Chemical Experiments on the Radical Dissolution of Bodies

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contained fire-power (phosphoric power) with the
metallic earth, expels the impure, and forms
a refinement original: "Veredlung." In alchemy, this refers to the "ennobling" of a base metal into a more perfect one, like silver or gold. that is proportional to the
phosphoric power that has united with the
metallic earth.

If one takes pure metals and melts
them, and at the same time adds bodies con-
taining phosphorus, or phosphorus itself,
they increase in weight.

Silver, however, passes into gold through a
large portion of restricting earth original: "einschränkender Erde." This likely refers to a dry, stabilizing principle that "fixes" or constrains a volatile substance into a solid, permanent state., —
according to the nature of the penetration of the
phosphorus.

The entire transmutation of the ancients consists
in this: that the pure earth, the soul, the in-
ner essence, draws the phosphorus to itself,
in order to bathe with that same pure metal,
unites with the pure, and lets the impure go.

On the Innermost Essence of Things.

In the interior of things lies a
pure, fiery, sulfuric, incombustible
essence, which, when it is fixed fixed: "fix" in alchemy refers to a substance that has become stable under heat and no longer evaporates or changes state., might be
called the light of nature original: "Licht der Natur." A concept popularized by Paracelsus, referring to the innate wisdom or divine spark within the physical world that allows the physician or alchemist to understand the secrets of creation.: for it is the