Splendor of the Sun

It is fitting that all things of the world be compared to it, whether they be visible or invisible, whether they possess a soul or not. Likewise, it applies to the physical and the animal, the dead and the living, the mineral and the growing, the elements and their composites, and to hot and cold things. Likewise to all colors, all fruits, all birds, and in summary, to all things that may exist from the earth up to the heavens. And among all these things, there are two "fitnesses" original: "schicklichaiten"; refers to the proper arrangement or suitability of materials of this art Alchemy was traditionally called "The Art" or "The Royal Art" which were mentioned above. The Philosophers The "Philosophers" usually refers to the ancient alchemical authorities like Hermes Trismegistus or Geber signify these in those two words: the Woman and the Man, or the Milk and the Rennet original: "Renū"; rennet is the curdling agent used in cheesemaking, here used as a metaphor for the agent that solidifies the "mercurial milk". He who does not understand these also does not understand the cooking original: "Kochūng"; the process of controlled heating in the furnace of this art. Let that now be enough said at the beginning concerning the first fitness of this art. etc.