RAYMOND LULL

...until you see the animated water original: "aquam animatam". This refers to a "living" or chemically active solvent used to vivify dead matter. distilled, which begins to burn. Distill that portion to the side. When you have received everything that can be distilled by that heat, and the phlegm original: "phlegma". In early chemistry, this refers to the watery, tasteless, and inactive portion of a distilled substance. has been removed—as shown by the sign of burning original: "adustionis". This indicates a change in the state or color of the substance through heat.—divide it into two parts.

Keep one part for creating mercury represented by the symbol ☿ in the original text. In this context, it refers to a purified alchemical principle rather than the common metal., so that you may sublime To purify a solid substance by heating it into a vapor that then collects as a solid again in the upper part of the vessel. the earth of the stone with it. From the second part, you will draw out the elements without any burning, while preserving the properties of the sulfur, and through the quicksilver.

In this manner, place a portion of the animated water over the dregs original: "feces". The solid residue left at the bottom of the flask after distillation., 189. which will look like melted or liquid pitch at the bottom of the vessel. Immediately set the alembic A classic distillation apparatus consisting of a boiling vessel and a cooling cap with a spout. with its receiver. Light a fire of sawdust original: "ignem serraturarum". A slow-burning fire used to provide a gentle and steady temperature. and seal the joints with paste. Continue that fire until everything that can be distilled has come over by the steady heat of the fire. Afterward, place the vessel in a dry ash fire original: "igne sicco cinericio". A method of heating where the vessel is buried in hot ashes to ensure even heat distribution. and continue the distillation of the element from the sawdust, and toward the end