Splendor of the Sun

part holds together. And that is actually
a trituration original: "Zerreibung"; the process of grinding or wearing down a substance to a fine powder. But where the moisture is entirely
separated from the dry, then of necessity
the dry parts are sundered and turned
into an ash; the incineration original: "inceneratio"; reducing a substance to ashes through heat is something
the Philosophers original: "Philosophi"; here referring to the alchemists of old also do not wish to have; rather, they want their
putrefaction, their extraction, trituration, and
calcination original: "Calcierung"; the reduction of a metal or mineral to a powder by heat to happen in such a way that the
natural moisture and dryness are united
with one another, separated from superfluous
moisture, and dried; those things which are
perishable are drawn out, just as the food
that enters the belly of an animal is cooked
and broken down, and from it is drawn the
nourishing power and moisture by which
Nature is sustained and increased, and its
superfluous parts are separated away.
Nevertheless, every single thing desires to
be fed according to the property of its
own nature; that should, above all, be
noted in the aforementioned Stone of the
Philosophers.