Preface.

as can be seen at the beginning of this book. It is impossible to grasp the entire contents in a summary fashion; for that reason, the contents of the chapters and what they treat shall be set down here. Thus, the first chapter treats:

Chapter I. How everything that is spoken concerning God is mute and without understanding without the knowledge of the Signature The "Signature" refers to the "Signatura Rerum" or the "Signature of All Things," a doctrine suggesting that every object in the natural world bears an outward sign of its inner spiritual essence.; and how the Signature lies within the human mind according to the Essence of all Essences original: "Wesen aller Wesen." This refers to the fundamental divine substance or the primordial ground of being from which all things originate..

Chapter II. Concerning the opposition and the conflict within the Essence of all Essences.

Chapter III. Concerning the Great Mystery original: "Mysterio." In this context, it refers to the Mysterium Magnum, the chaos or "nothingness" from which God created the world. of all beings.

Chapter IV. Concerning the birth of the four elements and stars, in their metallic and creaturely properties.

Chapter V. Concerning the Sulphuric original: "Sulphurischen." In alchemy, Sulphur represents the active, combustible, and masculine principle of soul and spirit. dying,