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OF NATURE AND ART.

A thankful offering of an

Enlightened Writer of the Hermetic A.B.C.

of

a ell di!"o!ed Chri!tian Hermetic

#cholar.

Written in the $onth of

No%em&er'()*

+. C. H.

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ON NATURE AND ART


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+f e i!h to kno !omething of the inner !trength of

Nature according to the mea!ure of ,od- e mu!t look for thi!

in e%er creature &eholden to Nature. E%er creature mu!t

find hi! on "articular !trength and function through the

knoledge of the Uni%er!al #u&!tance- the highe!t Arcanum of

the hole of Nature and in hich lie! the concentrated "oer

of hea%en and Earth.

/et u! !ee hat Nature actuall i! and hat !he i! called-

and !econdl ho !he ork!- or ho through thi! hidden

knoledge the natural can &e o%ercome and regenerated. Thi!

knoledge i! the true Alchem of hich one read!. No through

thi! Art and the ne re&irth- man can contact the 0. E. of

the mo!t !ecret "art! of hi! &eing.

The highe!t and mo!t inard !trength of $an lie! in hi!

#ul"hur or Tincture- &ound and held hoe%er & the #alt of

Nature. One mu!t therefor o"en or un!eal thi! #alt of Nature-

!o that the tincture #U/1HUR ma &e freed - aaken and made!"iritual- that it ma &e made orka&le in thi! an2iou! and

careorn life. Thi! can onl come to "a!! a! !aid &efore

through "urification and re&irth- to going &ack and through

the 3 Element! from hich it came The ne &irth or tincture

freed from the #alt of Nature !"irituali!ed and &rought into

it! highe!t tincture- #U/1HUR. Thi! !e"arated from the fal!e

or cur!ed earth- i! then the highe!t or 0uinte!!ence hich in

e%er &od i! the !"ecificated orking and held !trength.

Thi! ne &irth of the Uni%er!al #u&!tance can &e achie%ed-

for though uni%er!al it can &e indi%iduali!ed.Art mu!t follo in the a of Nature- for Art cannot

achie%e & it!elf- hat Nature ha! not "otentiall in it!elf4

!o e !ee that unle!! e ha%e foreknoledge- e cannot

"roceed to !ho ho thi! re&irth can take "lace. +f e follo

fal!e "ath! e cannot ho"e to achie%e our aim and ill ne%er

reach the goal. +n under5

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!tanding Nature lie! the real com"rehen!ion of Alchem- and

e !ee h the i!e !o trul !a 7According to Nature !o iti!8- and e trul ork ith her.

+f e i!h to under!tand the &eginning of Nature and !ee

from hat ,od made Hea%en and Earth- e mu!t !eek in Chri!t

hat $o!e! taught hen he !aid in ,en. '. 7The #"irit of ,od

&rooded o%er the ater!8. We learn from thi! that the 1rima

$ateria- or the fir!t Chaotic Beginning of All Thing! a!

Water- after 6 da! all creature! ere &rought forth and

made- of hich $an a! the la!t and end of Creation-8 1eter.

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$an! &od a! created from an earth ma!! or a! the Wi!e!a from Adamah- that i! from a red earth- from hich man

recei%ed hi! name and nouri!hment- and it a! called Adam &


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,od. But thi! ater earth ma!! or &od i! no ordinar

earth- &ut a tinctured earth- full of light arid li%ing

!trength- an e2tract of all idea! of the #"irit of the great

orld- after hea%en and earth and all the riche! of nature.

That i! h man i! in !m"ath ith the orld- for all the

force! of nature come together in him. The Uni%er!al in the

1articular- that i! h the Wi!e !a- that $an i! the

Centrorum and Centrum.

+n $an come together the hea%enl and earthl fal!e nature.

He i! the $icroco!mo!- in him are all the force! that go to

make the $acroco!m. The #oul and /ife of $an a! &reathed

into him & the !"irit of ,od- hich ena&led him to &ecome

!u"ernatural and to make a dou&le !tand- &oth "h!icall and

!"irituall: the &od recei%ing !trength from the #"iritu!

$undi- the !oul from the eternal nature grounded in ,od. Both

are together in $an4 thu! i! $an a&o%e all creation and i!

&eholden to hi! $aker- for ,od i!hed all el!e to &e &eloHim.

+n thi! manner a! man to &e ma!ter o%er all creature!- and

kno nothing of death. After hoe%er man &roke ,od;! la and

fell through hi! fal!e earthl Will- the /ight of ,od;!

Tincture left him and ith it mu!h of hi! "erfection and

!o%ereignt- !o that he &ecame

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more !u&!er%ient to the great orld. ,od;! cur!e not onl

fell u"on man;! !elf ill- &ut on the fruit! of the earth

hich he take! for hi! !u!tenance- and therefore "artake! of

inharmoniou! or corru"ted matter. The cur!e of ,od then caine

o%er mankind and the orld- and ith the flooded earth came

the


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toard hea%en in lo%e- or toard! anger in cold- e%en unto

death. The anger of nature can al!o &e &rought a&out & undue

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mi!t o%er the ater!- hich ith it! li%ing orking !trength

ga%e it it! !oul and made it fruitful- ,od then took thi!

li%ing Fire- "laced it in the hea%en! and called it /ight.

,od then took thi! /ight- and ith it! !trength im"regnated

the earth and e%er creature ith Hi! /ikene!!- !o that all

created &eing! !hould ha%e a "ortion of thi! /ight.

Therefore !a #olomon- 7,od!; im"eri!ha&le #"irit i! in

all8. Thi! !"ecificated light i! gi%en to all li%ing

creature!- it i! al!o a "art of the uni%er!al and

ine2hau!ti&le !trength hich nouri!he! and hold! all thing!.

Thi! /ight i! the uni%er!al orking Fire hich the Wi!e call

Nature or the o&


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the 1lanet! influence that hich i! &elo not a&o%e- it i!

a""arent that all their !trength! are gi%en to all &irth!4

the !ource of the #e%en !"irit!- named the #e%en Form!.

The hole &irth of nature come! from the #e%en Form!- and

through them take their characteri!tic!- although in each

thing onl one Form i! "redominant- a! Chorto5la!!au! rite!.

A! #ATURN i! the highe!t "lanet !o he i! the fir!t to catch

the influence of the !"iritual light4 hich he attract!

through hi! on cold "ro"ert and hich he then !hare! ith

the other 1lanet!- of hich

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the $oon i! the la!t of the a!!em&led "lanet! to recei%e the

influence of the !"iritual light- the latter !haring it ith

the elementar orld to hich it i! clo!e!t- the Earth. The

loer element- our orld- ha! to &odil element! ater and

earth- a! again!t the a&o%e to !"iritual or orking

element!- fire and air- hich hen &roken off their !"iritual

home &ecome a !u&!tance or &od- for the fire re!t! in the

air- and the air in the Water.

The are &oth in the earth hich i! the centre of Nature

and hich full enclo!e! all the elemental "oer!- for the

are mi2ed in an earth and re!t in it.

Before the Fall the element! !tood in e=ual harmon- for

hile the "oer! ere in harmon there a! no !trife-

therefore the 1aradi!ical fruit! ere ithout &lemi!h. After

the Fall hoe%er- the element! ere "ut off their "ro"ertem"erature- and thu! came to !trife- through hich the fier

/ight !"irit took !u&!tance and thu! fell into matter- and in

!o doing enkindled the fire in it!elf- &ecame "artl fal!e-

and &ecau!e of that "ut the air out of it! right "ro"ortion-

and it! eakened fire &ecame mi2ed ith a di!ta!teful dead

ater- hich made !trife ine%ita&le in the element!. No

!"ecie! in it! on kingdom can reach the highe!t "oint of

fulfillment- for the !"irit of Nature through the fal!e

#U/1HUR and the "oerle!! ater cannot "erfect nor carr it

through to a greater "erfection.Although the 3 element! !tro%e fiercl again!t each other

after the Fall- the had to harmonie and come together in

the &irth of all thing! a! One Whole- hich could not ha""en

unle!! the caine from one $ateria- hich !e"arated from the

ater chao!. There i! a clo!e connection &eteen the

element!- for one cannot function ithout the other- &ut

indeed energi!e! the other. +n the ground of Nature the are

ONE.

The earth i! a coagulated ater- and the ater a di!!ol%ed

earth- &ut ithout air there ould &e no mo%ement or lifehether in


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ater or in earth. For in fire alone i! the mo%ement and life

of all thing!. The Fire i! nothing el!e &ut a thinl made

ater- and the ater a contracted or dran together Air. No

Earth- Water and Air ould &e dead and non acti%e ithout the

Fire hich ha! to e2treme!- namel heat and cold. With it!

heat it di!!ol%e! all- and make! the earth into ater- and

the ater to air. With it! cold it congulate! e%erthing and

turn! the air into ater- and the ater to earth. #o much e

knothat the fire ith the heat of it! agent- i! the fir!t

cau!e of the Hol #"irit- contrar to the action of the cold-

for thi! fire ith it! to different "ro"ertie!- through it!

influence in the left o%er 1lanet!- &rought forth all thing!in the World.

+n thi! knoledge lie! the greate!t m!ter and #ource of

our hole "hilo!o"h. +t i! hoe%er the fire of nature on the

3th. da of Creation that a! made into a &od- and according

to it! "ro"ert to5foldG a! "laced in the firmament of

hea%en- and encounter! the to great /ight!- namel #un and

$oon- hich !end their !trength and "a!! their influence on

to all the other "lanet! and !tar! and the creature! in the

three kingdom!. The #un con!i!t! of the arm central fire and

from the $oon the !ame central cold fire- one &eing de"endanton the other.

Without the heat of the !un the cold central fire of the

moon ould &e enclo!ed in death- hile the arm central #un

i! the mo%ement of the cold life- &ut the arm central heat

of; the #un ould not &e fruitful of it!elf- for it! heat

ould &urn and de!tro ithout the cooling tem"erature of the

cold central fire for nouri!hment- &ut &oth central fire!

ould &e dead ere it not for the uni%er!al #"irit of the

orld hich i! in &eteen &oth- energi!ing and &ringing

thing! to life.The!e to central fire! ith their re!"ecti%e "ro"ertie!

and Hol #"irit con!titute! the three !"iritual or hol

"rinci"le! in the u""er elementar orld- a! in the loer

elementar orld all &irth come! into a cor"oreal &od from

the centre. The are

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the !ame e!!ential "art! of all form!- namel #A/T- #U/1HUR

and $ERCUR- ithout hich the Uni%er!e cannot gi%e &irth orork.

+n the loer elementar orld the!e 3 element! in them4


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the are in fact a !eed or &irth of them4 for out of 4

element! come 3, hich ha""en! through a !e"aration of the

eakened ater. Nature in the &eginning had need of the 3

"rinci"le! hich through mi2ing and uniting- a! nece!!ar to

an outard &irth. After the conce"tion and union of the !ame-

there come! to &irth a radical &eing ho thro! aa an!u"erflouo!it for the im"erfection of all thing! i! cau!ed

& not ha%ing &een !ufficientl "roce!!ed. The 3 "rinci"le!differ in the matter of orking &ut in nature the are in

realit &ut One- can &e mi2ed one in another a! e !ee in the

&irth of thing! that e%entuall go &ack to one "rinci"le.

+n the loer orld all creature! are con!tituted from the

cold central fire- of hich the !alt i! the dr &a!i!. Thi!

i! under the influence of the fir!t three fier form!

enclo!ed in the earth. +t! orking i! a!tringent therefore

!ul"hur and mercur i! acti%e- and dra! together- coagulate!the!e force! hich then &ecome cor"oreal. The #ul"hur or the

natural inherent armth i! the !econd "rinci"le and i! the

arm central fire- an oil !u&!tance or e!!ence4 through thi!

e!!ence it hold! the !alt together in hich it o%ercome! a

&od4 in it the !ul"hur i! a !u&tle earth hich can ea!il

&ecome a hard and fier earth- herefore it i! tofold- &oth

hea%enl and fal!e.

Through the cold central fire or !alt it &ecome! matter-

!ecret and clo!ed and changed to a fier earth. When hoe%er

it &ecome! re%ealed and aakened through the third 1rinci"lethe Hol #"irit gi%e! forth a !"iritual "oer and a orking

life hich &ring! all thing! to "ro"er groth and

fullfillment.

Finall the third "rinci"le i! $ERCUR or the fir!t

&eginning of moi!ture the &eginning of all groth. Thi!- of

the three "rinci"le! i! the mo!t fleeting hea%enl e!!ence-

for it com"ri!e! ithin it!elf all the "oer! of the u""er

elementar orld- hich

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come! don to the loer orld- !o that it +! called the

Wi!dom of ,od;! a&ode- ithout Him i! the !alt and !ul"hur

dead and ithout energ4 hen hoe%er He ork! in them and

o"en! them- the ferment into a li%ing life. Through thi!

come! a orking and multi"ling !trength. +n thi! !trength of

"oer the mercur i! a "urer !"irit in hich form it cannot

remain in the loer orld- unle!! it i! caught through the

earth- in hich a &odil and fleeting !alt i! mi2ed- !o%that

it can through it! nature reach from !"irit to matter- andcan come to all creature!.

When it recei%e! hel" from it! "er!e%ering fire or !ul"hur-


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it !hould not &e &urnt out and made into air- &ut increa!e

and !trengthen it! life. When the a&o%e to "rinci"le!- the 6

central fire! tolerate each other- the mercur re!t! in them

!"irituall- for ith it! armth- it o"en! them out- and ith

it! cold- clo!e! them- for it !ta! ith all thing! in an

acti%e or !"iritual manner- or in a "a!!i%e moderate manner4

the "a!!i%e "art into the multi"lication of a &od- in hich

the !"iritual "art re!t!.

From thi! e !ee that not one "rinci"le can gi%e &irth to

anthing- &ut that in e%er &irth the three "rinci"le! mu!t

come together. The !alt gi%e! the &od- the !ul"hur the life-

the mercur hoe%er clean! &oth and gi%e! it !trength to

li%e- if it ha! aakened the central fire! and inardl trul

come together- !o that from the three "rinci"le! the 6

orking central fire! are are &orn. For through the mercur

the o"ened !alt "re!ent! the orking cold central fire- and

in a! far a! &irth i! concerned- the increa!ing or "a!!i%e"oer lie! in omen- the mercur re!ol%e!- and the !ul"hur i!

fugiti%e and the arm central fire;! "ro"ert- and the male

"ro"ert acti%ate! the cold central fire- then it come! to

full &irth.

When the!e central fire! ha%e taken hold of each other- in

their mo!t inard e!!ence- the goal i! reached and &ring!

a&out a &irth in the orld hich mean! that from the inner

ground- each creature ha! o&tained it! on under!tanding- in

the tenth num&er- for e%er

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&od take! it! natural !ource from the /i. element!4 from

the!e are &orn the ) "rinci"le!- from the!e flo the 6

central fire!- each after it! on fa!hion- orking toard!

one !im"le num&er- and ith the !ame making e%er &irth

"o!!i&le- for nature hen it ha! o&tained it! com"letene!!

can ork no further- &ut re!t! !till and =uiet. +t i! then

called the Tenth num&er of; the Wi!e- the com"lete Num&er.

,od him!elf fulfilled the tenth num&er and ga%e it to all Hi!creature!- then re!ted. #o thi! num&er i! called Hol- for in

it ,od Him!elf re!t!.

When "hilo!o"her! !"eak of thi! num&er- the under!tand the

/ight- hich i! the fir!t root of all thing!. When the !"eak

of the !econd- the mean the 6 orking central fire!- namel

heat and cold- !alt and !ul"hur- then the mention the third-

the indicate three "rinci"le!- #alt- #ul"hur- and the mo%ing

$ercur- and the fourth the /i. element! of hich fire and

air are !"irit- and to ater and earth are cor"oreal. A!

the!e outard &irth! of nature come in a !"iritual mannerfrom ONE out of /ight- !o al!o their !trength goe! again into

the ONE after the ere enclo!ed in a "h!ical &od. A! the


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tenth num&er i! the highe!t in it! inard e!!ence- !o i! the

fal!e and outard "rinci"le the num&er (- for e%erthing that

,od created- hich can &e found in the orld- can &e found

under thi! num&er. +n hea%en e ha%e !e%en "lenet!- hich

/ight ,od ha! Him!elf created- the!e through de"ending on the

Fir!t /ight- their e!!ence taken from it- are de"endant on

one another. Their E!!ence &eing o&tained in thi! a- i!

ne%erthele!! different- in a! far a! their greate!t !trength

lie! in the to "lanet!- the #un and the $oon- and in their

to a! di%ide them!el%e! into !"eciuicated #u&!tance. The

#un &eing the arm central fire of nature and the $oon the

cold central Uni%er!al Fire.

Through the highe!t !trength of /ight- from hich the

con!tantl !"ring- the gi%e in turn light and !"lendour to

certain "lanet!- and to other! their e2alted !trength in the

loer orld- and to the three uni%er!al kingdom!- their

acti%it- to the accom"li!hment

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of "roduction- con!er%ation and multi"lication4 and hile

e%er creature ha! it! &irth under one of the ( "lanet! of

,od- each "lanet take! hi! on circular !trength to him!elf-

hich ma &e either form the #un! or $oon! "ro"ert- for

the!e 6 "rinci"le "lanet! ha%e the uni%er!al "oer! of the

hole of nature- in hih the other "lanet! are

"articulari!ed- of hich the countr5man !"eak! in hi! Ca&al

Chemica.,o e further into the mo!t hidden "art of the earth- a! in

the mineral kingdom- e find that it harmoni!e! ith the

u""er in the (th. num&er. For a! !e%en "lanet! reign and

go%ern in hea%en- !o the go%ern the !e%en metal! in the

orld- hich i! under it! dominating "lanet- and en%elo"ed in

it! on !"iritual "oer. What i! therefore the !un in hea%en

i! gold in the earth- a! it ha! enclo!ed it!elf in it!

!"iritual !trength. Thi! a""lie! to the other "lanet!.

We find that the %egeta&le kingdom i! al!o in !m"ath ith

the !e%en "lanet!- no tree or %egeta&le or anthing el!e inthi! kingdom can &e found hich i! not under one of the!e

hea%enl influence!. A certain "lanet "redominate! o%er one

thing- not a! !trongl a! in the mineral kingdom- for in the

former the "oer i! more !trongl concentrated. We come at

la!t to the animal kingdom- hich harmoni!e! ith the

"lanetar kingdom in the !e%enth num&er. A! man hoe%er the

Centrum Centro the 0. E. of the great elementar orld after

hea%en- earth and all kingdom! ere created & ,od- !o doe!

he contain the loer and the u""er a!tral "oer! full in

him!elf. Therefore #un and $oon and all "lanet! are in him-for he i! the $icroco!m in hich the ork in hi! "rinci"al

organ!. We !ee the mo!t harmon and orking of the #un in the


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heart- the $oon in the &rain- $ar! in the gall- ?enu! in the

kidne!- #aturn in the li%er- $ercur in the lung!- and

u"iter in the !"leen- to hich the are all attached and

dran & the /ight.

The /ight i! the hea%enl Uni%er!al Fire of Nature and the

fir!t orking Being of hom $orienu! !aid 7Of hom there i!

no &eginning

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!a%e hi! Creator.8 Without the "enetration of the /ight the

Regnum A!tral cannot of it!elf e2i!t- in !o far hoe%er a! it

fa%our! the +nfluence- it not onl o&tain! !trength through

it! on e2i!tI ance- &ut increa!e! and ork! through to the

loer orld to the three kingdom!- ith !ufficient /ight and

/ifeforce to u"hold them. U"held & the Creator- !"ecificatedor &rought out from the Uni%er!alit- and after the orking

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change fire into ater !he ork! u"on air- in hich !he dra!

together fire and air and ha! commerce in ater. Therefore

ill !he make air into earth- ha""ening a! it doe! through

ater- for the air ne2t in cor"orealit- i! the ater through

hich conden!ation thickeningG i! &rought into earth. +f

nature i!he! to turn fire into earth- !he u!e! to element!-

&eing a&le to u!e e2treme! of function through their

contrariet4 !o fir!tl !he &ring! the fire to air through an

e2ten!ion- thi! again dra! them together and mi2e! them in

ater- hich &ecoming more den!e goe! into earth. +n thi!

i!e do the element! of nature mi2 agreea&l together- for

through the middle element- the can once again &ecome united

to the ONE. Here e ha%e the $icroco!mical "relude of the ne

Hea%en and the ne Earth of hich much i! ritten.

E%en after the Uni%er!al Fire ha! di%ided it!elf into to"ro"ertie! it remain! !"iritual. But a #"irit hich cannot

unite it!elf ith a &od and !ta ith it- ould not &enefit

the loer orld- unle!! it ga%e it!elf further to the

element! and to a middle nature- &eteen Bod and #"irit- !o

that it could incor"orate it!elf in creature! and remain ith

them. +t i! hoe%er ne2t in the fire- and then Air- !o that

it can circulate freel in the loer orld- and can &e !eied

in the Air element- in hich it !till re!t! a! !"irit- hile

the cour!er fire- take! a more !u&tile and !"iritual !alt

&od to it!elf hich the "hilo!o"her! call #altrumUni%er!ali- in hich li%ing creature! !tand- and of hich

#endi%ogiou! !a! 7+n the Air i! a !ecret life food- hich at

night e call DE and in the da WATER am rare!actam.8 For

through the !un! armth- the air i! dran u" and thinned-

contrar hoe%er to night hen through the coldne!! of the

moon-it i! dran together- thickened and changed into

moi!ture and de.

Whether creature! dra thi! air for their con!er%ation one

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ater.

+n the form or &od of ater are certain creature! com"o!ed

of ?egeta&le and mineral kingdom!4 the u""er life force ith

it! groing "oer ha! through the ater a uni%er!al !al

nitre- indeed li%e! in it- for it i! through thi! nitre that

it can gro and remain. +t i! in thi! hea%enl or uni%er!al

!alt that thi! acid "ro"ert ha! to central !"iritual and

!"ecificated determinedG centre!. From thi! fugiti%ene!! and

acid !alt- come! the mildne!! and !eetne!! of alkali in !o

far a! change! come through the mi2ing of the %olatile ith

the fi2ed or Acidum ith the alkali through the ater hich

i! the in!trument of the mi2ing- clean! it!elf and in e%er

&od "roduce! the !trength of the #eed.

Thi! ha""en! through the !al nitrum coele!te in 1rimem

$ateria2n !"ermaticum for hen the ferment- the %olatile i!

united to the fi2ed- until at la!t &oth gi%e them!el%e!

com"letel to fermentation- in hich the hea%enl !al nitreand the &odie! alkali !alt i! &ound together- and thro! aa

an !u"erfluou! ater. With the !alt at la!t &eing earthl

and terre!trial and !o con!tituted that it i! in e%er

creature- and al!o &ring! the element! into One- or a! Herme!

!a!- 7#trength can &e held in !o far a! it i! tran!muted in

earth.8 +n !uch a manner ri!e! the hea%enl /ight #"irit- or

the Uni%er!al Fire of Nature- in the element! for the

!u!tenance and multi"lication of life. A! e%erthing &

%irtue of life ha! armth in it- !o e%erthing "ertaining to

death ha! cold- hich e !ee in !ummer and inter.+n inter hen it i! dam" the cold central fire

"redominate! and e take it for truth that hi! cold and

a!tringent =ualit of the earth clo!e! the life and groth of

it- it "artl hold! it

'@.

&ack- "artl !uffocate! and kill!4 !o it affect! other

creature! ho ha%e not !ufficient armth or fire in

them!el%e!- to com&at thi! cold and deadl "ro"ert- &ut in!ummer hen the central arm fire trium"h!- e !ee ho the

armth "enetrate! the earth and o"en! it u"- it aaken! the

fire in creature! and !o once again !tart! their groth- for

the light ha%ing to e2treme!- heat and cold- life and death-

the!e & their on natural inner fire! armth ha%e a long

life to look forard too- hile tho!e ho cannot com&at the

cold through a deficienc of armth- !oon come to death and

corru"tion- or through !ul"hur ha%e a cold !alt &od. Anone

ha%ing a "redominance of either heat or cold- death i! the

re!ult- a health &od mu!t ha%e &oth =ualitie! in harmon.


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Fini!.

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LIBER TRIUM VERBORUM 0F KING CALIDB. $. #loane 3506

Of the 0ualit of e 1hilo!o"hical #tone.

The #tone out of hich thi! ork i! made ha! in it!elf all

the Colour!- for he i! White- Red and more Red- ello and

mo!t ello- of a Cele!tial colour ,reen and hea%.

+n thi! #tone are the element! for he i! ater- air and

fier and terre!trial. +n thi! #tone the calidit and !icciti! in occulto and the humidit and frigidit in manife!to-

therefore e mu!t hide the manife!t4 that i! e mu!t make

manife!t that hat i! occult- for that hat i! occult- namel

calidit and !iccit i! oil- and thi! oil i! dr and thi!

!iccit Tinge! and nothing el!e- for alcali tinge! and

nothing el!e. That hich i! in manife!to- fridgid and humid

i! a corru"ting a=ueou! fume therefore it i! fit that the

frigidit and humidit &e e=ual ith calidit and !iccit-

al!o that the fl not from the fire for &eti2t frigidit

and calidit i! one "articule hich i! hot and dr there5

forethe frigidit and humidit mu!t recei%e the calidit and

!iccit hich a! in occulto and &e one !u&!tance for that


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humidit and frigidit i! a corru"ting !u&!tance of hich it

i! !aid that the a=uo!e and adu!ti&e humidit corru"t! the

ork and tinge! it into &lackne!!- and thi! infirmit mu!t &e

de!troed & fire and & it! gradu!.

Of the 1ro"ert of the #tone.

Thi! i! the &ook of the 3 Word!- the &ook of the "reciou!

#tone ho i! an air %olatile frigid and humid a=ueou! and

adu!ti%e &od- and in it i! calidit- !iccit- frigidit and

humidit another

'.

%irtue i! in occulto and the other in manife!to. Al!o that

hich i! in occulto &e made manife!to and that hich i!

manife!t ma &e made occult & the %irtue of ,od and &

calidit- for the 1er!ian 1hilo!o"her !a! that frigidit and

a=ueou! and adu!ti%e humidit i! not amica&le to calidit and

!iccit for calidit and !iccit de!tro! the humid and

adu!ti%e a=uo!it & di%ine %irtue and then the #"irit i!

tran!muted into a no&le &od not fling in the fire &ut like

an oil hich i! a li%ing multi"licati%e Tincture e%erla!tingand a "reciou! #ol.

Of the Occult Calidit and #iccit e2erting in Humidit and

Frigidit.

The onderful ork of the 3 Word! i! the ork of the

"reciou! #tone in hich the a=uo!e and adu!ti%e humidit and

frigidit and in the !ame the occult calidit and al!o that

hat i! read of the three Word! i! & !ome otheri!e

under!tood that all "eo"le might not under!tand the cau!e in

the 3 Word! thi! i! !ought in humidit and frigidit in hich

i! the occult calidit and !iccit- and that e mu!t knothat e ma make of the manife!t an occult- and an occult of

the manife!t- and the occult i! of the nature of #ol and

fire- and it i! the mo!t "reciou! oil of all occult!- and a

li%ing Tincture and a "ermanent Water hich li%e! ala!- the

?inegar of the 1hilo!o"her!- and a "enetrating !"irit- and it

i! a Tinging and re%i%efing occult- hich rectifie! and

illuminate! all dead thing!- and make! them ri!e- and then

it! calidit and !iccit doe! not fl from the fire &ut the

a=uo!e and adu!ti%e frigidit fl! from the fire and de!tro!

it!elf.

Of the Con%er!ion of the #"irit into a Bod and the Bod into


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+n the N+NTH $ONTH u"iter ork! again and & it! calidit

arid humidit nouri!he! the foetu! arid hen the Jth. month

i! com"lete then the foetu! i! &orn and li%e!- and there are

three Word!- the Water "re!er%e! the foetu! for three month!-

a! al!o for three month! ho make! al!o the &lood in the

na%el and conden!e! the !ame after the &irth into milk- for

the infant can not &e &orn &efore the aireal flatu! are gone.

Of the O&!er%ation of the 1lanet! in the Work of Alchem.

From thi! 3 month! ou mu!t ith acute ingenuit com"o!e

and e2tract to for to are not three under!tood- therefore

all ho intend to under!tand thi! Art- mu!t !har"en their

enginuit to o"en the Trea!ur of the!e 3 Word! in hich i!

hidden the hole o"eration and "oer of the #tone- in hich

i! the Calidit and #iccit- hich !iccit in a li%ing Oiland a li%ing Tincture and i! a tinged !iccit- and a

"rofundit of tincture! and thi! i! the con


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Under!tand for & thi! gradu! the ork of Alchem i!

com"leated.

The E2"o!ition of the Three Word!.

/et u! come again to the E2"o!ition of the 3 Word! in hich

the hole Art of Alchem con!i!t!- it i! !aid that the ater

"re!er%e! the foetu! in the matri2 for 3 month!- the air for

3 month!- and al!o the fire for three month!- and thi! i!

!aid for the $ercur & !imilitude- and thi! o&!cure ord and

term i! o"ened to under!tand the truth- for there i! another

nature in a child &earing oman and another in $ercur- &ut

& !imilitude of the heat hich i! found in the matri2 the

fire i! attained e!timatedG ho i! of )6 gradu!. Therefore

that third ord i! o&!cure of hich i! !aid that the fire

1RE#ER?E#- and man feel in thi!- for of the 3 take 6 gradu!-

and out of thi! 6 gradu!- the other are e2tracted in )6

"atientl- and in thi! gradu! i! all the Third Word e2"lained

of hich i! !aid that the fir!t gradu! com"leate! the Water-and Air the !econd gradu!- com"leate! all that e ha%e !aid

and thi! i! the gift of ,od.

Of the ,radu! of Fire.

The 1hilo!o"her of the Ling of 1er!ia and the Roman 1rince

!a!:

Al!o di%ide the 3 Word! in 6 "art! and thi! 6 "art! di%ide

again in 6 "art!. And o%er thi! 6 di%ide )6 grade!- hich are

the term! of fire- and are called the "article! of fire- thi!

i! found in the "ortion of the ork hich i! di%ided into )6

"art!- and are

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called Alme! (?). All thi! gradu! are !"read o%er the 6 fir!t

"art! hich are 6 term! and the )6 gradu! are "acked into '3.

"art! the fir!t gradu! i! the "article of fire one al&echir-and i! oneG and onl !im"le and i! mo!t none- and it i! a

gentle fire- and ith that fire e &egin to com"rehend the

$ercur to the Red and al!o 6 ord! are com"leated in 6

maenchen- after thi! the )rd. ord i! e2"lained hich i!

o&!cure and in hich man feel and lo!e their !en!e!- the

1er!ian 1hilo!o"her !a!:

/et u! di%ide thi! in the middle- the mediate i! of 3

maenchen and thi! mediat i! go%erned & 6 gradu! hich are

to "article! of fire and al!o are com"leated thi! ork in 66

maenchen and thi! i! the fir!t term ithout an error- the!econd term '@ maenchen and i! go%erned & gradu! of fire-

and the third term i! of 6* maenchen and i! go%erned & '@


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gradu! that i! "article! of fire. the fourth term i! of 63

niaenchen- and i! go%erned & )6 gradu! go fire- Adranu! and

all the 1er!ian 1hilo!o"her! !a & ,od and hi! Hol Name

&le!!ed- for thi! i! !aid of the tem"erate fire o%er the 3

ord!- of the nature of a child5&earing oman- to the com5

"ari!on of the fire of $ercur. All the!e to term! are

di%ided in the middle for the are &oth )6 maenchen and are (

dierchen and in the end of the fir!t term o"en the trea!ure

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it mu!t nece!!arel &e reduced into $ercur.

J.#il%er ma not &e turned into ,old &ut & the 1hilo!o"hical#tone- e2ce"t it &e reduced into $ercur. Al!o i! done ith

other $etal!.

'*. +m"erfect &od! are &rought to "erfection and into

"erfect ,old- hen the are fir!t reduced into $ercur-

adding to it hite or red #ul"hur.

''. All im"erfect &od! are &rought to "erfection & reducing

them into $ercur and afterard! & &oiling them ith #ul"hur

and a""ro"riate fire- for then the are &rought to #il%er and

,old-

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and the are cheated and ork in %ain ho intend to make#il%er and ,old otheri!e.

'6. The #ul"hur of $ar! i! the &e!t- and thi!


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6@. Thing! radicall mi2ed- afterard! gro in!e"ara&le4 like

!no mi2ed ith ater.

69.

6(. Di%er! !im"le!- "ut into "utrefaction "roduce di%er!

other!.

6. The form and the matter mu!t nece!!aril &e of the !ame

!"ecie!.

6J. The homogeneal #ul"hur i! of the !ame nature of hich i!

#ol and /una- and thi! #ul"hur "roduce! "ure gold and #il%er

not in that form a! it i! !een ith ee!- &ut a! it i!

di!!ol%ed in $ercur.

)*. Without the "hilo!o"hical di!!olution of gold into$ercur- ma &e e2tracted out of gold a fi2 !ort of

unetuo!it- hich take! the "lace of a ferment generating #ol

and /una and hat i! done

& a a of a&&re%iating hich ,e&er call! Re&i!.

)'. $etal! re!ol%ed into $ercur are reduced into a &od

again & adding a little =uantit of ferment for el!e it

retain! ala! the form of $ercur.

)6. The lea%en of the Tartaru! of the 1hilo!o"her! hich

reduce! all metal! into $ercur i! the metallick a=ua %itae

of the 1hilo!o"her!- hich al!o the call di!!ol%ed faece!.)). #ul"hur and $ercur are of the !ame homogeneal nature.

)3. The #tone of the 1hilo!o"her! i! nothing &ut ,old and

#il%er e2alted into a higher Tincture.

35. #ol arid /una & them!el%e! in their on !"ecie! ha%e

riche! enough. Them ou mu!t reduce into the nature of a

ferment. Thi! ma!! ma &e multi"lied.

)@. The mo!t e2tremerie! in $ercur are to- namel crudit

and mo!t e2=ui!ite decoction.

)(. The 1hilo!o"her! o&!er%e that all dr thing! =uickl

im&i&e their humidit!.

). The altered cal2 of /una =uickl im&i&e! hi! $ercur- the

fundament of "hilo!o"hic mineral!.

)J. The #ul"hur i! the #oul- &ut the $ercur i! the $atter.

3*. $ercur i! congealed into an im"erfect &od and goe! in

the !ame !"ecie! of the im"erfect &od & ho!e #ul"hur it i!

congealed.

3'. To make #ol and /una ith the #ui"hur! of im"erfect &od!

6@.

i! im"o!!i&le for e%erthing can gi%e no more &ut hat it


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ha!.

36. The $ercur of $etal!- i! the feminine !eed- for &

"ro


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it animate! ten "art! of $ercur- and thi! ork ha! no end.

@3.The $ercur of the im"erfect &od! take! "lace of that

%ulgar

$ercur- &ut the Art of e2tracting it i! difficult.

@9. The %ulgar $ercur i! turned into ,old & "ro. of the 1hilo!o"her! i! called a Fountain.

@. The $atter & "oer of "utrefaction i! con%erted into a

"art hich i! the "rinci"le of congelation.

(. There i! a com"endiou! a & hich the #ul"hur of #ol

and /una i! e2tracted & hich all $ercur i! fi2ed into ,old

and #il%er.

. The $atter mu!t ne%er &e remo%ed from the fire that it

ma not gro cold or el!e it i! !"oiled.

J. When the $atter come! to &e &lack then gi%e the #econdgrade of fire.

J*. The Wa!hing of the 1hilo!o"her! i! &ut a !imilitude for


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the fire onl "erfect! all.

J'. 1oi!on and !tinkingne!! i! taken aa onl & the fire

for it i! that hich a&!ol%e! all.

J6. Fire & it! "enetrating arid acute %irtue clean!e! more

than an other ater.

J). When in an %egeta&le thing the heat or colour i!

e2tingui!hed there follo! death.

J3 95. The #"irit i! the calor colourMG.

J@. When the $atter i! &rought to Whitene!! then ma it not

&e de!troed.

J(. All corru"tion of thing! i! noted & a mortal "oi!on.

J. The ,la!! or %e!!el i! called $other.

99. The %irtue of the #ul"hur ma &e e2tended to a certain

term.

'**. ou mu!t o&!er%e the =ue!tion h the 1hilo!o"her! call

their $atter a $en!truum.

6J.

'*'. #ul"hur di!!ol%e! the name of a form &ut the $en!truum

the name of the $atter.

'*6. The $en!truum re"re!ent! the little and inferiourElement!- namel the Earth and Water- #ul"hur the #u"eriour

a! Fire and Air are the agent!.

'*). When ou &reak the !hell of the egg al!o that the chick

come! out then it i! killed- al!o if ou o"en the %e!!el al!o

that the matter feel! the Air- then it i! all !"oiled.

'*3. Calcination done ith $ercur in a re%er&erator i!

good.

'*9. The method! of the "hilo!o"hical !tile mu!t dilegentl

&e noted- for & !u&limation the under!tand the di!!olution

of &od! into $ercur & the fir!t grade of fire- hich i!folloed & the !econd o"eration hich i! the in!"i!!ation of

$ercur ith #ul"hur. The third i! the fi2ation of $ercur in

a "erfect and a&!olute &od.

'*@. There i! an infinite num&er of Errant! ho do not allo

of $ercur a! it i! in it! form mi2ed & the cal2 of "erfect

&od!- to &e the matter of the #tone.

'*(. The White $edicine i! &rought to "erfection in the third

degree of fire- and thi! degree ou mu!t not tran!gre!! in

the making of the White $edicine or el!e ou ill de!tro the

White Work.'*. The fourth degree of fire make! the matter red- and

there a""ear di%er! colour!.


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'*J. The Work after White not &rought to a high redne!! i!

im"erfect not onl the White &ut al!o the Red Tincture.

''*. After the fir!t degree of; the 1er!ian fire the matter

&ecome! more "oerful>..

ill. The ork i! not &rought to "erfection e2ce"t it &e

incerated arid made fu!i&le like a2.

''6. The ork of ceration i! done & addition of 6 and 3

"art! of $ercur hich gi%e! the &eing to the #tone.

''). The inceration of the White $edicine i! done & the White

)*.

Water or the $ercur animated ith /una- &ut the inceration

of the Red $edicine i! done ith $ercur animated ith gold.

''3. +t i! enough hen the $atter after inceration remain!

like a "a!te.

''9. Reiterate the inceration till it ha! the right

con!i!tence.

''@. When the $ercur ith hich the inceration i! done- fl!

aa it !ignifie! nothing.

''(. The $edicine right and dul incerated e2"lain! enigma of

the

Ling coming out of the Fountain.

''. #ol. reduced into it! ater or fir!t matter- & mean! of

the %ulgar $ercur- if it gro! cold it i! !"oiled.

''J. The 1hilo!o"her take! the matter "re"ared & nature and

reduce! it into the fir!t matter- for e%erthing i! reduced

into that out of hich it hath it! original- like #no i!

mi2ed ith Water.

'6*. The Wi!e men &ring ear! into month! and month! into

eek! and eek! into da!.

'6'. The fir!t decoction of $ercur done & nature i! the

onl cau!e of it! !im"le "erfection &eond hich it cannot

come- &ut ou mu!t hel" thi! !im"licit4 !eminating gold in

it! on earthhich i! nothing el!e &ut "ure $ercur- hich i! & nature a

little and not "erfectl dige!ted.

'66. +n the !econd decoction of mercur the %irtue of mercur

i! ten time! augmented.

'6). The #tone of $ercur i! made & reiterating the

decoction adding to it gold and al!o man and oman are tice

&oiled.

'63. #ol mu!t &e added to $ercur that it ma &e turned into

#ul"hur and then it i! &oiled into the 1h!ical #tone.

'69. Al!o !ome contem"late the "hilo!o"hical $ercur- et dothe not kno it.

'6@. E%er $ercur of hat original !o e%er re"re!ent! the


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matter of the #tone- taken in a due manner.

'6(. E%erthing i! the !u&


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nature of metal!.

'33. +t i! highl nece!!ar that the #eed of the

1hilo!o"hical $edicine i! like %ulgar $ercur.

'39. The highe!t !ecret of all i! to kno that $ercur i!

&oth $atter and $en!truum- and that the $ercur of "erfect

&od! i! the form.

'3@. $ercur & it!elf doe!- nothing in generation.

'3(. $ercur i! the elemental earth in hich gold i!

!eminated.

'3. The #eed of ,old i! indued ith multi"ling %irtue.

'3J. 1erfect $ercur !eek! for the ork of generation a

oman.

'9*. E%er $ercur con!i!t! out of 6 element!- the Crude out

of ater and earth- &oiled out of fire and air.

'9'. +f anone ill turn $ercur into a metal- then ou mu!t

add to it a little ferment that it ma &e to !uch a degree of

"erfection &rought a! ou "lea!e.'96. The greate!t Arcanum of the ork- i! the "h!ical

di!!olution into $ercur-and reduction into $ercur.

'9). The di!!olution of gold mu!t &e "erfected & nature and

not & hand!.

'93. When gold i!


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