The Metallic Orchard

curial—or salt-water, then the body, as our metallic sulfur Sulfur; the active, soul-like principle of matter, after its putrefaction original: putre faction; the stage of decomposition where the matter turns black and "dies", could not be made into a fluid substance, spiritually in its interior, and afterwards original: postea fixed and fire-resistant.

For although our Mercury Mercurius; the fluid, spirit-like principle would not necessarily need to fix our sulfur—which is fixed by nature—if it were not to be made into a tincture A potent medicinal or transmutative liquid; but since our sulfur must take on a new form original: formam, virtue, and life, it must first die once more in its own salt-water, spirit, and life, rot, cleanse its body, and afterwards arise again, clarified and highly fixed original: höchst-figirt; rendered stable so it no longer evaporates when heated, to appear and perform great deeds.

As soon as our sulfur and salt are each well-purified—the first being twelve parts original: Partes by appearance, and the other being one part—and have been mixed together in a dissolving dish original: Solvir-Schaale and dried out, it will not manifest its power immediately. But when both are placed into a suitable vial original: Violen, so that at least 3 parts original: Partes of air remain within it, and our child—lying in the mother’s womb and not yet alive—is once again given the 12th part of its own milk as nourishment (even though it tastes salty), the vial is well-sealed, placed in the natural furnace original: natürlichen Ofen; the Athanor, which provides the steady, gentle heat necessary for the process, and everything is dried out once more;

Then