Johannes Rhenanus, Book 3 of Chimiotechnica,

Chapter 5, page 158.

The True Preparation of Philosophical

Mercury.

C. B. V. book 1, chapter 11, number 21. R. page 142, chapter 4, number 5.

Sublimate Sublimation is the process of heating a solid until it turns into a vapor and then collects again as a solid on a cooler surface. common Mercury in the common way; place it in an earthenware pot, pour on warm [water], and the iron plates placed therein will immediately seize upon the spirits of Vitriol Sulfuric acid or metallic sulfates. and Salt contained in the sublimate, and it will be living, running Mercury, freed from its bonds; which you shall afterwards sublimate and resuscitate To "resuscitate" in an alchemical context means to return a solid sublimate back into a liquid, metallic state. six times. Finally, for the eighth time, still with Vitriol and Salt; but on the ninth and final time, without resuscitation, you shall sublimate it with oil of Vitriol, observing the correct proportion, and you will receive a crystalline and most beautiful sublimated Mercury. If you cast the blood of the Red Lion original: "sanguinem rubei Leonis." An alchemical term for a specific reagent, often understood as the "soul" or essential tincture of gold, or sometimes a preparation of antimony. upon this Mercury, so that it may take its nourishment from it and be able to saturate itself—if you can separate every external corrosive from it—you will have a Stone red and transparent like a ruby, with which all the riches of this world cannot be compared. Blessed is he who marks these words of mine with his finger and reaches the goal of fixation The process of making a volatile substance stable so that it remains solid and does not evaporate when heated..