Hermes: A Journal in Occasional Issues

"...the water of our dew, from which the
philosophical salt is drawn (namely
Mercury: for Mercury and salt are
One! In alchemical theory, the "Mercury" of the philosophers and their "Salt" are often described as different states of the same primordial substance: one volatile, one fixed.), from which everything grows and is nourished;
it is our Magnet, which was previously
called Steel; the air begets the magnet,
and the magnet makes our
air visible."

Regarding the air, this writer Referring to Michael Sendivogius. says in another place: "it is hot and moist,
volatile; but, when it is made fixed term: fixed (fix) A substance is "fixed" when it has been altered so that it no longer evaporates or changes when exposed to high heat., then it penetrates every
body. It embodies itself with the
water; it possesses the spirit of life original: "Lebensgeist." The vital force that animates living things. of all
creatures; it has a magnetic
power to receive the seminal matters original: "Saamenstoffe." The essential "seeds" or archetypal blueprints of all physical forms.; this
power works within the seminal matters to draw
their like to themselves again as nourishment from the air—
it is the dwelling-place of life
for every creature."

§. 76.

Continuation.

When the philosophers declare sometimes the air, and sometimes the fire, to be their subject, they have...

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Dew, philosophical salt, Mercury, Magnet, Steel, Air, Spirit of life, Seminal matters, Subject.