Azoth and Fire, or the Golden Fleece

...could [tell] of the great miraculous deeds of GOD. Likewise, He has also not bound His high gifts of wisdom—the true and righteous art, Hermetic Alchemy The study of spiritual and physical transformation, named after the legendary sage Hermes Trismegistus.—to academic learning or bureaucratic words. Instead, He has turned much more toward the simple, who do not possess the learning of the world. Just as we have not written about the coarse outer shells, the dregs original Latin: "fecibus," referring to waste, sediment, or the lowest, impure parts of matter. of damned earth, the curse, and the husks of the world, but rather of the true essence: the heavenly Mercury original: "Mercurio." In alchemy, this is one of the three primary principles (Tria Prima), representing the spirit, fluidity, and the connection between the high and the low., the spiritual juice and outflow of the stars, the solar and fiery Sulfur original: "Sulphur." One of the three primary principles, representing the soul, heat, and the "inner fire" of a substance., the ethereal fatness, and the pure Salt original: "Salz." The third primary principle, representing the body, stability, and preservation., as the earthly balsam. Regarding this, the dear Savior says that it is a good thing; and because we speak of such spiritual and heavenly things that have their origin in GOD—and GOD the Lord has hidden these in the secret chambers of Nature—but the natural man does not understand the things that belong to the Spirit of GOD, so our speech and our presentation are foolishness to him.