Chemical Experiments on the Radical Dissolution of Bodies

external blessing stands in exact proportion to the internal. For this science, which I consider the highest, mere knowledge is not sufficient; practice is also required, and for practice, power, and for power, the authority that comes from Above, and which no human being can communicate to another.

Whoever thinks differently about these matters is greatly mistaken; he deceives himself, or has been deceived by others; for he does not know the interconnection of the internal laws of the Godhead with the external laws of Nature.

I know well that some say: nature follows unchangeable laws; sulfur and mercury always produce cinnabar original: "Zinnober." A bright red mineral (mercury sulfide) that was a primary goal and component in alchemical experiments., arsenic and sulfur always produce the well-known orpiment original: "Auripigment." A deep yellow arsenic sulfide mineral used as a pigment and in medicinal/alchemical preparations., 2 times 2 is always 4, regardless of whether a good or an evil person adds these numbers together; consequently, it is exactly the same with higher Chemistry (Chimie): Here the author refers to alchemy as the "higher" form of chemistry, implying that it involves both spiritual and physical transformations.. Once one knows the matter, knows the composition, and has seen or learned it from others, then one can make these things as well as anyone else; nature cannot rob us of her treasures if we subdue her through her own laws. Such is the rationalizing of those who climb into the sanctuary by way of the roof This is a metaphor for those trying to gain divine or secret knowledge through illegitimate means or "shortcuts" (logic and theft) rather than through the "door" of spiritual worthiness.; however, they do not remember,