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And it is called by the physicists physicis In the medieval sense, "physicists" refers to natural philosophers who studied the properties of matter. water attributed to the matter in fusion, above a certain amount.
note 2 Note that these things are attributed and indeed publicly returned. Augustine and Albert Saint Augustine and Albertus Magnus, the latter being a famous 13th-century proponent of alchemy and science. were of this opinion. Augustine speaks of all these things, and another lightens by fire the Lord from this and—

The total water attributed so much which does not place a limit in the distribution and attraction. Rhazes original: "Rō"; the Persian physician and alchemist known for his practical laboratory manuals. [provides] a reason through the message of the perfection of the gift by protected sight. note Democritus The Greek philosopher, often cited in medieval alchemy as an authority on the "nature" of metals. however says that moisture... some which is called the philosopher's treasure... which is through nature... which is that of Hermes Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary father of the Hermetic arts. in the presence, and in chapter 2.2. And not because the heart The inner essence of the metal. permutes it, but by the dilution of the barriers by the humor through liquefaction liquefactione The process of melting or making a substance fluid so it can be transformed. and thus follows the mortification mortificatio The symbolic "death" or breakdown of the base metal, usually associated with the black stage of the work. in which the dead—
the protector gives the first life. In the maker, or in the heart of the maker, the color of the [matter] does not appear. Then it is returned... it says not water, although it has the moisture so that the splendor original: "splendor"; refers to the shining appearance of the purified material. can be seen in the plain. And the moisture of the sun In alchemy, "Sol" or the Sun refers to gold or the perfected male principle. in the first to make.
note 3 By power and motion. From that which is the foundation of the waters... Rhazes original: "℟" produces multiplication multiplicationem The stage of the Great Work where the power and quantity of the alchemical medicine is increased. throughout the whole... or a sea and a cloud nebula A term for the vapors that rise and condense within the alchemical flask. in which then darkness original: "tenebrae"; refers to the dark stage of the process. is corrected... it is seen that the cloud covers.
Rhazes says: It is made from the [matter] in the state of whiteness albedinis The "Albedo," the second major stage of alchemy, representing purification and washing.... in the first colors... from the clouds in which the first...

...and to know whenever they are called by one name... and for the measurement. ...whereby it is made to flow. Whence it is coagulated coagulatur The process of a liquid thickening or becoming solid, essential for fixing the volatile spirit. in time...

In this Democritus says... all things are congealed. Note that the water of the sun [gold]... and in another way it says... all things are made in the sun [gold]...