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| Where the sought-after matter is stored | 234 |
| How the medicine achieves entry | 239 In alchemy, "entry" or "ingress" refers to the ability of the transformative substance to penetrate and change the internal structure of a base metal. |
REGARDING THE THEORY OF THE INTELLECTUAL ART.
The "Intellectual Art" refers to Ramón Lull's unique system of logic. It uses diagrams and combinations of terms to discover universal truths. Here, it is applied to the principles of alchemy.
| Concerning the knowledge of reason achieved through the revolution of opposites to find the Practice regarding nature | 257 The "revolution of opposites" is a Lullian technique of rotating circular diagrams to compare different qualities, such as heat and cold, to reach a logical conclusion. |
| Concerning intellectual teaching regarding matter, its form, and its operation | 243 |
| Figure of imperfect metals | 295 "Imperfect" metals are any metals other than gold and silver, such as lead, tin, copper, or iron. |
| Intellectual figure | 254 |
| Practical figure of the work of nature | 268 |
| Concerning form and its consequence | 276 In the Aristotelian tradition used by Lull, "form" is the internal nature or essence that gives matter its specific identity. |
| Matter and its diversity | 280 |
| The matter of our medicine, and what substance it is | 242 |
| On the manner of possessing the intellectual instrument | 250 |
| Concerning the observation or preservation of the middle, perfecting, and homogeneous nature | 288 |
| Concerning the summary of the intellectual art with the division of its parts | 268 |
REGARDING THE PRACTICE.
| Concerning the composition of Mercury, and its real nature | Alchemists distinguished between common quicksilver and "Philosophical Mercury," which was the purified, essential liquid at the heart of the Great Work. |
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