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

And because the Matter original: "matery"; the physical substance being transformed. of Nature is one and the same—namely the origin and Matter of the metals—therefore the Matter of the Art original: "Kunst"; the practice of alchemy, often called the "Sacred Art." must also be one and the same.

The text in Genesis The first book of the Bible, describing the creation of the world. reports that this initial Matter was a moist nature or water. For if one examines the text diligently, although the three principles are mentioned first—namely Heaven, Earth, and the Spirit of God—the Matter from which God drew such Heaven and Earth follows soon after: namely, from water original: "sc. aus Wasser"; "sc." is an abbreviation for the Latin scilicet, meaning "namely" or "to wit.". God took this for Himself and divided it into two parts or pieces, as you will hear.

Hermes or Mercurius Trismegistus A legendary Hellenistic figure regarded as the "father" of alchemy and author of the Hermetic corpus., although he was an Egyptian priest and lived at that time without the divine enlightenment of God, may perhaps have drawn great wisdom from certain writings that Moses left behind after the Exodus of the people of Israel from Egypt.

This man Hermes. specifically calls the Matter from which all Elements were drawn not only a "moist nature," but also describes the division of these elements quite elegantly in the Pymander original: "Pymander"; the first book of the Corpus Hermeticum, which provides an account of the creation of the universe similar to Genesis....