The Metallic Orchard

understood; no, but rather the sul-
fur and the salt, which have sprouted from those
metals and have been reduced by Nature herself
for this purpose, brought back to their be-
ginnings; which we have been per-
mitted to take, to capture, and to fetch from there;
let he who wants to hear, hear; let he who
will not pay attention, feel: This refers to the German proverb "Wer nicht hören will, muss fühlen"—he who will not listen must feel the consequences.

I remember that formerly
some people located in Holland requested
through public newspapers that whoever
knows and understands the true First Matter of the Philosophers First Matter of the Philosophers; original: prima materia Philosophorum; the primordial, formless substance from which all matter originates and the essential starting material for the Philosopher's Stone,
and what this actually
is, might grant them such knowledge.

My friend, whoever you may be, here in
this little treatise you will find the same
clearly and openly: Theophrastus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, known as Paracelsus (1493–1541), the Swiss physician who revolutionized alchemy by focusing on its medicinal applications, Flamel Nicolas Flamel (c. 1330–1418), a French scribe who became legendary as an alchemist who supposedly discovered the secret of eternal life,
Basilius Basilius Valentinus; a legendary 15th-century Benedictine monk and alchemist, though his works were likely written in the early 1600s, The Sophic Hydrolith original: Wasserstein der Weisen; an influential alchemical text first published in 1619, titled "The Water-Stone of the Wise",
and the Philosophical Father-Heart original: Philosophische Vater-Herz; likely a reference to a specific mystical alchemical tract or the divine essence within the work,
will attest to this.

But if it were not yet
depicted clearly enough for one or another,
then one or another could perhaps
be further served upon inquiry;
however, it serves everyone to know
who should write to the Mr. Publisher in this regard