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The Second Parable

Take that which is in the Water? original: "Nemes der Im Wasser"; likely an instruction to extract a specific substance or "spirit" from a liquid solution.

In this water there will be a [ . . . ] [ . . . ] [ . . . ] [ . . . ] [ . . . ] [ . . . ] [ . . . ] [ . . . ] [ . . . ] Shall [ . . . ] [ . . . ] the Spirit original: "der Geist"; in alchemy, this refers to a volatile substance or the vital essence of a material. [ . . . ] [ . . . ] [ . . . ] ?

ESTHER Refers to the biblical Queen Esther; her story of purification and intercession was often used as an alchemical allegory for the refinement of matter.