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[foolish]ness and an offense that he cannot comprehend.

Finally, we have one more word to speak with you, lovers of Hermetic Wisdom and Truth; and specifically, for the first part: because we call this a high truth—as indeed it is—our intention, will, and opinion are by no means to seek to make such a high art popular and pleasant, or to recruit and encourage more lovers for it to seek and investigate it; no, not at all. Rather, we protest against such a thing—namely, that the high art, Alchemy The art of transformation, both of metals and of the human soul., is not every man’s business, and thus not everyone should occupy themselves with researching it.

Although there are many authors original Latin: "Autores." who praise and exalt Alchemy quite excessively, claiming it is so trivial that one need only reach out, and just as one draws water with a vessel, so one can draw gold—a procedure that is not to be praised, as it has made many people reckless, who [have thrown] their livelihood original: "Nahrungs-Beruf," referring to the trade or profession by which a person earns their daily bread. to the wall