The lure and romance of alchemy / by C.J.S. Thompson.

  • Charles Thompson
Date:
[1932]
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Credit: The lure and romance of alchemy / by C.J.S. Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6 Continuing the heat, our gold being made volatile, the wet way becomes dry and becomes a lucid body. The dawning of the day, and this is the volatilization the dry way. This dawning disappearing little by little. Our gold riseth in very fine red grains or powder which is our red sulphur so much wished by all the Sophi, but not the end of their labours. The volatiliza¬ tion the dry way. 7 Our red sulphur is imbibed with 5 parts of new mercury in pro¬ portion to the said sulphur’s weight, and this by seven divers imbibitions and with continuation of the heat. By the rota¬ tion of the wheel of Nature, in a month’s time is made putri- faction and at foresaid Regimens, at the end of the month, the King riseth Omnipotent which is our perfect Stone. The Medicine of the 3rd order, capable in its projection to trans¬ mute metals. To God Eternal Praise. Amen. The following lines on the Philosopher’s Stone are attributed to Basil Valentine, who will be referred to later: A Stone is found which is esteemed vile, From which is drawn a fire volatile, Whereof our noble Stone its selfe is made, Composed of white and red that ne’er will fade. It’s called a Stone and yet is no Stone; And in that Stone Dame Nature works alone, The Fountain that from thence did sometimes flow, His fix6d Father drowned hath also. His life and body are both devoured, Until at last his Soul to him restored; And his volatile Mother is made one, And alike with him in his own kingdome. Himself also virtue and power hath gained, And far greater strength than before attained. In old age also doth the son excell His own mother who is made volatile
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