The Hermetical Triumph; or, The Victorious Philosophical Stone

(as the sages will always do), it would be better to remain silent than to fill the world with new works. These works serve more to clutter the spirit [or minds] of those who apply themselves to penetrate the philosophical mysteries than to set them on the true path that leads to the desired end they seek.

For this reason, it has been decided that interpreting a reliable author who treats this sublime philosophy with sound reasoning would be more useful to the "children of the science" children of the science: A common term for students or initiates of alchemy and Hermeticism. than some new work full of parables, adorned with the ingenious expressions that adepts adepts: Individuals who have supposedly mastered the "Great Work" of alchemy. know how to craft when they discuss this great art. Or rather, when they write only to inform those who already possess the mastery magistery: (Latin: magisterium) Also known as the "Great Work," referring to the ultimate achievement in alchemy, often the creation of the Philosopher's Stone.—or those seeking it—that they have had the good fortune to achieve it.

Indeed, most of the philosophers philosophers: In this context, the author refers to "chemical philosophers" or alchemists. who have written about it have done so more to speak of the success with which God has blessed their work than to provide the necessary instruction to those who devote themselves...