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themselves with a fox's tail. In the same way your Avicenna sits in the vestibule of the infernal portal;
and I have disputed with him about his aurum potabile, his Tincture of the Philosophers, his
Quintessence, and Philosophers' Stone, his Mithridatic, his Theriac, and all the rest. O, you hypocrites,
who despise the truths taught you by a true physician, who is himself instructed by Nature, and is a son
of God himself! Come, then, and listen, impostors who prevail only by the authority of your high
positions! After my death, my disciples will burst forth and drag you to the light, and shall expose your
dirty drugs, wherewith up to this time you have compassed the death of princes, and the most invincible
magnates of the Christian world. Woe for your necks in the day of judgment! I know that the monarchy
will be mine. Mine, too, will be the honour and glory. Not that I praise myself: Nature praises me. Of her
I am born; her I follow. She knows me, and I know her. The light which is in her I have beheld in her;
outside, too, I have proved the same in the figure of the microcosm, and found it in that universe.
But I must proceed with my design in order to satisfy my disciples to the full extent of their wish. I
willingly do this for them, if only skilled in the light of Nature and thoroughly practised in astral matters,
they finally become adepts in philosophy, which enables them to know the nature of every kind of water.
Take, then, of this liquid of the minerals which I have described, four parts by weight; of the Earth of red
Sol two parts; of Sulphur of Sol one part. Put these together into a pelican, congelate, and dissolve them
three times. Thus you will have the Tincture of the Alchemists. We have not here described its weight:
but this is given in the book on Transmutations6.
The Treasure of Treasures for Alchemists by Paracelsus
So, now, he who has one to a thousand ounces of the Astrum Solis shall also tinge his own body of Sol.
If you have the Astrum of Mercury, in the same manner, you will tinge the whole body of common
Mercury. If you have the Astrum of Venus you will, in like manner, tinge the whole body of Venus, and
change it into the best metal. These facts have all been proved. The same must also be understood as to
the Astra of the other planets, as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Luna, and the rest. For tinctures are also prepared
from these: concerning which we now make no mention in this place, because we have already dwelt at
sufficient length upon them in the book on the Nature of Things and in the Archidoxies. So, too, the first
entity of metals and terrestrial minerals have been made, sufficiently clear for Alchemists to enable them
to get the Alchemists' Tincture.
This work, the Tincture of the Alchemists, need not be one of nine months; but quickly, and without any
delay, you may go on by the Spaygric Art of the Alchemists, and, in the space of forty days, you can fix
this alchemical substance, exalt it, putrefy it, ferment it, coagulate it into a stone, and produce the
Alchemical Phoenix7. But it should be noted well that the Sulphur of Cinnabar becomes the Flying
Eagle, whose wings fly away without wind, and carry the body of the phoenix to the nest of the parent,
where it is nourished by the element of fire, and the young ones dig out its eyes: from whence there
emerges a whiteness, divided in its sphere, into a sphere and life out of its own heart, by the balsam of its
inward parts, according to the property of the cabalists.
HERE ENDS THE TREASURE OF THE ALCHEMISTS.
NOTES
1 The Sign is nothing else than the mark left by an operation. The house constructed by the architect is the sign of his
handicraft whereby his skill and art are determined. Thus the sign is the achievement itself. - De Colica.
2 The earth also has its Astrum, its course, its order, just as much as the Firmament, but peculiar to the element. So also
there is an Astrum in the water, even as in the earth, and in like manner with air and fire. Consequently, the upper Astrum
has the Astra of the elements for its medium and operates through them by an irresistible attraction. Through this operation
of the superior and inferior Astra, all things are fecundated, and led on to their end. - Explicatio Totius Astronomiae.
Without the Astra the elements cannot flourish. ... In the Astrum of the earth all the celestial operations thrive. The Astrum
itself is hidden, the bodies are manifest. ... The motion of the earth is brought about by the Astrum of the earth. ... There
are four Astra in man (corresponding to those of the four elements), for he is the lesser world. - De Caducis, Par. II.
3 Aurum Potabile, that is, Potable Gold, Oil of Gold, and Quintessence of Gold, are distinguished thus. Aurum Potabile is
gold rendered potable by intermixture with other substances, and with liquids. Oil of Gold is an oil extracted from the
precious metal without the addition of anything. The Quintessence of Gold is the redness of gold extracted therefrom and
separated from the body of the metal. - De Membris Contractis, Tract II., c. 2.
4 If copper be pounded and resolved without a corrosive, you have Vitriol. From this may be prepared the quintessence,
oil, and liquor thereof. - De Morbis Tartareis. Cuprine Vitriol is Vitriol cooked with Copper. - De Morbis Vermium, Par. 6.
Chalcanthum is present in Venus, and Venus can by separation be reduced into Chalcanthum. - Chirurgia Magna. Pars.
The Treasure of Treasures for Alchemists by Paracelsus
III., Lib. IV.
5 There is, indeed, diffused through all things a Balsam created by God, without which putrefaction would immediately
supervene. Thus in corpses which are anointed with Balsam we see that corruption is arrested and thus in the physical
body we infer that there is a certain natural and congenital Balsam, in the absence of which the living and complete man
would not be safe from putrefaction. Nothing removes the Balsam but death. But this kind differs from what is more
commonly called Balsam, in that the one is conservative of the living, and the other of the dead. - Chirurgia Magna, Pt. II.,
Tract II., c 3. The confection of Balsam requires special knowledge of chemistry, and it was first discovered by the
Alchemists. - Ibid., Pt. I., Tract II., c. 4.
6 It is difficult to identify the treatise to which reference is made here. It does not seem to be the seventh book concerning
The Nature of Things, nor the ensuing tract on Cements. The general question of natural and artificial weight is discussed
in the Aurora of the Philosophers. No detached work on Transmutations has come down to us.
7 Know that the Phoenix is the soul of the Iliaster (that is, the first chaos of the matter of all things). ... It is also the Iliastic
soul in man. - Liber Azoth, S. V., Practica Lineae Vitae. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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themselves with a fox's tail. In the same way your Avicenna sits in the vestibule of the infernal portal;
and I have disputed with him about his aurum potabile, his Tincture of the Philosophers, his
Quintessence, and Philosophers' Stone, his Mithridatic, his Theriac, and all the rest. O, you hypocrites,
who despise the truths taught you by a true physician, who is himself instructed by Nature, and is a son
of God himself! Come, then, and listen, impostors who prevail only by the authority of your high
positions! After my death, my disciples will burst forth and drag you to the light, and shall expose your
dirty drugs, wherewith up to this time you have compassed the death of princes, and the most invincible
magnates of the Christian world. Woe for your necks in the day of judgment! I know that the monarchy
will be mine. Mine, too, will be the honour and glory. Not that I praise myself: Nature praises me. Of her
I am born; her I follow. She knows me, and I know her. The light which is in her I have beheld in her;
outside, too, I have proved the same in the figure of the microcosm, and found it in that universe.
But I must proceed with my design in order to satisfy my disciples to the full extent of their wish. I
willingly do this for them, if only skilled in the light of Nature and thoroughly practised in astral matters,
they finally become adepts in philosophy, which enables them to know the nature of every kind of water.
Take, then, of this liquid of the minerals which I have described, four parts by weight; of the Earth of red
Sol two parts; of Sulphur of Sol one part. Put these together into a pelican, congelate, and dissolve them
three times. Thus you will have the Tincture of the Alchemists. We have not here described its weight:
but this is given in the book on Transmutations6.
The Treasure of Treasures for Alchemists by Paracelsus
So, now, he who has one to a thousand ounces of the Astrum Solis shall also tinge his own body of Sol.
If you have the Astrum of Mercury, in the same manner, you will tinge the whole body of common
Mercury. If you have the Astrum of Venus you will, in like manner, tinge the whole body of Venus, and
change it into the best metal. These facts have all been proved. The same must also be understood as to
the Astra of the other planets, as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Luna, and the rest. For tinctures are also prepared
from these: concerning which we now make no mention in this place, because we have already dwelt at
sufficient length upon them in the book on the Nature of Things and in the Archidoxies. So, too, the first
entity of metals and terrestrial minerals have been made, sufficiently clear for Alchemists to enable them
to get the Alchemists' Tincture.
This work, the Tincture of the Alchemists, need not be one of nine months; but quickly, and without any
delay, you may go on by the Spaygric Art of the Alchemists, and, in the space of forty days, you can fix
this alchemical substance, exalt it, putrefy it, ferment it, coagulate it into a stone, and produce the
Alchemical Phoenix7. But it should be noted well that the Sulphur of Cinnabar becomes the Flying
Eagle, whose wings fly away without wind, and carry the body of the phoenix to the nest of the parent,
where it is nourished by the element of fire, and the young ones dig out its eyes: from whence there
emerges a whiteness, divided in its sphere, into a sphere and life out of its own heart, by the balsam of its
inward parts, according to the property of the cabalists.
HERE ENDS THE TREASURE OF THE ALCHEMISTS.
NOTES
1 The Sign is nothing else than the mark left by an operation. The house constructed by the architect is the sign of his
handicraft whereby his skill and art are determined. Thus the sign is the achievement itself. - De Colica.
2 The earth also has its Astrum, its course, its order, just as much as the Firmament, but peculiar to the element. So also
there is an Astrum in the water, even as in the earth, and in like manner with air and fire. Consequently, the upper Astrum
has the Astra of the elements for its medium and operates through them by an irresistible attraction. Through this operation
of the superior and inferior Astra, all things are fecundated, and led on to their end. - Explicatio Totius Astronomiae.
Without the Astra the elements cannot flourish. ... In the Astrum of the earth all the celestial operations thrive. The Astrum
itself is hidden, the bodies are manifest. ... The motion of the earth is brought about by the Astrum of the earth. ... There
are four Astra in man (corresponding to those of the four elements), for he is the lesser world. - De Caducis, Par. II.
3 Aurum Potabile, that is, Potable Gold, Oil of Gold, and Quintessence of Gold, are distinguished thus. Aurum Potabile is
gold rendered potable by intermixture with other substances, and with liquids. Oil of Gold is an oil extracted from the
precious metal without the addition of anything. The Quintessence of Gold is the redness of gold extracted therefrom and
separated from the body of the metal. - De Membris Contractis, Tract II., c. 2.
4 If copper be pounded and resolved without a corrosive, you have Vitriol. From this may be prepared the quintessence,
oil, and liquor thereof. - De Morbis Tartareis. Cuprine Vitriol is Vitriol cooked with Copper. - De Morbis Vermium, Par. 6.
Chalcanthum is present in Venus, and Venus can by separation be reduced into Chalcanthum. - Chirurgia Magna. Pars.
The Treasure of Treasures for Alchemists by Paracelsus
III., Lib. IV.
5 There is, indeed, diffused through all things a Balsam created by God, without which putrefaction would immediately
supervene. Thus in corpses which are anointed with Balsam we see that corruption is arrested and thus in the physical
body we infer that there is a certain natural and congenital Balsam, in the absence of which the living and complete man
would not be safe from putrefaction. Nothing removes the Balsam but death. But this kind differs from what is more
commonly called Balsam, in that the one is conservative of the living, and the other of the dead. - Chirurgia Magna, Pt. II.,
Tract II., c 3. The confection of Balsam requires special knowledge of chemistry, and it was first discovered by the
Alchemists. - Ibid., Pt. I., Tract II., c. 4.
6 It is difficult to identify the treatise to which reference is made here. It does not seem to be the seventh book concerning
The Nature of Things, nor the ensuing tract on Cements. The general question of natural and artificial weight is discussed
in the Aurora of the Philosophers. No detached work on Transmutations has come down to us.
7 Know that the Phoenix is the soul of the Iliaster (that is, the first chaos of the matter of all things). ... It is also the Iliastic
soul in man. - Liber Azoth, S. V., Practica Lineae Vitae. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]