A Compendious yet Complete Philosophical Handbook

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e. Its father is the sun, that is: the gold of the Sages.

f. Its mother is the moon, that is: the silver of the Sages.

g. The wind has carried it in its belly.

NB. When the air is moist and wet, the Sun of Nature’s Mercurial spirit original: "☉ Naturæ ☿ ale." The author is describing a solar, life-giving essence contained within a mercurial (volatile) medium. is most often brought to the earth as a hidden food of life original Latin: "occultus vitæ cibus." This refers to the alchemical belief that the atmosphere carries a secret nourishment that sustains all living things., and especially when it rains or dews: For then the rainwater takes this life-force from the air—which has been impregnated by the sun, moon, and stars—and carries it to the earth. There, it joins itself with the Solar Salt symbol: ☉ 🜔 of the Earth symbol: 🜃 and Water symbol: 🜄, thereby causing the growth and fertility of all things. This volatile Solar symbol: ☉ spirit thus rises from the earth to heaven, and from there descends again to the earth, and thereby obtains the power of the things above and the things below.

h. Its nurse is the earth.