Mineral Stone, or the Highest Medicine

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effect of the heavenly lights / in the
small world the microcosm, referring to the earthly realm or the human being as a reflection of the universe also the power of God / and the
operation / through his Divine and holy
Breath / to work in the Earth. Furthermore
the Almighty gave / and established means to
accomplish such / so that one creature
received power to act in another / and one should
assist the other / to accomplish and carry out
all the works of the Lord. Thus,
an influence original: "einflieffung," referring to the astrological "in-flowing" of celestial power was granted to the Earth through the
lights of Heaven / to give birth /
likewise an internal warmth to heat
and boil out original: "außzukochen," an alchemical term for the slow maturation or refining of substances through natural heat / what was too cold for the soil
due to its wateriness / as a particular
Genus: a specific class, type, or category of being according to its kind for every
creature / so that through the starry heaven
there is awakened a subtle Sulfur-vapor: "Schwebel-dampff," here referring to a philosophical principle of heat and soul, rather than common sulfur / not the
common kind / but another clarified,
pure, and purple vapor / separated
from others / which unites itself with the
Mercurial substance / through which property of
warmth the excessive moisture is dried out
over a long time / and when the soulish
property is added / which gives the
Corpus: the physical body or material form and the Balsam: a life-preserving essence thought by Paracelsians to prevent decay and maintain health
of preservation / and which previously also worked
through the Spiritual and Sidereal: "Spiritualische und Syderische," referring to the divine spirit and the influence of the stars
influence into the soil / thus a
birth of metals results from it / just as the
mixture of the three beginnings: "drey anfahenden," the Paracelsian "Tria Prima" consisting of Sulfur, Mercury, and Salt is determined / and whichever
takes the most of these three for itself /
according to that the body is formed. But if