Fortress of Science.

...is a true saying: as one believes in God, so one possesses Him, and so one finds Him. But if you doubt, or imagine that you might accomplish things by your own power, God allows failure to occur, so that we may recognize that He is Almighty, and that we can achieve nothing by our own strength without His grace, guidance, and assistance.

Therefore, if you wish—for the honor of God, for your own prosperity, and for the comfort and help of your neighbor, and not out of greed, pride, ostentation, or excess—to make Gold, you must effect and perform it with two masses original: "Mols"; likely referring to the bulk or specific quantities of minerals and two of plants original: "vegetabilibus"; in alchemy, this refers to substances derived from the "vegetable kingdom" or the life-force within matter, while the time of the Macrocosm and Microcosm The "Macrocosm" refers to the great universe (the stars and planets), while the "Microcosm" refers to the "small world" of man or the laboratory vessel. The two must be in astrological alignment. are in harmony.

For in this matter, if you do not correctly and properly observe the time and the constellations, you will labor fruitlessly and in vain. Because whatever is undertaken here while the positions of the stars are adverse and unfavorable, it all vanishes visibly into the air like a vapor original: "Vapor", smoke, and haze; it comes to nothing and disappears in an instant.

So wake up now, you beautiful, chosen, Christian host, and hear the sweet sound—