Chemical Experiments on the Radical Dissolution of Bodies

to sell, or boasted of sharing. I listened to many; but I found pure concepts in very few of them. I do not deny that the drive to become rich has led some to new and useful discoveries, and that common chemistry The author distinguishes between "common chemistry" (practical laboratory science) and "alchemy" (the pursuit of the transformative or divine stone). owes much to alchemy. But as for the Universalissimum original: "Universalissimum." The most universal substance; in alchemy, this refers to the "Universal Medicine" or the Philosopher's Stone, capable of perfecting all things., it seems to me that only the Universalissimus original: "Universalissimus." The "Most Universal One," referring to God as the sole distributor of the highest mysteries. has the power to bestow it, and that this is reserved for a great purpose which only God himself will carry out. To this we must humbly submit ourselves, without wishing to pry into how, through whom, and in what manner this will happen.

The gold which I seek is Truth, my silver is Wisdom — and my Philosopher's Stone is the knowledge of my own nothingness — and of the allness of God in the depths of nature. — —