The Child-Bed of the Philosopher's Stone

take / that you take such in its original ore original: "Minera"; in alchemy, this refers to the raw, unrefined state of the substance as it exists in nature.,
and not / when it is separated from it / take it.
I mean to say / that you should draw this single thing in its natural
and fundamental source / and not at the end
of the stream; to that end, seek it in the belly of
Nature / creating The author uses the concept of "Natura naturans," or Nature as an active, creative force., / and not in the womb of
Nature created The author uses the concept of "Natura naturata," or the physical world of already-formed objects. by Nature / which is every kind of
determined thing.

So you must now take it / when its fatherly
love toward its children lets it descend from above from its
origin and heavenly and astral
ore original: "Minera" / and it spreads itself lovingly over
the face of the earth / wrapped in
a green mantle / and is covered with a moist night /
which is nothing other than a hidden
light in an unformed Chaos In the alchemical tradition, "Chaos" refers to the primeval, disordered state of the First Matter before it is "rectified" or purified., and a fluid
matter / clothed with darkness and fog.
Therefore, consider well the secret words
of Moses / in the first book of Creation The Book of Genesis. /
pray to the pious God / that He may grant you the grace / to under-
stand the secret meaning of these beautiful words /
which this great prophet and lawgiver will
bring forth / when he / as he is now at the
point of death / gives his last blessing to the chil-
dren of Israel / and says to Joseph the son of Jacob:
His land lies in the blessing of the Lord / there
are precious fruits from heaven / from the dew and from
the deep / that lies beneath. There are precious fruits
of the sun / and precious ripe fruits of the moon /
and from the high mountains toward the morning Referring to the East, where the sun rises. / etc.