A New Light of Alchemy

...wished to act, and spoke only with his sons. But I, in order to reveal the Theory original: "Theoricam." In this context, it refers to the underlying principles or "divine science" of alchemy as opposed to mere chemical experimentation. more clearly, wished to warn everyone here to set aside so many solutions, so many circulations, so many calcinations, and repetitions; for it is sought in vain in a hard thing, when it is everywhere soft by its own nature. Not the first, but only the second matter should be sought—that kind, certainly, which as soon as it is conceived, cannot be changed into another form.

But if you ask how a metal may be reduced into such a matter, I follow the intention of the Philosophers in that regard: I desire this only above all else, that the sons of the art sons of the art: (Latin: filii artis) a traditional term for initiates or sincere students of alchemy who seek to understand the secrets of nature. understand the sense of the writers, not the syllables, and where Nature stops—namely, in the metallic bodies perfected before our eyes—there the art must begin.

But to return to the purpose (since our intention here is not concerning the Stone alone), let us now discuss the matter of metals. A little while ago I said that all things are born from liquid air or vapor, which the Elements, by perpetual motion, distill into the bowels of the earth; after the Archaeus Archaeus: the hidden vital force or "internal chemist" believed by alchemists to direct the growth of minerals and living things within the earth. of Nature has received this,