ laid by Hermes, built his philosophical heaven.

The author does not intend to perplex the lovers of this difficult art, whichis nevertheless easy enough to those that know it, but he proposes to give light.

The Lights on the Heavens give and Cause us Light, Signs, Tirnes, Yearsand days. It is Similar to our philosophice, , give us golden Tinctures, whilst 's i lver Tinctures.

The road to our philosophical Heaven is Overgrown with Thorns, and thosethat travel this way are conducted in a wonderful manner. Sometirnes men arelead into it innocently, sometimes through lgnorance, by Some accident, byCovetousness, by persuasion, by natural Faith and Confidence, by Great Ex-pences, Labour and Diligence, by Experience and Sometimes by Imposture andfalse Transmutations.

It is however certain that no man will ever attain a happy End in this danger-ous Science except he is possessed of an Innocent Heart and unblamable Character.

It happens very seldom to meet with an Adept, who should be willing tocommunicate, or even make himseU Known to us.

Knowledge, Labour and Patience are the most useful companions on thisRoad, whosoever does no t possess them aII three will never obtain what he seeks.

It is Strange that there are men, who otherwise do not want for Good Sense,who should philosophize either against this art or in favor of it, to mislead honestLovers into fatal Errors, whilst they know as much when they write against it,as they do when they favour it. Some are very mysterious, they write of thingswhich they Know nothing of themselves. They also mislead the industrious

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Searchers into a Labyrinth of Errors.The Matter of their Stone is a heavenly matter, has no narne, is every -

where, but Known by none, but the Adeptsl This can only be allowed in part,as the first subject we take in hand must be visible and tangible absolutely.

Who Soever has studied the genuine writings of the Philosophers, willeasily comprehend, that without a visible and tangible Subject and much painsLabour and patience, nothing of any moment was ever done in this art; under-stand the preparatory labour of Botlies; as this ar t does not busy itseU withSoft Eggs, but with hard metals and ores, to Subtilise and exalt them, gh:!g.h-requires Knowledge, Labour and patience and some E:mences.

This Treatise has been written, by the Blessing of God to instruct SeriousLovers of this art, such as possess a sound judgement, if they wiII but followthe Simplicity of Nature,!

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oFGoLD nnn TsPRTNcIPLESBasi l ius Valent inus, Paracelsus, l r lonte Sneider and othershave demonstrated 3 principles, v!z: metal l ic e , metal-t is + andmerart icH . Becher and Stahl demonstrate3 Kinds of Y , v!z: the Vit r i f iable or fusible / : e :

rd l iqui f iable or Specif ical ly

Anterior Phi losophers have ment ioned only two const i tuentprincip les of the l leta ls, v iz:

+and

P. These rere

Lul l ius, Bernhardus Trevisanus, I .1. Flamel , .The Oldest Were Sat isf ied With One principle only, yizz

those attributed the Difference of l{etals to the Ivlaturationand Fixat ion of that with a mixture of metaLl ic ex-ternal F . this opinion, i f referred to the nearest--#-matter of metals, appears to me to be the truest and thebest, because this can be conf i rmed and proved by theanatomy of metals, although We must al low that l. l inerals andI r tarcasi tsy ie lda + a Panda e Theremotestprinciple is a Vapour in the lvl ines, wherein the Universal -6\-is Specif ic !

GOLDo $IHAT r rs.O is a very pure metal l ic Body ful l of Light: extremely

Ie as to i ts Essence--a perfect ly maturated with-iout any external addit ion. This we bel ieve, because the

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whole Substance of v1v: vided i t be wel] i f iedand animated, can by Simple Diqest ion be maturated and f ixedinto pure (i ! nay more than that!

Therefore we conclude that l -s unr l- . In theSame Manner conrmon , So hiohl f ixed by Nature, can beretrograded and reduced into runnin : i t fol lows fromthence that must be a pure fixed Therefore let usbe Sat isf iea @.

MERCURTFTCATTONF oThe Mercuri f icat ion of is performed in the easiest and

For that reason the Oldest Phi losophers have told us: "Makeor with . " Wherebv the Vlhole Substance of

without any loss, is t ransmuted into l ivin

By these 4 degrees of rat in is reduced to runnin

Laboratorium chymicum. z/We begin also with the

out of th is H of O by Digest ion alone, a Noble l4edicinefor the human Body and even a perfect Tincture for l letals canbe t ' lade. / : this was one of the Processes of Sebald Schwartzer,which he communicated to Augustus pius Elector of Saxony, inthe year 1570, and to His Spouse Anna; which T(, ^"ted onlOrO0O parts of U :, /See Bar: Kunkel von Lowenstern's+

most natural Wav be conmon runnin

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cALCrNArroN F oi s calcined by various methods: amongst al l of them, f

found the fol lowing the best, by Experience:Dissolve Sea e in c lean boi led or dist i l led V : f i l ter

the Solut ion and evaporate, unt i l a f i lm appears on the Sur-face: then let i t crystal l ise over night, by pouring theLiquor into large Glazed Dishes.

These Crystals of e dissolve a Second t inne, f i l ter, andSeparate the faeces, evaporate the f i l tered solut ion to apel l icule as before, and let i t shoot into Crystals, whichwi l l be whiter and purer. Repeat this a thirdr or even afourth t ime, unt i l the e crystals are perfect ly pure,dissolve ent i rely, and leave no Impuri t ies in the f i l t r ingPaper.

Keep this e in a Glass or Glazed V" Vessel, coveredcareful ly that no Dust nor hunidi ty may Spoi l i t .

Now take ref ined O , which has been puri f ied either+by O or has been reduced from the Quart : get i t laminatedat the f lat tning ni l l r or Iet i t be beat into thin Leaves,which SEEte with as much puri f :

O puri f ied and Laminated orl l 4 Z : i iEte i t with sreat care and do not mind theYVt rouble of grinding i t wel1.

when i t is wel l SiEtea, squeeze the 855 ttrrough smoothChamoy Leather, in order to press out the Superf luous VThe EEI which remains in the Skin you must wash with common

e and vinegar f i rst , and then with clean V ,repeat ingthis operat ion unt i l the ; ;a is as clean as a looking Glass --

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then dry i t in the sun or in a Gent le heat and i t wi l l be-come hardr so that i t may be pulver ised.

Take now your dry aEe c Arind it with 3 times its ownWeight of your pur i f ied Sea e . Grind i t wi th greatdi l igence in a glass mortar, previously heated, and i t wi l land must become a Subt i l b lack d . put rhis d in aconvenient Smal l g lass A, adapt a Receiver, hal f f i l1edwith pure V , and dist i l i r , , ' ,1 i . increasing your Agradual ly, unt i l the running U is come over into the V>t+The

Iwhich sett les in the neck of *"

1D ,musr be

?careful ly Swept out with a clean feather of a Goose eui l ,that i t may not col lect and fal l back into the body of thea.

on the calx which remains in the body of *e 1fur pourclean V , Set tne 1Q again in t t" ; . ' , ' . furnace, and givena gent le A ,So that the p may Simmer gent ly on the Calx

' and dissolve and extract al l the Sea e . The l t {eaning isnot to dist i l the V from the Catx, because the ewould st i l l remain behind: the e is to be dissolved in theV by this process. Then Shake i t up in *" 1@, whi lst

i t is yet warm and pour i t out , the V and the Calx: letAthe Cf Sett le and pour the p off careful ly; the remainderpour into a f i l t re and let the I run from it . Then drythe subrir O d rhe VReceiver must be poured out, 1and the lJ must be dried by evaporat ing the remainingYmoisture f rom it , in Such a gent le Degree of Heat as wi l lraise the Humidi ty but not the 6 , or in the Sun.

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Repeat this Same process with this Q| of O and withyour Same Cried U twice or 3 t imes.;", and when f inishedn?your ( , wi l l then be wel l calcined.

This is nevertheless only an external Calcinat ion orSubt i l isat ionr yet this preparatory Labour is highly neces-sary, because i t promotes and accelerates the SucceedingOperat ions.

AI[,IJ\LGAJ',!J\TIONF YOURO d WITH PURIFIED AI{D PREPO*O PNow take half an ounce of your tender O Calx, and dEEte i twi th one ounce of puri f ied animated U ,by a long cont inued+equal gr inding in a hrarmglass mortar r ls you did before.That is you are to take 1 part of O CaIx and 2 parts Mer-cury Sophic; Flash your aea perfect ly clean, and Iay i tin a clean glass or China Basoni cover i t wi th clean paper,that no dust may get into i t ; and let i t dry gent ly, so thati t may be handled and yet hold together.

Then with very clean f ingers form this mass into Smallpi l Isr or the Size of a green peat lay these pi l ls on aChina dish, which place in the Sun, or on a very gent leWarmthr or even in a warm room, covered with clean paper, inorder that all- humidity of elernentary V may evaporate fromthem, and the pi11s become hard and perfect ly dry.

l-l/zThe preparat ion of the I Sophic, whereon the Successrl-i s taught hereafter: i t is

I ranaeus Phi laletha,of this process depends ent i rely,the Sophic animated running 5 of1Y

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Espagnet, Claveus and Alex: Von Suchten; but this is therong way wi th corporeal O subt i r ized, whi lst rrenaeushas a shorter way without O r ds we have fur ly exprainedin our l " lsc: wi thout Nameor Date; yet th is process is certain lyGenuine and Safe, al though very labor ious;, /

Glasses:You must now get a doz:of digest ing Globes madeof the best glass, Stoutin Substance, as nearlyto this Figure and Bignessas possible; not bigger,as this is ful l b igenough. They must haveglass Stoppers nicelyground in, so as to beair t ight . / z l f theyare made a l i t t leStronger yet, thanthis drawing; i t isso much the better onaccount of the grind-ing the Stoppers :-n. =/

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DTGESTION

Take now one of your digest ing Globes, and put therein yourEi i made into smal l pi l ls. I f the Globe is no bigger thanthis, your EEE or pi l ls must weigh no more than I | ounces.The EEE must never f i l l above half the Globe. Place yourGlobe in warm .'. ' , ' . in your digesting Furnace & tie a pieceof paper over the Opening of the phial , unt i l every humidi tyis evaporated, which in a gent le heat is done in 24 hours.

When you perceive no more humidity in the neck of theGlass, shut i t wi th the glass Stopper close.

Cont inue the digest ion in a very gent le Heat, and duringthe f i rst Week the EEE begins to contract , and, as i t wasdivided before in Smal l Globes, i t becomes now one onlymass, dark in colour, and puffs up or Swel ls, l ike fermentedpaste near an" A

THE DIGESTION CONTINUEDTO A RED dIn this gent le degree of Heat, suf f icient to exci te theabove ment ioned fermentat ion, i t must now be kept night andday, unt i l i t becomes a dark dusky red d

But before this comes to pass, you wi l l See curiousphenornena in the glass Globe, and never the Same al iker norin one Glass as i t happens in another, al though you shouldinclose exact ly the Same Weight of ea a in Glasses exact lyal ike and in the Same Degree of Heat; Which I can attest toyou from a great deal of Experience.

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r shal l onry relate to you the most remarkable changesand phenomena r have observed myself, which have happenedto the Matter.

Amongst al l the Phi losophers, who worked th is wdy,which I found

SIGNS AND PHENOI4ENAAfter the EdE has Stood in Gent le Warmth, 15 or 15 days, i tgrows upwards like branches and Leaves of Trees, and on theSides of the Globe the U fixes i tsel f , and causes part ofTthe globe to appear l ike a looking Grass. But when af terwardsthe Succeeding Vapours inspissate the fastened

H, he be-

comes too heavy to support himself and runs down, in Streaksor Veins, to the bottom, unt i l the U becomes united withthe Subt i l ised fermented O in t fre form of a pouder.

The SmaII Trees grown out of the aae, drop down in processof t ime and become, with the U , a red pouder.?But before this happens, the upper part of the globe,inside, is beaut i ful ly gi l t alL over.

I renaeus Phi laletha alone has observed this,exact ly true.

USE OF THE RED POUDER.

This red pouder must be cont inued in Digest ion, increasingnow your heat a l i t t le, and must be f ixed gradual ly; whichrequires 3 months t j -me, and an able and pat ient operator.

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This f ixed fusible pouder or precipi tate is cal1ed thePhi losophers GoId, because it is prepared in a phi losophicalmanner, by Digest ion alone.

By the help of this Digest ion, when f inished, you have nowcompleted the true radical and central Calcinat ion of O ,and you possess now the Genuine Calx or ashes of the Phi loso-phers, wherein the Royal Diademe is h idden.

This Calx or f ixed red pouder is the phi losophers O ornearest Llat ter of the Stone, out of which the Great Work maybe mader ds wel l as a part icular prof i table Labour.

Now to obl ige wel l j -ntended Beginners in this Divine art ,who wish not only to learn but also to reap an Advantage fromtheir Labours, I wi l l fai thful ly communicate, as I have donethus far, not in I t letaphorical Language, but in plain Terms,how they may proceed further, and how to work with this

.A'Calx of ( , in a part icular wdy, to enable them to Subsistunt i l the Great work is accompl ished, which I wi l l also fai th-ful1y teach hereafter.

PROCESS N THB PARTICULAR WAY

You possess now IL ounces of phi losophical O ; but i f youwould or could from the beginning work wj.th two Glasses' whichwould be the Wisest and Safest wEtY, as you can then Keep OneGlass with IL ounces of Sophic O , for the universal process'by al l means do i t .

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Take your 1li t has been

aaa. t 'J. furnace.and the matterbear to touch

Then, through amouth of the phial ,previously heated,k part of the

After 4 weeks timearamake the .t ' . ' . almost

(The foTTowing jshas here given.)

AUGMENTATION F THE SOPHIC N\? rN QuAr'lrrrYounces of phi losophical

f ixed in, or put i t intoataLet the 'r.t . ' . get pretty

may become Very hotrsoi t .

wel l heated Glass funnel p laced in thepour of your prepared sophic 6 ! ounce,

on your sophic O in the phiar l .n. . is aSophic to 3/4 of the Calx of O

close the phial with the Glass stopper, as there can be noaahumidi ty at present. Digest again in a . 'Jf . heatr four Degree

of Heat must be such, that nothi-ng of the b may be subrimedTfrom the calx of O . cont inue to keep your matter in diges-t ion, increasing your heat gent ly and gradual ly, during 4weeks t ime and this addit ional sopic 5 wit l become f ixed byIthe power of the fixed Sophic O . I

you must increase your heat so as toglowing hot.an opin ion which the trans- l ator

/ z f presume that this intensehaps 300 Degr. would cause theinto a massa.

Heat, which would be per-Subject to melt together

O , in the same phiaranother and put i t in ahot, so that the phia l

that you can only just

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I t may perhaps be unnecessdry, but in order to get themass out of the phial , i t would be necessary to break theGlobe of f i I wish to save the phial , and would rather per-form these last three days of Gt owing Heat Ln a smal l V ,\-with a l id luted oD, to Save my phials; f would put theW .'.small V in another large one f i I led with J.1'- and\, .-a t-,,i,covered with . ' . t ' . , and then place the large V in a wind\,Furnace or some other furnace managed with Charcoal, andnKeep the 2!\ just glowing quiet ly without draught or Blast : , /

/z I would this way begin and increase my A gradual ly: /

must not be poured into therhole quant i ty at once, but

only gradual ly, at each t ime the quant i ty of the Size of apd, being made warm, dS f told you; and af ter each project ionXof the \J into the phial, Iet the phial stand I an hourt i .in the hot . ' jo ' . , then project again the Same Smal l quant i ty,unt i l the whole L ounce is put in. Thenr Els has been men-t ioned, close the phia l with the glass Stopper a nd f ix themass, unt i l i t melts without fuming.

Now you possess 2 ounces of Sophic O . This is aBeginning and a Foundat ion of a l l inera Perpetua at home, whichyou must St i I I increase in quant i ty, as you did before, toenable you to take a part of i t every month, for reducing i tto obtain the Emoluments arising therefrom.

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SECONDAUGMENTATTON F THE SOPHIC O IN QUANTITY\-/

th is Sophic O in

The above 2 ounces imbibe again with L an ounce of Newx.Sophic \-, and fix the mass, and in four weeks time you+wil l obtain 2\ ounces of Sophic or f ixed Mercurial OIn four Weeks more you may Obtain by the Same process,

imbibing with L ounce of 6 Sophic, and f ixing the matter,+three (3) ounces of sopnic | @ . Now divide this in twophials, put t ing into Each phia l I t ounces of Sophic O :imbibe Each phial with L an ounce of Animated or Sophic Otand f ix your matter as before, and you wi l l obtain four (4)ounces of sophic O

rTS USE FORSUPPORT

of the above six ounces of Sophic O take lL ounces.Melt f ive or six ounces of f ine ) in a V , project your\,lL ounces of Golden precipitate, enveloped in Wax, uPon

\your J in fusion, and let i t melt together for L an hour,the V being careful ly covered, to prevent any coals fromv

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Lamina in the f lat tening mil l , or f i led; i f the V wil lnot dissolve i t , you must melt another ounce of f ine )with i t , and you wil l see a Black V or Calx fal l out of theSolut ion. Wash and dulci fy this Calx with V , and melt i twi th Borax, and you wil l f ind fL ounces of pure f ine O of24 Carat.

The remaining four and one half (4t : ) ounces of Go1denprecipi tate divide again in three Globe glasses, imbibeeach glass with * an ounce of Sophic C , digest and f ix.TIn this manner you can reduce every month IL ounces of

.a. tR\Sophic (, into corporeal, out of the J , Which atfour Guineas per ounce amounts to six Guineas per month.

/ z This would ansbrer well enough in Germany but not inEngland; consider the Expenses and t ime of procur ing aSuff icient quant i ty of Sophic , the Expenses ofCharcoal and Oil for the Digestions and Fixations and \A-f believe this work might bear i ts own Expenses but notenable the Operator to Supp:rt himself , therefore i t isbetter to elaborate the Tincture at once:/

/ : Therefore we wil l proceed:, /

The before mentioned fixedSophic O forms a perpetual

Solar precipi tate ort{ inera, and is already

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this State a most admirable l ' ledicine at least equal if notSuperior to, f . B. van Helmontrs AURUU HoRTzoNTALE;of this We shall treat further hereafter.

What I have taught you now, is a tedious yet a certainand Safe part icular way to Obtain profit every month.But i f you like to pursue the sErmeLabour further, inOrder to Obtain the universal Tincture or Stone of thePhi losophers, which t inges or transmutes aII MercurialMetall ic bodies into genuine O , you must open yourphi losophic O radical ly and central ly, and Subt i l isest i l l furtherr and increase in Colour ' fusibi l i ty andWeight; more Colour and penetration is obtained from the

X,rrSophic U impregnated or animated by Sophic A.^ t?or Z\ , and the increase in weight from the exter-nal A

This further Subt i l isat ion is cal led Subl imat ionor Dist i l lat ion by the Phi losophers.

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PROCESSOR HEGREAT.lORKN THEUNIVERSAL{AY

fn this Operat ion, O is t ru ly retrograded intorunning Mercuryr so that i t may be dist i l led over eerr4every atome of i t .

But that dist i l lat ion by A would be needless, i fdist i l led suff icient ly in the digest ing Globe of i tsel f ,af ter i t has been radical ly dissolved. Some phi losophersWho have been more plain and more intel l igible than theauthorof the TABULA sI ' tARAGDTNA suchasfrenaeus Phi laletha have cal led this Operat ion a SecondCirculat ion or Second Rotat ion.

In this Operat ion those phenomena appear as f renaeus. and others have ment ioned.

The first Labour to prepare the Sophic Golden precipi-tate, they have kept secret ent i rely.

PROCESS TO ELABORATE THE WHITE AND FED IIIEDICINESVIA UNIVERSALI

Take now of your Sophic Golden Precip i ta te 1 Par t ,X^^. tand V Sophic, 2 parts. or Sophic O \ 7 and :rTSophic L 7 ; 5i" te them as fol lows: put your sophic l@din one of your clean Small Digest ing Globes and Pour your

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f i rs t in the Sun or in a gent le heat. Put on the GlassStopper; place your Globe in a Gentle Warmth in yourfurnace, and i t wi l l iEEte i tsel f , the O pouder wi l lXinsinuate i tsel f into the (* l and wi l l radical ly mix there-

I'wi th; as soon as this is accompl ished, which you wil l easi lyperceive, then open the phial and pour the eee into a cleanWarmed glass mortar, gr ind i t wel l wi th a Gent le mot ion,and pour lrarm clean V on it, grinding a l i t t1e more, leti t set t le and pour the p off again; repeat this 2 or 3t imes more, i f you perceive any colour yet in the V

As soon as tne ! comes off perfectly clear and trans-parent , dry your aee in the Sun, or on a Very Gent le Heat.

Now put your dry aea again in the digesting globe andplace it in warm ashes or,".: j ' . , in your digesting furnaceover a Lamp, cover the phial with paper during the first 24hours, i f you presume any humidity in the eaa, i f not Shutthe phial close with i ts glass stopper, and observe toregulate your heat as I tel l yous

This Heat in the beginning must not be greater than theheat of the Sun in the middle of Sunmrer, f rom 90 to 100.

/ :The Degree of hatching Eggs is about 962/Let i t Stand quiet, do not move it, and the Composit ion

wil l ferment and turn as black as ink, and look l ike meltedpitch, throwing up small Bladders or bubbles from time tot ime./z fren: Phi lal : . , /

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rn this Regimenof n the operator must not increasert forsake the O . You must: ing, during 40 or 50 days you

must have plenty of pat ience and wait unt i l the blacknessdisappears ent i re ly.

Continue your gentle Degree of blood warm, and thewi l l o f i tsel f begin to circulate, and gent le ascenddescend again, unt i l af ter several months Circulat ionwhole mass becomes a beautiful White pouder.

andthe

This Flhite Ct is the Whit. A of the Philosophers,n?fhis f i does not t inge, and cannot be exalted alone with-

out Imbibi t ion, on account of i ts f ixed nature.Phi laletha ment ions that this white ? can not be

exalted per Se, and then adds a plain Sophistry, repent ingperhaps of having Said too much, that this + Would beginagain to circulate, which is against al l Reason. Then hesays again that tfris $ must be irnbibed or fed with the-5t- of Li fe.

It is obvious and Experience has taught me to imbibeLife, i .e. with animated or

he + , rhen it must becirculated and exaltedr ds I shal l fai thful ly teach you.

FURTHER PROCEDUREWITH THE NWHITE ? AD TTNCTURAII{ALBAII{.Take 2 ounces of f ine copel led O , let i t mel t in a new

V , project I ounce of your wnite $ envelopped in waxon your D in fusion, and let it f low l: an hour, coverthe V that no Coals may faI I into i t , and you wi l l obtain

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a white Vitreous mass, which is bri t t le; rub i t to a subt i l.lO ; Take I part of this d ot t an ounce and put it in a

digest ing globe, pour on it 2 parts or I ounce of Sophic q ii f there is no hurnidi ty in i t , shut your g lass with the glassStopper, and Set i t in the digest ing furnace in a Gent le Heatas before, and the Sophic d wi l l dissolve the mass grad-Yually and become black with the mass and at last become aWhite pouder in a much Shorter t ime than before.

This is the White El ixi r in a State of Infancy, andt inges metals into f ine O , al though in a Smal l quant i tyon1y.

MULTIPLICATION OF THE I{HITE ELIXIR.In order to make it t inge more, i t must be further Sub-t i l ised and made more fusible and penetrat ing; this isdone if you imbibe this medicine 3 or 4 t imes more with

. Sophic p and f ix i t every t ime.You have now lL ounces of fermented and mult ipl ied

medicine, besides what you had lef t as i t came out oftne I

Put these IL ounces of white medicine into a digest ingglober so that only I /3 part is f i l led, add to i t L an ounceof your Sophic H , set i t in digest ion in a n.t t .heatr Els before, and in 8 days t ine; the Sophicwi l l be imbibed, and dried up with the mass.

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Add again I, an ounce of Sobefore during 8 Cays and nighagain dr ied up, and repeat this a th i rd t ime,adding L an ounce of new Sophic p

The 4th, 5th and 5th time imbibe your medicineeach t ime with I ounce of Sophic U , digest and?dry up each t ime.

The seventh and rast time imbibe this whore quantity ofMedicine placed in a digest ing globe of a large Capaci tywi th 2l ounces of Sophic U , digest as before, and af ter

+a short b lackness the whore composit ion wi l l become a bri l -l iant white pouder and El ixir , which is the Mult ipl iedTincture for the White.

This must be melted again with f ine D in the V , Ipart with 2 or 3 parts of f ine D , and you wil l againobtain a Vit reous bri t t le mass.

This Vitreous Substance can be mult ipl ied ad inf initum.with this you may make projection on the inferior DtercuricFletals, such as 6 , + , and 6 to transmute them into

i\the f j .nest O

PROCESSWTTH THE WHITE A TO MAKE THE RED II{EDICINE THEREOF.ft is yet warm, imbibe it 2 oriI it is become a soft and

Somewhatdark mass, then Shut the Glass and digest, dur ingthe f i rst 30 days the dark Colour wi l l d isappear, cont inue

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the digest ion, and dur ing the Second 3C days the masswi l l become green and of Various Colours, af terwards yel lowand i f you cont inue the Digest ion i t wi l l become at last adeep Red pouder. /z A rubrum:, / This red pouder is the?Red A of the Phi losophers.?Take the above red A I part and 2 or 3 parts of pure.i

O, melt i t together, ES you did before when you meltedthe whit" A with fine O ; and you wil l obtain a Vit-?- 'r ious mass, which reduce to a Subt i l O

phic in the Same manner as youe Tincture; digest and f ix i tagain; this rnust be repeated Several t imes' imbibing theMedicine, digest ing and f ixing i t ; and you wil l accompl ishthe Red Stone for metals.

OF PROJECTION WITH THE RED STONE.

Take 3, 4 or 5 parts of f ine O /z the quant i ty "fOdepends upon the power of the augrmented or mult ipl ied!{edicinez/Let i t f low in a new clean I and project I partof your mult ipl ied medicine, let them melt and unite wel ltogether unt i l you have obtained a deep red, bri t t le, opake,Vit reous mass; which when cold, beat to pouder.

I{i th this red Very pouderous pouder you can make projection>{on (J and al l other inferior metals.+

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The power or Virtue of the ltedicine depends upon themurt ipr icat ion, conseguent ly how many hundred or thousandparts I part t inges, must be found out be a few Experiments;

If the t ransmuted Metal is br i t t le, you must add moremetal , unt i l i t becomes mal leable; and i f the whole quant i tyof metal is not transmuted, i t is a Sign that you have nottaken enough of the medicine.

MULTIPLICATION

Concerning the t{ul t ipl icat ion of the medicine, I wi l l onlyadd, that the mult ipl icat ion is nothing more than a Repet-i t ion of the Work.

I take of the lledicine either white or Red I part and 2parts f ine D "r f ine O , and melt i t wel l together inaV

Then r 55i te the pouder with p Sophic, dissolve i t ina gent le digest ion and f ix i t ; and in a Short t ime theLabour is accompl ished, and the Tincture is mult ipl ied inVirtue and quant i ty; Whereof Several authors, principal lyIrairaeus Phi laletha and drEspagnet have wri t ten very candid ly,yet with Some Dist inct ion.

OF THE SOPHIC

The Stone of the Phi losophers is nothing more than a Subt i l isedexalted and Seminal O , therefore We need an agent or pene-trat ing powerful pr inciple capable to ef fect such a Subt i l isa-

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t ion and Exal tat ion; a l l the Phi losophers require thispr incipal ly I

.t:t" agent in our process is H , the common unningO, yet th is I must undergo a previous preparat ion.+?Such as are displeased with the Simpl ici ty of Nature, wi l lnot be sat isf ied with this our Doctr ine; But we leavefools to their own Conceit and fol low Naturers Simpl ici ty.

rrtainly not the .o.ton (is truly the phi lo"opn*"r

)sophers; Because by aningenious art i t is prepared with a deal of Trouble andpat iencer ers Well as the Phi losophers O r or the phi lo-sophers So1, So named, because i t is also prepared by thePhi losopher, al though from natural Subjects.

Supernatural phantast ical people, who require everything to be Wonderful and unreasonable wi l l not be pleasedwith my Simpl ici ty: for Such I wri te not!

ouR !{ETHODTO PREPARE HE SOPHTC AND FrRST THE.A 6 O srerr,arus.Take thin Iron plate in Smal l Bi t ts or a thinly beat orlaminated Iron Barr, Iet i t glow of a Vfhi te Heat. / : Iwould take a thin Steel Barr or Steel rod, as Stee1 is al i t t le more pure than Tronr/

Set a roomy V in your wind furnace: put therein a much+.Agood (J as you l ike, about \ ful I , and let i t f low thin:hold the glowing iron or Steel Rod into the 6 , and the

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+melted O hri l l d issolve as much of the Steel as theant imoniar + can overpower. / t r wourd take a thin steelbarr or steer rod as steel is a l i t t te more pure than ironz/

The pure regul ine part of tn" Q with the centralSolar pr inciple of

Qft. r" here Separated from the coarse+adustible external Sulphurs dt O and Cf , dnd thus the

pure part is precipi tated to the bottom of t t re I and iscal led Regulus, whi lst the coarse part or Scoria remainsat the Top, being less ponderous and more volati le. Whencold, beat theQ from the Scoria with a blow of thehammer. / : The Rat io=male of the operat ionz/ Oo not throwaway this f i rst Scoria, which is black, but preserve themfor future use, whereof I shal l t reat in the Chapter of d

PURTFTCATTONF THEaTake \ a Ib: of your O! r Do more, beat i t to a coarse d ,let i t mel t in a clean new V r ES soon as i t is mel tedproject f inely ground (D , made hot, on the f lowing 6 ,+so as to cover the O ent irely, ra ise yoor A Suff icient lythat the (D may f low thinly over the U

Let them melt together \ of an hour, and then pour itout , whi lst you raise a great heat, into your Cone, wel lheated and oi led. This t ime yourTQ wil l be purer than

When i t is cold, beat *".21 from the Scoria; theefore.Scoria put by.

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Beat your 4! again to a coarse pouder and mert it twicemore, each t ime project ing a l i t t le heated (D in f ine

JrCf , ds you did before, and your 4! uLIL be pure enoughand f inely stel lated.

Some look upon this Star as a remarkable Sign of pur i ty,but they are mistaken; i f you melt i t wel l and pour i t outexceedingly hot, whi lst i t f lows very thin l ike p , boi l -ing hard in the V , you wil l af ter the f i rst Rect i f icat ion,always obtain a stel lated A,

Some want to attribute the Star to the weather, but theyare bl ind. Let the weather be how i t wi l l r only proceedright, and you wil l always have a Starry 4ll

/ z I have made the SteLLate zQl above 30 times in Mary Iebone and never missed, yet I would advise to melt , i f possibleon a Serene day, as t f t " A burns clearer, when the A ispure.

The production of the Star is mechanical and dependsupon the Subject f lowing very thin and pouring it outquickly, whi lst you raise an intense heat by the blast for4 or 5 minutes, and the moment you have poured it into theheated oi led Cone, you beat a few gent le blows with an i ronRod or Chizle round the brim of the Cone, this causes an un-dulated motion which causes the Star. Stahl has alsoobserved this before me:/

FURTHER Nrr'lArroN OF THE2l wrrH FrNE OTake of your lasr purLf ied,/ , beat to d , , J ^" T"nagain, i .e . 4) f ine D ,,contdin ing neither 6 ,ror $ ,for certain Reasons.

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Mert rhe D first r then add rhe hear"d Q in d ,soon as they are rnelted and unitedr pour the mixture outa clean heated i ron Cone, whi lst i t is yet warm, beat i ta hot iron mortar to a coarse d

asinin

Arq\LGAt{l\Tro}r oF THE LUNAR l W:ll]n puRrFrED RLNNTNG6+Take the above poudered f,unar fl and put it in a warmedSmooth iron mortar, add 4 times as much purified I ,which puri f icat ion shal l be taught hereafter, 4 t imes asmuch as the D did weigh, which you added to theQ ,when you melted them together; but this U must not be?added al l a t once, but by smal l quant i t ies only, about Iat a t ime and no more.

Grind quickly $rith a Swift regular motion and the mixturewil l become an eee.

Note that i t must be ground di l igent ly for a considerablet ime.

I advise you to have a grinding machine made and to haveyour iron mortar turned out Smooth in the inside, and thepest le pol ished.

In Such a Machine, the Labour is easy, and the Effect isinf ini tely greater, and the int imate union is obtained inmuch less t ime, than if you VIas obliged to labour and turnwith your pestle. Whosoever cannot afford Such a machine,which need not to cost a great Sum, must content himself tomove round the pestle with his hand like Herculas.

For that Reason Some Philosophers, having had no Concept-ion of a Grinding Engine have cal led this preparat ion of the

() an Herculean Labour.+-25-

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ENGTNEoR AMALGA'ATTNGuRrFrEDH girrn rHE LuNA A 6 CfSTELI,ATUS.

The mortarthe Insideturned off

must be made ofand pol ished.on the outside.

Cast i ronThe pest le

be turnedmust be

and mustthe Same

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This Labour of amalgamation, whether it is done with theEngine or with the hand onry in a mortar, must be continueda good whi le, and the EEE nust af ter that, be washed soIong, unt i l i t y ie lds no more blackness, but appears asbright as a Looking glass.

DrsrrLr,ArroN F rHE fjrhen put your brisht aee ,."." . "-.; r:"" n, prace this' / \in a." . i ' . pot, over a charcoar A : adapt a Receiver harffu l l of V , and dist i l r : Xhe running Y over into the coldV , and vour (D from rhe runar/l wilr remain behind intn"1fu . These are the dead Doves of Diana. Thus your6 has been dist i l led once, which dist i l rat ion is the+Phi losophers Subl imat ion; because the Solar VoIat i I Ftercurial

f D, amel iorate here theyou must wash again.

The black pouder which you wash away from the U r toua?must put by and save. As soon as the blackness is sett led,pour the p off careful ly, an(

Weigh your O which remainragain with half i ts own Weightand it wi l l be a bri t t le mass,this with your dried p , you have dist i l led over, ei ther

per-andPut

in the Engine or by hand Labour, gr inding unt i l i t isfect ly uni ted: dist i l the XV over as You did before,wash the p perfect ly br ight, the black dust save andwith the f i rst , and dry your U?

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The D which remain behind in the form of a Calx meltagain with half i ts own weight of ne* 4 , pouder it andEEEte in the Engine With your dist i l led washed and dried

(_) r its before, and this operation must be repeated+10 t imes in al r , then is an" S prepared and animated, andis now become the genuine fJTof the ptr i losophers . /zTheYten Eaglesi /ULTTMATERECTTFTCATTON F THE SOPHTC u pER SE.a?Take now your Sophic U prepared by lO Eagles or phi loso-?phical Subl imat ions /z dist i l lat ionsz/ put.- t in a Smal lg lass A, which bury in the . ' l : " . , and dist i l your Sophic

() over into a Receiver half ful l o f V , wash your+and dry i t in the Sun or on a gent le heat .This should be done 2 or 3 t imes but no nore as this

HI leaves at every Rect i f icat ion a Small port ion of Sub-?t i I O behind,wherewith i t is animated.

Observe that the Mouth of *" 1fu must reach very nearto the V in the Receiver, the Vessels must not be 1uted,or aII would break. When you have washed and dried yourrect i f ied Sophic P , and f ind i t as bright as pol ishedor burnished D , i t is then wel l prepared.

This Sophic p is nothing else but unripe O , who-soever denies this, is no Phi losopher. N.B.: I f you chuse,by way of Experiment, to cont inue dist i l l ing this Sophic

9 over AV F , you wil l f ind that i t leaves behind, rt+'every dist i l lat ion, a Smal l proport ion of a beaut i ful red

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r f you then increase your A , af ter the Sophic b isall come over, so as to make tr,.; l l ] ' . glowing at trre uJtom,this red Luna f ixa wi l l mel t in tn" @, and proves to be

^4,the finest (1) . This only by way of Curiosity to Show youJwhat this red O is! butI f you cont inue this Experiment>{(-) over per se, 30 or 40 t imes,

enlirety to . r"a t' , but not toheat, you do then by Such Repeatedfix your sophic p into rea Q

such O is infinitely more valuable than commonO ,because it is Seminal and the nearest and immediate !{atter

of dist i l l ing the Sophicin order to reduce it-Tmelt that O by glowing

Dist i l lat ions gradual ly

of the Stone, whereof, as I renaeus Phi laletha test i f ies' thegreat Rx. can be made in 5 months t i rne, whi lst 18 monthsor more are required, Lf you work with conmon O

Although we have yet another stay to extract the Sophic.that is our O out of the Sophic p

I sha1I speak hereafter.*(PageD you rnadeuse of in preparing the sophic E ,i .e. melt wi th Borax.

no O , dt least no corporeal O , separate ornow by \Z , and a O g) wirr farl; calculateis Worth the Trouble and expense for a part icular:e n t,,"Zn6 dstel : in i ts own nature Volat i l , joined with the t inging powert" 6 , takes a body out of the O , and enriches the Dwith grains of corporeal O

in a Shorter t ime,3r ) .hereofThe

reduceBefore you melted it with the ,Zl 6 d it contained

dissolve i twhether i tLabour this

Ftfal l ing down out of the \F ,

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in the form of a black V , which when melted with boraxproves to be O of 24 carat. This is an absolute Fact, butonly pays for an" S and Char coalz

xPURIFICATION OF COMMON UNNTNG9 FOR THIS OPERATION.?The p we use is commonluid p , but it must be pure.The best method is to buy wnoLell ". !| in pieces, sup-pose 1 Ib, i f you buy it in pouder as Vermil ion, i t isadulterated with red 4 ,U 6 d , tb. erind each sep-arate and mix the two powders in the mortar; grind the mixtureunti l the pouder is inpalpabte.

Put the pouder into a lA, apply a Receiver f i l led withV r so that the V is nearly ro the mouth of tn" i@ ,

do not lute the joinings. Dist i l now by a graduated heatand the running P wil l come over and drop into the VThe "o*ott $ contained in the ,, is by means of the

6 , which remains behind-a7 lin

The f luid t ned this way, must be ground with cleanand pure rro"r"l I , untir p disappears and is becomea Subt i l b lack s is soon done in the grinding Engine;

Then Sublime your black d ,rrao 4 . From this1 part ^n-aA 6 d- , ^ n^t{irstir asain the fluidxactly as you did before, and this Labour must be done

3 or 4 t imes, and you wil l obtain a beaut i ful puri f ie 'X .Y,which wi l l be sooner perfected by the succeeding animat ion,than any other H not purif ied in the manner directed.

regenerated into conmon crude*" 14.

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inor

The rtheIron.

egenerated#is

A PROCESS O OBTAIN THE SOPHIC O i.E.X){TFIE PREPARED9, , I .E. U SOPHTC, BY A?, i

I

Take Hungarian Nat iv" @1 2 Ib, dissolve i t cteanV ; i fthere are faeces, you must f i l ter i t . In the clear solut ionput 4 ounces of clean Steel Fi l ings and L Ib animated or

){Sophic U ; boi l the mixture in a G1ass body, placed in ar' ?. ' . ' . ' . heat, and the Q which is praedominant in theYhungaria" @1 wi l l be EEEtea, dur ing this boi l ing, wi th theSophic 5 ./z The process in our mscs wi thout name or datewhich t"l.r,es to melt *"f l 6 Cf with @ is better thanthis, easier and quickerz/ (/z (E verdigreece, male andfemale : / )

Wash the above EEE and dry it again. Set it in Digestionin a globe glass, in a gent le Heat and let i t stand 4 Weeks,and it wil l become as black as a CoaI. Take it out and washthe black powder from i t ; put i t - in Digest ion as before. andyou wil l again obtain a black d ; this Ufacr d is theY which when the d was coagulated into O , mixed it-

Y-tself therewith. This Uf."tY is by many cal led Sulphur;although impr operly, as nothing Sulphureous can therein bedemonstrated, yt we wi l l cal l i t So With others, that we mayunderstand each other.

This V or so cal lea $ or I the animated or sophic,r{I separates by Simple digest ion from the mercurial?principle of the OY

d proceedins rom tne& and the +good to make again i f you add Steel

ouR O,ouroFCOII{PENDIOUSWAY.

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The above Operation must be continued, unti l no more blacknr{t ) appears on the superf icies; then dist ir vour p pr'green on the Superf icies.

ttIn this O is contained Aurum or+occul t chymistry cal led Soptr ic OIf you good men are become ever so fortunate as to possess

\ an ounce of tfris S , you have reason to thank God, as it?is the true and nearest matter of our Stone, i t being theDouble Sophic 5 r To obtain t an ounce of this U duptexYYneed not to cost Such a deal of Trouble to a di l igent Operator.

rHrs soPHrco .4 .A.u "* v Is SEPARATEDROI{ HETHE FOLLOWING UANIJER. DUPLEXTake Very fine Copelled D , which contains no O , EEEteit with your sonfric p duplexr or fermentea p ,make a thinEEE of i t , and Set i t in digest ion, and in 24 hours t ime youraae wil l throw out a black d

Wash his Cf from ttre aeE, dry each Separately anddigest again, and you wil l again obtain the same quant i ty ofblack d.

This black d t= the f inest O ,r. , an open di f fusiveSeminal Q i Lf you would melt i t , you would only obtainVery f ine O , but that must not be done r ds trre A offusion locks it up again, and its Central povrer now turnedoutwards would, by melt ing, be again turned inwards!

You must glow it under a Smal l clean muff le, in a gent lenquiet ZJ , and you wil l soon obtain a most Subt i l beaut i ful

A, and you obtain a wonderful Mercury, which appears

, extremely tender and del icate.

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vrRruE FrHrsv oF oThis unites quickly with animthe most gent le Digest ion ovepenetrates this opened O per minima and central ly andradicalry, so that by digest ion alone the stone may nowbe made thereof in a very few months t ime. / : see rrenaeusPhi laletha Open Entrance p. 77.2/

sEcoNDSECTTONF owe have faithful ly communicated how O may be exalted andmade useful that is t inging by the via sicca in the part ic-ular and universar way, which an intel l igent operator wi l lreceive thankful ly and wil l f ind that we have not told himFab1es and Impossibi l i t ies, but the plain and honest truth,which by prudent assidui ty and not very laborious appl ica-t ion may with the blessing of God by easi ly accompl ished.Now r wi l l teach you how O can be opened and exaltedvia humida, which is a process denied and contradicted bymany, but r am certain that such a contradict ion is notfounded in Experience.

True it is, that the Ancient phitosophers have not Knowncorrosive solvents, and those that fol lowed them in metarl icLabours in via sicca, have adopted the U as the onlyttmetal l ic solvent and berieved no other, contradict ing everyother method, and more So, they Saw, that some who workednot with p , fai led and missed their Aim; but that doesnot prove the rmpossibi l i ty of success by corrosives; nor

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does it from thence follow that one man or some men can knowevery thing, and that what they are ignorant of or deny Shouldbe absolutely false; but the Truth is that we ought to Saywith a certain Wise Man:

Heu quantum est quod nescimus !O how many Things are there, which we do not know!

Therefore let no man be persuaded to abstain from metal-I icLabours in Via humida, but act with prudence, and aim atnothing else but at a Subt i l isat ion and Exaltat ion of theMetaIs, and remember that al though the corrosive Solventsare not of a metal l ic nature and have no essent ial Ingressin the Central l l t ixture of l tetals, yet they can be used asInstruments and a Medium, which after they have served theOperatorr lndy be very Soon Separated from the Metall icHomogeneity, which must be done. / : Paracelsus and Hol landusworked constant ly with Corrosives, So does Basi l ius andothers: , /

PROCESSWrrH o rN VrA HUMTDATake very pure O , make i t into a Subt i l Calxr Els fo l lows:

Take I^.- , which has been made byf and (D , sublime:aught in the Chapter of U+tk i t in pieces, the Size of

a hazle nut, put these pieces into a glass aO with a wideneckr put upon it the fol lowing mixture.

Take of your prr" O \ an t , z inc- - ' z/ :krrJ ,melrthis together in a V , and pour i t out in a f lat heated

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I 'adle. Pour Lnto one or. Several.l{atrasges with long necks,covered wlth easy woodenStoppers.

A NOTE

The lndolent man wlll experlence no success with thisseparatlon. He wirl wonder at thls experiment and sow doubtin his own llind. But, the Slncere student desiring to See theResult with hls own eyes wiII wonder at the Truth hereinrevealed!

THE SEPARATTONIID SUBTTIJIZATION

Set the Matrasses in a gentle heat /: Such as horsedungz/ Ln digestlon, and a natdral separation will occur.

As the clear transparent Liguor floats to the Surfaceln sufficLent gr.rantlty, drain Lt lnto a strong glassreceiver.

Pour the content,s out of the receiver Lnto a doubleretort. Add the Faeces. Prepare the whole for separation bySubtllLzatLon. '

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This requires a strong and wel l regulated heat; i f youwork right , the whole quant i ty of O ascends in Subt i lFlowers into the neck of the double @. But thegoes over f i rst wi th the Zinck as a butyrun.

tf ine Cf , mix with Ipreviously reduced to

a'aaaabury in , ' i . ' . , in the . '.1'.then gradual ly increase

You may take A 6Cf ,r , the room of zinck, in thefol lowing manner:

suBrrlrsArroNoF O BYQ 6 Cf a*o f--Take 1 part of Very pure O in Smal l Bi t ts, melt i t , wi th3 parts of very pure 4 6d ,afrer i t is rnet ted Iet i tgrow co1d.

Reduce the bri t t le mass toJfrrpart of this Ct 3 parts IA-

and then mixed.Put i t in a cIassl@,which

pot, and dist i l f i rst gent ly,' your A , untj-l tne L ana Q has separated itself

from the O , and increasing gradually your A , theO will ascend like flowers, and, a butyrum comes over

into the Receiver, from an.I= anda . This butyrumcomes f irst. Part of the Q hangs in the neck and parton the Sides of the belly and a Small quantity remai.nsin the bottom of *" 1D

Take the f lowers of O out careful ly, which are aSubt i l ised opened CaIx of O

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oPERATIONWrTH THE ABOVECAI,X OF o IN VrA HUI{rDA TOSUBTILISE IT STILL FURTHERAI{D DISTIL IT OVERAS ATi[

,1o"o PER tEMBrcuM,R Src .Take your Subt i l ised Calx of O , put i t in a glass witha long neck, and pour our f i rst Menstruum upon i t , so asto cover i t , set i t in a gent le heat over a Lamp to di-gest and let i t dissolve of the O as much as i t can.

When you find that i t dissolves no more, decant verygent ly and careful ly the clear Q coloured Solut ion intoa glass dist i l l ing body, perfect ly clean and dry. / t f tdissolves with a gent le Ebul l i t ion and bubbl ing: , /

Pour new menstruum on the remaining O and digest asbefore; decant again the t inged Liquor careful ly, and pouri t to the former Solut ion.

t {hen al l the Calx of O is dissolved, take al l theSolut ions together and put them into your glass dist i l l ingbody or into a glass F

If you use a body, lute an alembic over the body, whichplace on a balm: Vaporis, and adapt a roomy Receiver.

Then dist i l the Menstruum over, unti l the dissolved !pof O remains behind l ike f luid honey. Pour as much freshmenstruum upon the O as you have dist i l led from it, anddist i l i t over again on your Vapour Bathr unti l theappearance of O is rike honey.

This dist i l lat ion, every t ime with nerir menstruum, mustbe rei terated for a whole month, once a day; Then placeyour Vessel in " . ' l l i . heat, increasing your heat gradual ly,

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and you wil t see a part of your dissolved O go over l ikea thick deep O coloured Liquor or OiI , but the greatestpart wi l l Subl ime into very tender Flowers.

These f lowers you must dissolve with new menstruum, dis-t i l the menstruum from it in B: Vap: and then placing theVessel in the . ' . : . ' . , you wi l l get more of the O colouredOil over; and in this manner you must proceed, unti l everygrain of your dissolved O is come over in the form of a

t coloured thickish oi l . You must a Suff icient quant i tyof Menstruum ready for this purpose.

As soon as al l your O has thus been volat i l ised in ViaHumida, you then rect i fy i t 3 t imes per Se out of a Smal lgtasslfr i

FURTHERPROCEDURE ITH THE O OILAND I{EDICINAI,

TOo OBTAIN A TRUE POTABLEPut your volat i l ised O 8" into a Small Glass Bodyr pourgenuine Well rect i f ied S. v. upon it gradual ly and care-ful ly, a l i t t le only each t ime, let i t stand unt i l theEbul l i t ion ceases, and then pour on it a l i t t le more,proceeding thus gradual ly, unt i l you f ind that your O &is perfect ly dissolved in your S. V.

Whilst you do this you nust t ie some writ ing paper overyour body.

Now lute an alembic on your Body and place it on aBaIn: Vap: over the Lamp or a gent le charcoal A , anddist i l about 3/4 of the s. V. f rom the O into an adaptedReceiver.

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Pour new S. V., as much as you dist i l led ofr on the Odigest i t 24 hours in a most gent le warmth, then in Baln:Vap: dist i l the S. V. f rom i t again.

This process must be repeated with new S. V., digest ingand dist i l l ing of each t ime, unt i l the S. v. has carr iedover the Corrosive Spir i ts, which remained with the Ofrom its f i rst Solut ion; Therefore when you f ind, af ter5 or 5 dist i l lat ions, that the S. V. comes over of apleasant Taste f ree from Corrosiveness, then your Labouris done; dist i l then the Spir i t of Wine of unt i l your OIt ledicine remains behind l ike honey, of a Very deep Colour.

ITS USE.This dissolves in every Liquor, and wel l deserves to becal led a Genuine Aurum potabi le, and is as VoIat i I as U

+I t uni tes imnnediately With our Blood and Fluids, and asi t remains unaltered i t can by Circulat ing with the bloodinvigorate us, and enable nature to remove every Disorder.f bel ieve i t to be one of the highest l ledicines in Nature,af ter the Phi losophic Stone; yet i t is not the most uni-versal I ' tedicine, but is nearest related to the MineralKingdom.

A PARTICUI,AR LABOUR WITH THIS O FOR METALS.After your O has been subl imed into f lowers, and thosef lowers have been dist i l led over pT 1@AV the help of our

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corrosive Menstruum, you must pour that Solut ion into aIarge quant i ty of d ist i l led V , nain [ , and drop intottre ! 12 times in weight of animated or Sophic q tot part of O used in the beginning.--For this operat ionyou must take a large glass matrass, wi th a narrow mouth.

In this glass body you pour the dissolved O , with theanimated or Sophic O, shut the opening with your thumb,?>{and Shake the glass a good while, and the animated I wi l lattract all the O and become an aee, in the V

To know after a good whi le Shaking, whether there remainsOinrheV , pour a l i t t le of this ! into a clean

intoanyWinethethe

glass, and drop a few drops of -Jr-glass, i f this p becomes red, i t isO is not yet dEEted with the Sophic

a Sign, that aI IxI , thereforetyou must Shake your gtass unt i l there remains no more Oin the !

Then pour the V carefully frorn your aae, into anotherbody, and pour fresh dist : Rain p upon your eea, shake i tagain as before, and pour it of to the former; repeat this2 or 3 t imes, then dry your ae;, and examine al l your Vt 'by the -4L of Q)(

Tf there remains any O in the Vt "Xanirnated (') wil l attract i t , which put?eaa.PARTICULAR PR.OCESS

Take your 5-aE washed clean andglobe of Such a Capacity, thatremain empty.

l i t t1e morethen to the former

hITTHTHE A.A.A.dried, put i t in a digest inghalf the globe or more may

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Set i t in a , ' . ' . ' . heat, cover the Glass rdi th paper unt i lal l humidi ty is evaporated, then put in the glass Stopper.

Keep it in a gent le heat one month d and f , i t wi l lpass through Various Colours and become a red d

The last I d ana f , af ter one month is elapsed,give a very Strong heat, So that i t may f low or at leastbecome f i rmly united.

Break the globe to get i t out and reduce the nass withyou wil l f ind your animated U fixed.fndorax in the V ,

into f ine OIf you have used

animated p r lrouLJorgorO

wil l now f ind nearlyand L2, tJ 2orof pure

UTIIVERSAL PROCESSWITH THE SAII,TE.Think about this and consider whether i t might not be possibleto increase this power into a high t inging medicinelThe f ixed t ' "or," ist ing of Volat i l ised O and Sophic

O is truly a Seminal O , whose central t inging power isfturned outwards, or else i t could not have f ixed your Soph:x,I in one month t ime, therefore consider in your mind

whether this Seminal Q might not be increased in i tst inging power by repeated Subt i l isat ions?

I would proceed thus:Take of your f ixed powder, in the room of reducing the

Whote quantity to common lltult ipl ied or new generated O ,L Z , dissolve this in our corrosive menstruum and volat-/i l ise i t by frequent dist i l lat j .ons, unt i l i t goes al l over

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into tlre Reeirrer, exactly in the Sare rrranneras ]rcu treated t}le flcnersof sude O , thrrs rrolatilised ard t}re Corrcsir,e taken fnn it by rece:S. V. and evatrnrated to drlmess; qrbine this rrolatilised Q *itft mft

a Volatised Q ""you prepared rrith

of volatilO *, tr"""a.a O , as has been taught before.

Ittix ard put it into a digesting clobe, d.ige-st with a grentle heatard fix it graduaUy. It will be firistted in a Shorter tirre! It isan Infant hfrich nay b onducted to nanM. Cqrsider of it arrl 1louwill not be Sorry for it.

crJRcoRffiwE MBISIHLTIJMRv ['HmErN VsEDTSSOLVEilrD ruLNfrrJSEI IEO

rake Q[, (D ard Calcined lrlr.unG 5 ]b, i.e. 15 lb togetter, tubteach lngred: to a fine Cf , tlen rnix thgn rtell in the rrDft.ar.F\rther take Flints 15 or 16 lb pnevior:s1y calcined and extinguished

' h Cold \/ r-rreil they beore bnittle; redue ttsn into a porder likeneaI, mix ttris d , whereof ]lou m.rst harre 15 Ib, grdually andexactly with the above Ingredients.

Ttris nust be distilled out of a Stone tubulated .4, in the7-rllanner as follcnps:

IIS DESTILI}|IIICAI

Take a good large V ,A , vitlich fix irr a bnick furnae, so thatthe f1are, by the Draught of tle A and * , nEry be able to circrrlatermder and all arormd tle /n, so Ers to bring it gradrrally to a RedHeat.

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wt:rlnyoDTA is thus disposed in tln furnace, So as to reeirretle bare Flafle, adapt a large tuhrlated Reeiver; arrl lute the joiningsrdtJr Limen ard paste. It tle luting get perfectly dry. the lightlrour A arxl ineease it gradually, r.ntil fiEA is of a red heat atthe bottcrn and sides, but not where it reaches above or out of the fur-na.

f*ren 1ou harrc &tained this, Iteep yurA "". t{ow take your pouderedif tlrcre is anyngredients dried tlorcugttly arrt heated in a basqt,hunidity in thsn or if tley are rnt !G11 heated, fiE /@ flies in athousard piees.

Take a Snall i19n T^adl' wdrltEd, aryl project half a Tadls fi:ll orat nost / t of tlre heated Ingredients througfir a tin fr:nneI, into/the tubutftal@ , put in tlE stone stopper inrediately ard a pieeof Warm Soft Clay/: Wirdsor Loan:/on the lbP of ttre Stopper.

A.s Son as this snall OnnLity of tlre mi:rture is thrcn*n into theA, the O nelts arrt fulmina'tes with th" eX , but the calcined

Q ana tie calcined Flint d nt ".rs ttris fr-rlren in a great lleasiure,otfe:rrrise it @rild rpt be dste at all.As smn as tlre ,h t= StcnBed fhite F\rres @nE o\ter, which fill ther -

Reeirrer inned.iateLy/z ltre Receiver m:st be very large and hatn a tulceard Stryer in the BeIIy; In tlis Ttrbe 1ou nay 1rrt a Oork, vrith agoose qui[ or snall glass tube passed throrgh the 6rk, that 1ou mayhave it in your pcrrErTto let out scne of the,6lastic A ccrrtainea intfr" @ , to prevent t}re ballqr frcrn bursting, whictt corcsive valpursIbuld Suffocate tlre Operator; it is a dangenor:s rrrpleasant Qperation!:,//: It rmrld be still Safer to jojn 2 ballqrs one into the o'ther ard Sohave a vent hole in the Stopper of the Seqtd hceiver://z rt is tlre Q)( that car:se" tl," O to do misctrief :,/

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IGep lour A 't,ery steady, do rpt insease it, and hrait rur wrtil theReeiver on Reeirrcrs gr*r clear again ard tre nlrras are settled./zT,le Receirrers rust be Kept ol, wittr a rtrreI diFped in cord V z/row project, again the sana snall quantity, half a srEll iron ra/ile fulr,arrl do as before. In this nranrer llou rnrst ontinue rntil the vfroleguantity is distilled, wtlictr is a lurg, tedious arrt dangemrs @ration.rn my c^,m\d firrnae it can be dore without danger; ntrereof r harrcgiven l@u a draught.

,/: N.B: t}is draught is rpt in l.ly Frrrkz/!{hen 1ou have t}nrs obtained t}E Spirits, and after ttny have Settl-ed

in tlre Ballqr, or Receiver, rmlute your vessers carefurry.ltren pour your !f, into a large rocmy Glass.

FTJRILERUEDnRts WrtH rfiS vz9{eigh I lb of yor![ and gnrlr it into a rarge grass Bodlz, drop intoit, a little at a tine, 2 ,- Buqn:umrade f U6 6 atd +-- i?' it causes a great Efferrresene, wtlich nrakes the glass rriery hot 41d ruldbreak tlre Glass if the 2 1- of hrt: t{ere lurred into tte VZ alr at?on.

rtlerefore eveqr tfue pu porr in a staIl Erantity 1ou nust hrait,urtil tlre Effenrcscene tras ceased, arral So you rnaydo it Safely.

ftre W bsres as red as blmd by the rniqr wittr t}re h$r/run.ltten thqf are wtited and the Conflict has sr.rbsided, trnur the mixture

into a rannlz tr:bdlated 1@"t Glass, htrich place in a ..:+. heat, arrlwitJl gentl" A distil tlre nrenstnnsr over into a CaSncio:s Reeiver,luted cn.

Itre nenstnn-rn cnEs orrer clear like ! , ard Orange coloured faeces,proeeding t rr Ae Q , rernain berrini in AE /O .

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Rectify tlte ltEstnx.ln once or trrie, YP arxt genLle heat, untiltlpre rsTnin no Faeces befrird.If 1rcuperceirre phfegna in it, ]lou nust distit ttre ptrlegna frun it

d alsrbicrm over a Baln: Vaporis; the phleEna bejng li*rter tlran t}re-.st- , forsakes theJl- ard conEs over first.

Tttis is our Corrosive lbnstnlm to dissotrre tlre flcrrcrs of O ,ard to volatilise then, and distil tnrn "t"t f.@./: ltris Solvent Was nrrented arrl described bryBasilir:s Valentinr,rsh the 14th Oentury:r/

,/:I think this Sare l&nstnnun rnight be rnade in a ructr nore SafewEry. I rrculd take all the Ingred: except the e)( and distil my-rl- of O in t}re r:sual way. ltren dissoLve/z c'Ld;/ gradually, bylittle and little mye|( in tlre.-sr-"f (D ; Ihen rectify tfti"V?wrtil tfiere rerrnill ro faeces; tlren unite to I lb of t}is.-s- 2of butyn-un as tlrc author teaches, rectify 2 or 3 tines my orbined

-Jt- ant dephlegrnate it if necessary, and I should obtain tlre saneorrcsive ltbnstrrun, with infinitely less tr:or:ble and danger, andin a Shorter tine S. B.z/

ltre fonegoing proess to subtilise and erlt Q itt Via hunidasen/es for all others of this kind. tilevertheless I wiI1 teactr 1ouanotter nenstn:un wtridr is rpt inferior to tle Circrrlation nnjor ofParacelsus rpr to the Afcahest of Van He1nurt. I call it:

OURMENSTRUUI'IORROSIVUl'lPECIFICUI'IoRC RCUI-ATUI'IORALCAHEST-45-

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@, carcired.

ITake calcined arxr er*jrrgrdshed /brittre/ Flints reduced to d' s :.tt

th"V;t into a good large glass Bottle, stopped wittr a glass stopper.

arrl pour clean ! upcr tlsn ard boil t]te e out of ttrsn. this nustbe pne in a St:ong glazed V1! Vessel.

Filter the Lye ard erralnrate in a Glazed pan,qr the Superficies, then trnur it sr flat glazed

Ucnvake all your @ o,rt of the Retorts, reduce ttrern to d

until

Set ttrgn in a Cold place, utrd th" e will Sh@t 5nto cystals.vB a Skin ap[EErrsri i sheS, and

Take 4lbAluncalcined.. .2lb

. 3lb@nrT[rne.. l lb

t t-tc101 b

porder eactr rngred: separatery, then nix irr tlre Store rDrtar.

oeexant mix with the above rngrredients, rur 1ou have 16t pormds.

Divide it in 3 or 4 parts, arrl p:t eactr gr:antity i51to a 1pll bakedVOP , fixed in a Ftrrnace; there is not so nuctr danger in

t}ris process as in ttre forner, as trre @ is so nuctr ueakened bv theother Ingredients.

Girrc first a csrt1. A ard increase it to a strong heat graduarry,tmtil all tne Spirits vrhich ccrlE over in Vapours, are driven into tleReceiver, Ythich nnrst be large arui lutcd to the n as before directed.

You IGep up )rourA rmtil all the-o-t are GnE over, hrt as sonas tle Receirrer is clear, and the:r-t.are settred, ret the A goout.

!{hen the.-n-fare yell settred, take the Receiver amy and por:r

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Pour the Liquor off and dry the e Crystals. Weigh themand add as much+= , and Flowers or Sublimea O)f ; the mean-ing is to take 4 L of each; pound and mix these 3 Things with/great Carer ds the Dust is dangerous if breathed into theLungs, dissolve this mixed pouders in your formerJl- orW ; this done you must add gradually and cautiously 8of well rectif ied Butyrum madeof Ul 6 Cf "rraEobserve what we Said before . / zLf you obtain more than 4of f ixed e them you must take dd,z/

Digest over the Lamp, and then put your.JL. in a glassbody, lut ing an alembic over the body, an d into a Receiverto the pipe of the alembic.

Or put the digested-Jt- into a CapaciousrQ and dist i l ,increasing your heat gradually; tn" lfr must stand in " . i . ' l ' .pot , f ixed in a Charcoal furnace.

The --n-S. will come over as red as blood. Pour your -3\--ack on the O , which is the e , and dist i l again;

t inue this Cohobat ion and dist i l lat ion, unt i l al l theis come over with the.-o- , leaving a tasteless f orfaeces behind, which are of no further use.

?

weIlyourtheand

Con-eVv

Dephlegrmate this Jl- in Balneo Vaporis and if you haverect i f ied i t f rom i ts V fV faeces, You have then inpossession a menstruurn which does dissolve and volati l ise

Calces of a l l Metals. I t volat i l ises the Calxes of OD r so that they may be easily reduced into a 0 of+or D . / :Vir tue and use:/

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The calces of the infer ior Metals i t d ivides into al.tercurial and terrestriat partr ES r mean to demonstrate toyou in the Chapter of O?As this Menstruum is frequently mentioned in my Treatisein the Destruct ion and Amelj .orat ion of the Metals, I cal1 i tci rculatum in order when in the sequel r come to ment ion i t ,that you may know I mean this Solvent.

TO PREPARE THE SAIqE MENSTRUT'UBY A SOII{EWIIAT IFFERENT PROCESS.N. B.

Take the before mentioned Ingredients f inely poudered andwel l mixed. Divide the whole quant i ty into 3 equal parts.

Force all the-rul 'out of the first part or quantity.Then pour your dist i l led -c.r- on the Second quantity put intoanotherl@ , and dist i l the-cr- over as before. This Second

-fl- pour on the 3rd quantity of ingredients into ^n"r1@ ,

' and dist i l the--cr-- over the 3rd t imer ds you have done be-fore, every t ime towards the end of the Disti l lat ion increase

A'your Z-\ to a very Strong heat, in order to force all overwhat wi l l go.

Then take your I @go,rt of the Retorts, boil the f ixedO out of them with ! , fi l ter the Lye, evaporate and

let i t shoot into O^AThis tt must be dissolved in the-6- ' dist i l the -sl-

over out of gtass/re placed in .':'.'. , and cohobate theJu- Sooften, dist i l l ing i t over every t ime, unt i l aI I tn" Q ,except a few f, V faeces, is come over with the-:r.-,which is a red Liquor. dephlegmate and rect i fy i t per Se,

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i t g ives Light in the dark, r ike a A " coar, and can becoagulated and f ixed into a Ruby red stone, which uniteswith O in ttre I

OFC'Anonlrmous Phi la le tha has wr i t ten: " f rom the Nor th toward theWest thete js a Hi77, which js one of the Seven and theSecond from the h ighest. fn th js l tounta in the Spir i t jsh idden, which accompTishes our wotk ' !

This is to be understood as fo l lowsthe Seven Mountains are the Seven planets or metal = 6) ( d,-o ,g ,p ,pwest *."rr" .f, , the west is D

the highest , i .e . f rom E

TheCf is

North towards thethe Second from

In another place where he Speaks of the Sophic Flercury,he Says that he is hidden in Ct'

"Eum intel l ige l {ercurium, quem SoI in Dlart io, i .e. inA'FMarte A' , or iens per omnia Mundi i .e. per O i i Loca

Dif fundit . "In conrmon Iron is hidden a most Subti l Spiri tual O ,

not obtainable by Vulgar processes, but by Such as We havealready taught you Where We treated of O and of tine Ql6cf

Here We mean to Say Something further concerning thatphi losophical O . We intend to be as intel l igible aspossible, f i rmly persuaded that Divine Providence directsi ts Success.

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-+-4fl (ANF sr scoRIAE PRIIIIAE.t vr\J !rake Cf tn smarr nai ls or Fi l ings I part, good 6 2 parts,melt them together as you know, then a.f.r. ! and e EE,reduce them to fine t ' "r,a r i* rhe d", project by degreessomeof your d", previously heated, on the melted f .r,a

Subject , you project abouter that i t may f low the better

and that a proper Separation of the Scoria may take place.Let i t cool- Beat *" Ql from the Scoria.

USE OF THESE SCORIAEtBeat the Scoriae to Clt i" an iron mortar and weigh them.

/z i f you let them attract theA in dry weather they becomer ,a black dry Cf in 2 or 3 6 t imes z/gr ind with theseScoriae an equal Weight of g* , gr ind i t wi th a deal ofCare, put the mixture in a wide mouthed glass Body, whichlute all over the bottom to enable the qlass to rdithstandStrong heat

Then place the body in a .". ' l ' . Capel, in a Charcoal Fur-nace, give gradual ly and at last a Strong heat, So that theScoriae andQ)( may melt together in the glass body, whichyou cover with a thin piece of TiIe or a V Lii l .

During this f usion of the mixture, the @)( ascends abovethe Scoria and forms a white crust , and this is cal led Sub-

from the Scoria.imins the Q)(

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Take it out as wel l as you can, pouder the 2 Substancestogether, and let them flow again as before, let i t cool ,and you wil l f ind the OX cublimed above the Scoriaer rsbefore mix and pouder the Substances again, and Sublime thema third t ime.

This process must be adding the 4th, 5th andunti l the Scoriae are

, which wil l appear by6th t ime a l i t t le freshintimately united withtheir f ine Red Colour.

e repeated,ex,the e,t;|

USE OF THESE SUBLIIqED AND SUBTILISED SCORIAE

These scoriae contain tne $ of t' .rra 6ITake f ine D j.n thin plates, strat i fy i t wi th the

above subl imed Scoriae S.S.S. in a V , and lute a Lid on;cementthis z dana 2, beginningwithamoderate A ,all round tfte [ , which you approach gradually nearer and

ONO

nearer f rom 6 to 5 hours, unt i l the last 12 hours tn" Ibecomes of a dul l red heat.

Let i t cool , dissolve your Dfind how much of your D has beenSpiritual O of f ".,a 6

Mars by hinself can do no more, but if you take thekJ from him, you can proceed therewith as we

with V , and you wi l lf ixed into O by the

Spir i tualhave told

Theseadd O to?manner as

you in the f i rst Sect ion of Gold.are no Speculat ions but real Truths. i f

the d , the Effects are far greater;fol lows:

youIn the

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Adf'rr" gTake d, a lab, good I \heat inaV,thenproject

d , previously heated.

glorvgood

to a whitein coarse

them6,of a lb,I l r lb ofLet the substances flow wel l together, and add in 3 or 4

different times 5 or 6 ,- of your fruxing gf.ornnosed of?O ana Q , previously weLl heated, let them melt then- .Fl ike V , and pour the mixture out, intensery hot, raising

your heat for a few minutes by the blastrthat moment pouri t out into your wel l heated and oi led ant imony horn, andlet i t Stand to cool .

When Suff icient ly cooled, JScoriae. beat the Scoriae tothem with V . Fi l ter this V and Coagulate i t into eThis e is Very useful for the cementat ion of D

The erixiviated scoriae you must dry and mix them withan equal Weight or Q)fPut the mixture into a wide mouthed glass body, cover it

with an alembic, to close i t and in the mean time you getclear of the humidity. put the body in a ..: l i . heat andincrease yorrr A gradual ly, unt i l the mixture f lows 1ikepitch, increa"" yorrt A , until the eX Sublimes abovethe Scoriae.

This Subl imat ion withe( must be rei terated 5 or 6t imesr ls has been taught before, unt i l the massa ascends ofa f ine red Colour with the e)(

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r f you purver ise these subl imed scoriae and strat i fythem with an equar weight of fine D and cement it by agraduated A r lou wir l f ind in every Marck of D , \ ,ofOandtJ moreofD.

:" // : r do not think that this would pay for t ime and

expences, but i t is nevertheless a proof of the t ingingpowerof d,6 and g .z// : cementat ion is the most di f f icul t operat ion in

":::Tlry./ if you makea butyrum of the aboveUACfgwith+3L-, and fix that butyrum on + ashes, and afterwardscopel those X ashes, and afterwards dissorve the New sub-stance by W, you wi l t obtain f ine O and f ine O/z another proof of the t inging power of d , 6 , 9. : /

ANOTHER ,ABOURWITH dDissolve f i l ings of f in and dist i l the p from thesorut ion with a strong A at the rat ter end, and you wir l havea Subt le Crocus of d .

Reverberate this in a close Vessel wi th a Flame under a.t a\muffre e 6 and f , and your Clt t" wetl catcined.Mix it ririth ae el)( and sublime it several times,

unt i l i t is a beaut i fut Red CfTDissolve rhis subtil cf -in hor V ro wash_rheO)(from it and repeat this operation, unti l the jf O".or""perfect ly tasteless, then Dry i t .

Take this Subt i l Crocus and dissolve i tatum, digest the Solut ion a month over thei t Vl 1D , unt i l aI I is come over.

in our Circul-Lamp,then dist i l

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Let i t Stand in the

Separate this yel low

Cold and a Separat ion wi l l take place;t ' wi f f fa l l to the Bottom of theA(-) ' remains at the Top in. form ofremerycorrosive. / r71, C z/

r,\O-O by means of a Smal l g lass Funnel.

ITS USE AS A !4EDICTNE.Put i t in a roomy glass Body, pour Sharp wel l rect i f iedWine Vinegar upon it gradual ly only a Smal l quant i tyl ,eacht imer unt i l the Effervescence ceases and the glass coolsagain: continue adding-

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You must perform this dist i r rat ion in very gent le heat,ei ther in Balneo Vaporis or in ashes.

This operat ion must be repeated wi th fresh S. V. 2 or 3t imes more, unt i l the S. V. has carr ied over al l the Cor-rosive, which you Know by i ts perfect ly Sweet taste./z Dulci f icat ion:/ .

Af ter the 3rd or 4th Rect i f icat ion or dulci f icat ionwith f resh S. v. there wi l l remain in tn"1@a deep red

arthick O-O , of a pleasant taste and del ight ful SmeII , whichis the medicine 6 &and has very great General Virtues./z 8o Ci ldurce:/

I t may be dissolved in f resh S. V. to make it into rubyred drops, wherewith you may heal al l l lart ial Diseases,Fluxes, haemorrhages , Fevers -&

FURTHER PROCEDUREWITH THE CORROSTVEN. OF d .Take red P precipitate and your corrosive yelto* OOO

d . rrnuiU" the red precipitate with tnis 80 of 6gradual lyras much as the precipi tate wi l l receive, but

of

more.Do this operat ion in a roomy glass Body: pour rect i f ied

S. v. upon it wi th great Caut ion and in Very Smal l quant i t iesat f i rst , Wait ing each t ime unt i l the Effervescence hasceasedr or else your glass body wi l l break in pieces.

When the Conf l ict and hissing ceases, and the body coolsagain, pour a l i t t le more S. V. to i t , and thus proceedgradually and cautiously, unti l you have it in your power topour as much more S. V. upon it , so as to cover the Substance4 f ingers breadth.

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shake it 2 or 3 tirnes a day, covering the body withpaper, and let i t stand I d^na P , shaking it every day.f f you can have the Sun, set i t in the Sun, because theoperation will thereby be promoted.

Now dist i l the s. v. f rom it in B: vaporis or in ashes ina very smalr heat, and the s. v. wi l r carry over part of theCorrosive first l lenstruum.

on the Residuum pour fresh s. v. , shake i t wetr together,observe the same precautions at first, and let it stand gJOO and f , Lf you have an opportunity set i t in theSun, t ied some writ ing paper over the body.

Dist i l the S. V. f rom i t as before, observing that youleave the Residuum always a l i t t le moist at the bottom.

Repeat this operat ion with f resh s. v. unt i r you perceivethat the S. V. has carried over aII the corrosive-(\- , andthat your S. V. af ter 5 or 6 dist i t lat ions comes over inits own natural f iery taste without any acid.

USE OF THIS PRECIPITATE.Take it out and evaporate it to perfect dryness inheat.

This is an admirable medicine in Venereal and other foulDiseases, in very Smal l Doses of L or I grain.

This precipitate can be melted into genuine ,whereof

a

Cl . . . .

I shal l Speak in the Chapter of .9.

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oFo?O like Each other and help one? another.g anda consists of much red external f , a white

sr""r, or +Those that seek a red A in O are mistaken. / : When IT+projected poudered white glass upon melted O , and made them.|rf low together in a V covered with its t id, for an hour andthen with a red hot iron Rod, wound the glass out of tn. [ ,my glass Scoria was as red as Rudle; this I repeated 3 or 4t imes and obtained always red Scoria; unt i l perhaps the 5th or5th time my glass became transparent with most glorious greenTints, equal to any Emerald and my O 1ooked l ike alloyed or?Geneva O , and was equally as f ine in the grain, and took asf ine a pol ish, and never tarnished.

We wil l Suppose then that this green Scoria contained thetrue + or IR. of I ; r worked his processafter Jusel,who says that Glass is a Solvent to extract al l the Colour/ :i .e. A and Y :/ out of A in the dry way in the V-T

Jugel is perfectly right, but I could never bring ny O?to the Colour of D , but had always my glass Scoria t ingedl ike an Emerald, of a most beaut i ful parrot green Colour;perhaps I did not pursue my Labour long enough; but I gott ired on account of the quantity of Charcoal this melt ingconsumesr rs the A must be intensely hot and kept up by theblast . : /

To prove what I have advanced, the fol lowing OperationWil l Suff icient ly convince you.

d and

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PROCESS rTH o rN VrA HUMTDA.?Dissolve O in Our Circulatum or Alcahest; set in 4 weeks?in a Most gent le digest ion over the Lamp or in horse dung;then dist i l hal f the mens. f rom i t p:aA r pour f reshCirculatum upon it , digest as before, dist i l hal f of i t over,and cont inue this operat ion with digest ing and dist i l l ing unt i lal l the a is come over p:/@ into the Receiver. Then di-?gest i t 4 weeks more, and during this digest ion the nT.separates from the O in this manner.?

The Si"f pr inciple remains extended in the Corrosive,^tbut the Q sett les as the bottom in the form of a green Oil .?Separate these two principles by a Funnel. edulcorate

the green oi l or + by rect i f ied s. v. wi th the Samepre-caut ion, as we told you about the A of d, and you wi l l?obtain a most glorious I ' ledicine from the alY

Th.is A cannot be melted into Meta1r rs the?but i f you imbibe a red fJ preeipi tate herewith,Ybelt i t into f ine Oia l part ,may

A PAnfrcuLAR LABOURWrrH ofDissolve f i l ings "f O in common\2, dist i l tn" \Blr f rom i t ,?and there remains a black Ca1x, which calcine in a reverberat ingJAfurnace by the flame during 14 O and ,f , and it t tr i I I be-come red.

l l ix these ashes or Calx of O with EE e)( , put themixture into ^/A, adapt a n""I i . r" t , and dist i t in a , ' : l : ' .heat, and you wil l obtain a most penetrat ing.Jl-

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The mixture in *7@ flows tikeis subl imed, but when the Subl imat ion

-J1- of Q)G is come over, you mustcheck the A , and let i t go out, andA wi l l become a hard Stone.

Break tne 4@ ana take this stone out, beat it to a fine. llCf , and lay it on glazed dishes and it wil l become greenthroughout.

OPERATION THEREWTTH.. ^\ G.Take f ine ( :) I part , f ine copel led ) f part , melt them

together and get this composit ion beat out or f rat tened inmil l into thin Lamil lae.

Now take of your prepared green O as much in Weightas both Q and O weished

Cut your Lamil ls in pieces and Stratif lz them with yourprepared O ashes, S. S. S. in a Cement j .ng pot, lute a Lid?upon i t , which Lid must have a Smal l hole in the middle.

Make a Circular A round the pot, gentle the f irst 4t imes, then 4 hours Stronger, and the last 4 hours youapproach the Coa1s So near round the potr that the potbecomes of a red heat, and the substances within may melt .

Let i t cool and break the V and you wilr f ind a Golden4/ , almost pure, and much heavier, then the O weighed

pitch, and part of i ttakes place, af ter the

then inmediatelythe mixture in the

at f i rst . The D is most lyCope1 this Scoria wi th 6 ,

D again, very r ich in O

intermixed with the Scoriae.and you wil l obtain all your

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You must before you Copel, reduce the Scoria to a smal l',.|pouder and boil your O in a Strong _* *"U": t V and potashes, then Wash dry and Copel your Cf wi th 4 and you wi l l

not lose a grain.The goLden tl you must rnelt with the O , and add as

much f ine D r ls the quartat ion requires, then Separate i tas usual UV \/ , and you wi l l obtain a Considerable addi t ionof f ine O

I have seen that in every ounce, a dragm of f ine Q hasbeen gained, which is L 7 in every Marck./ouT oF o A VTTRIOL r4AY BE MADE BY VARTOUS PROCESSES.?Basi l ius Valent inus pretends and teaches to make a t inctureupon metals out of Such a (Et , and i f you consider i t deeplyi t does not seem imposs5-ble; as f rom al l the l letals, providedthey are radical ly opened and Subt i l ised t inging Medicinesmay be made.

rHE BEsr r{ErHoD o }4AKEEu or ITake french Ver di greece /z (E :/ dissolve i t in dist :

+, , the solution evaporate gently, unti l there appears aCut icle at the Top, then Set this inspissated Solut ion over/1

f in a Cel lar, and f ine Crystals wi l l Shoot. ,/ : or youmay buy Crystal l ised Ver d i greece at once:, / .{I f you dist i l these Crystals, reduced to a Cf , e l@you