Aula Lucis, or The House of Light

...this by a physical extraction or sublimation original: "sublimation"—the process of purifying a substance by heating it into vapor and then cooling it back into a solid or liquid. of water, which nature herself distills and rains down upon the earth. Now, this water, although it has a different nature original: "complexion"—meaning the temperament, character, or fundamental makeup of a substance. from the philosopher’s mineral water, nevertheless possesses many characteristics that well deserve our observation. I shall not dwell long upon any of them; I will only give you one or two instances and then return to my subject.

First of all then, you should consider that nature does not distill outside of the body, as the chemist does into the recipient original: "recipient"—the glass vessel used in a laboratory to collect the liquid after it has been distilled.. She draws the water up from the earth and returns it to that same earth; because of this, she creates life through circular and proportional original: "reasonable"—meaning balanced or in accordance with natural law. absorptions original: "imbibitions"—the process of a solid substance soaking up or "drinking" a liquid..

Secondly, you must observe that she prepares her moisture before she saturates the body with it, and she does so through a most wonderful original: "admirable"—meaning marvelous or causing wonder. preparation. Her method in this matter is very obvious and open to all the world, so that if men were not blind, I would not need to say much about it. Her water, as we see, she rarefies...