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and illumination, and thus the perfection is made clear; and it is said by Rhazes original: "Rō"; likely an abbreviation for Rasis/Rhazes, the Persian alchemist mentioned on the previous page. that light occurs.
And the heart The "heart" or cor in alchemy often refers to the hidden essence or the "seed" within the base matter. of the magnesia maggnesia In medieval alchemy, "magnesia" was not the modern element magnesium, but a term for the "primitive matter" or the base substance used to start the Great Work. is perfectly produced. But it cannot be rightly done unless in perfection because
Before and after. Lest, however, they also know how to measure perfectly, since
it is seen toward this. And it is said. And it is said. And thus again to return it better.
It is seen concerning what is said. The extension of some faith just as its strength etc. it is said.
it has and by its rectitude it is said that just as in space they may be by the way
of nature perfectly, so that which is drawn off is not shameful—namely, the same is said for this—
lest so that it may be improved, and of the metal which is well spoken of, and of the substance of whiteness albedini The Albedo, or "whitening," is the second major stage of the alchemical process, representing purification. imposed;
and thus the explanation is corrected. It is said, however, to be liquefied through those things. It must be noted that some
act in space through heat and others through fire, through the mixture which it makes.
note note note note note They ought to speak of the wind through the heart. And thus as the order allows and through that? light.
And now that which is white is seen as twofold: through being dried, namely by abstinence
of this kind?, but to return to liquefy, namely liquefaction, which is noted by oil.
It is said by the way that the heart by nature is another thing, truly corrupted of this kind?
[it] reigns in the highest; after the way of whiteness, then nature conquers
the corrupted; and thus that which overcomes is called the heart. In the fourth query, as
Rightly the second cannot be done through that corruption, namely through
the black, for the black is thus shown of the corrupted, and the black releases
[and] conquers the other; it cannot be like the other. And in the third query it is said: note: to go out
the other ought, and through the 3rd query it is said [to be] seen seen? 1. 2. leaves that you may conquer
by sight. 1. toward whiteness. However, that liquefaction among
To whiten, to wash, and to cleanse. original: "dealbare ablue & mundare" And thus concerning light. To whiten
and to wash, and it happens. But to conquer is to make, to vivify the power,
so that the sign is that it is never white through abstraction, or that is,
in those things liquefied, it is said sometimes to liquefy and to whiten; it is purified. mundificatur Purification of the matter was essential before the final transformation into gold.