The Golden Fleece

Fire and gun-stones original: "Büchsensteinen"; likely referring to flints or specific mineral stones used in fire-based alchemical operations, and how they are to be used for the Chemical Art, concerning ten specific procedures. Particular: a chemical process that works on a specific metal or produces a limited result, as opposed to a "Universal" process.
18. Concerning the fixation original: "figierung" by Hazenthurn upon the Psifur of Trismosine. Hazenthurn refers to a known alchemical practitioner; Psifur is likely a specialized vessel or a specific coded substance name.
19. Part with part original: "Pars cum parte"; referring to equal mixing of substances with the great fire of Trismosine.

Paracelsian Writings.

1. The Golden Fleece. A common alchemical title referring to the quest for the Philosopher's Stone.
2. Elixir and Tincture; cures leprosy, gout, dropsy, paralysis, and other bodily contagia. original Latin: "curiat lepram, podagram, hydropisin, paralisin & alia corporis contagia"
3. Paracelsian Tinctures.
1. The manner of sowing the seed into the earth. An allegorical description of placing alchemical matter into a medium for growth or fermentation.
2. Coagulation of Mercury symbol: ☿ into Gold symbol: ☉ through the salts of metals.
3. Fixation through the morning star. The "Morning Star" often refers to the metal Antimony or the planet Venus.
4. Tincture of Mercury symbol: ☿ into Gold symbol: ☉.
5. Of the Green Lion. Green Lion: a vital alchemical symbol often representing "raw" matter, such as vitriol or unrefined antimony, capable of dissolving gold.
6. Augmentation Augmentation: the process of increasing the quantity of a metal or the potency of a tincture. with the Mercury of Lead symbol: ♄ by Johannes Trithemius. Trithemius (1462–1516) was a famous abbot, cryptographer, and teacher of Paracelsus.
7. Precipitated Mercury symbol: ☿ through the Oil of Vitriol. Oil of Vitriol is a historical name for concentrated sulfuric acid.
8. Fixative water. original: "Aqua fixatiua"; a solvent used to make volatile substances stable under heat.
9. Fixation of Lead symbol: ♄ into Gold symbol: ☉.
4. The Testament of Theophrastus. Refers to Theophrastus von Hohenheim, better known as Paracelsus.

Korndorfferian Writings.

1. The Spiritual Sun, from the Carnelian. Korndorffer was a 16th-century alchemist known for his "particular" recipes; the Carnelian is a reddish gemstone.
2. Book of Particular Tinctures.
1. A specific procedure original: "Particular" with the Burning Heaven.
2. Incorporating 4 Loth of Gold symbol: ☉ into the Mark of Silver symbol: ☽. Loth and Mark: historical units of weight; a Loth was roughly 1/2 ounce, while a Mark was a standard weight for precious metals (approx. 8 ounces).
3. Coagulation of Mercury.