DEDICATION

...are / then this art, which treats of the
very purest, the very best, the
very noblest, most delicate, and most subtle
secrets original: "Geheimnussen." In an alchemical context, these are the hidden powers or "mysteries" of nature that are not obvious to the senses. of nature, so that from them,
[something] for the benefit of the human race is extracted,
or brought into the most glorious substance and
essence, as if to its origin and
first beginning; it is granted and
given solely by GOD as a high gift,
as the holy Apostle James speaks (Chapter 1):
Every good gift and every perfect gift
is from above, coming down from the Father
of Lights, with whom there is no change,
nor shadow of variation. original Latin: "Omne datum optimum, & omne donum perfectum desursum est, descendens à Patre Luminum, apud quem non est transmutatio, nec vicissitudinis obumbratio." (James 1:17) Every
good gift, and every perfect
gift comes down from above, from the
Father of Lights, with whom there is no
change, nor darkness of the