The Long-Desired and Promised Chemical-Philosophical Touchstone

...[lovers of the Art] Completing the sentence from the previous page: "...advice is given quite impartially regarding which authors or treatises are useful or harmful to lovers of the Art." are useful or harmful, so that the honored reader need only consider which writings he should leave aside or read.

We are therefore bound to heartily thank the Honorable Author for his life’s duration, for his great love, labor original: Mühwalt, and tireless diligence which he applied day and night to serve us, and to lead us by the hand out of the confused and darkened realm of Sophistical Babel In this context, "Sophistical Babel" refers to the confusing, misleading, and contradictory writings of false alchemists (often called "puffers") who lacked true spiritual or chemical knowledge. and into the bright midday sun of the pure and sanctified light of truth. We must implore GOD for his well-being in time and eternity, and not forget to honor the ashes of his bones in the grave. For such a