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

[the artist] The syllable "-ler" likely concludes the word "Künstler" (Artist or Alchemist) from the previous page. through the Vulcanian craft original: "Vulcanische Handwerck"; alchemy, named after Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and smithing. is raised up and released from their imprisonment, and afterwards should be brought back into a unity, will follow hereafter. It is nothing more than that he calls such a unified thing—from which the great world The macrocosm or universe. and also our small world The microcosm or the human being. shall be born—a Red Lion. If he should have named it explicitly, he should also have called it a Moist Nature or Water; but he does not do so without reason, so that the unworthy, as well as the worthy, might not come to such a high arcanum original: "Arcano"; a deep secret or mystery of nature., since no other philosopher original: "Philosophus"; in this context, a philosopher refers to an alchemist or seeker of natural wisdom. has done so either; but as it stands: "Thus has this Stone The Philosopher’s Stone. been kept hidden, both from men and from spirits."

But it is called a Lion on account of its exceedingly great strength and power: just as a lion is the swiftest and strongest beast above all others, subdues them and makes them subject to itself, and is therefore compared to a King of Beasts: So one will not easily [find] a swifter, stronger, or more penetrating creature among all