The Metallic Orchard

the artist must first purify original: depuriren both of our materials, each one, from its filth original: Sordibus (impurities or dross); once this has occurred, the artist can then put both together again and bring them into one; however, he must see to it that the woman is not superior to the man, but rather that the man should be superior to the woman; regarding this, see Waterstone of the Wise original: Wasserstein der Weisen (a famous alchemical treatise published in 1619) Part 2 and Philosophical Father-Heart original: Philosophisches Vater-Herz.

If the seed in the fields receives too much rain and flooding, it suffocates and rots;

But if it rains every now and then, and a beautiful dew falls at night only during the greatest heat, then the dew refreshes all growth, so that not only many grains and fruit, but also hay, straw, and garden produce can be harvested.

Thus, here too, a small moistening is more useful to our body or sulfur Sulfur; in alchemy, this represents the "soul" or the combustible, active principle of matter than a great flood: Therefore, warmth and moisture must always help a thing along; cold at an inopportune time is harmful to all plants, as the farmer best sees and understands.

Just as the earth cannot exist without dew and sunshine, but would remain fruitless, so it is also with our philosophical field A common metaphor for the chemical environment or the "womb" of the alchemical vessel; if this were not to be sprinkled with its portion of water, which is its own wife, or mercurial The text breaks at Mer- and continues with the catchword curial.