The Sophic Nucleus: An Interpretation of the Tincture of the Physicists of Paracelsus

Stone / a Medicine / to which we neither
add / nor take away anything. Bernhardus Bernard of Trevisan (1406–1490), a famous Italian alchemist whose writings emphasized the unity of the "Stone." says
that there is a single root,
out of which the two Mercurial substances original: "Mercurialische Substanzẽ"; likely referring to the "dual" nature of mercury in alchemy—the fixed and the volatile, or the "sophic" sulfur and mercury.
and our entire Work are made.
Morienus Morienus Romanus, a legendary 7th-century hermit and alchemist said to have taught the Umayyad prince Khalid ibn Yazid. says this as well: The
first and foremost essence and Matter of this
thing is one and the same, and out of that same
[essence] one thing arises. Agademon in the
Turba Refers to the Turba Philosophorum (Assembly of the Philosophers), one of the oldest Latin alchemical texts, where "Agademon" is a featured speaker. testifies to this likewise,
where he says: Therefore one may well
flee and avoid many and various ways or
manipulations; for Nature is satisfied
with only one thing, and he who
does not know this must perish because of it.
Hermes, a father of all philosophers,
also says in his Table original: "Tabula"; the Tabula Smaragdina or Emerald Tablet, the foundational text of Hermeticism.:
For just as all things originate
and are born from one, and by the meditation
of one original: "eines Betrachtung"; a reference to the Emerald Tablet's line regarding the "meditation of one mind.", so also do all things have
their beginning and true origin from this
single thing and its composition.
Particularly, however, Hercules A pseudonym used in various alchemical tracts, sometimes associated with "Hercules the Philosopher." agrees
very well with Theophrastus Paracelsus herein,
where he says: This Magistery original: "Magisterium"; the "masterwork" or the perfected alchemical process and its result.
comes primarily from one root,
and is afterwards spread out into many,