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

...will most participate in others; those you may use for your work, and apply their Spirit original: "Spiritum" to your Spirit original: "Spiritui" for strengthening, preservation, and increase original: "Augmentation", through the right means original: "media" and preparation original: "præparation"; this is now more than enough regarding the matter original: "materia".

Now he comes to the preparation and to the three principles original: "principia"; in alchemical theory, these are Salt, Sulfur, and Mercury, the building blocks of all metals. mentioned above and says: That this Lion In alchemical symbolism, the "Lion" usually represents the fixed, solid, or acidic part of a substance, often associated with gold or "Green Lion" ore. may transmute original: "transmutiren" itself into the whitish Eagle The "Eagle" typically symbolizes the volatile or spiritual part of matter, or the process of sublimation where a solid turns into vapor. through the help of Nature and the art of the Artist, so that out of one, two are made; furthermore, the brilliance of the Sun original: "Solis"; here referring to the golden perfection of the final alchemical goal. does not shine for the Spagyrist original: "Spagyro"; a term coined by Paracelsus for an alchemist who practices the "spagyric" art—the process of separating substances into their components and then purifying and recombining them. beyond two reserved in one.

He intends to convey that in this art, man [follows] the rule which God the Almighty, as the first Chemist original: "Chymicus", left behind, when He created all elements original: "Elementa" and creatures original: "Creaturen" out of one thing, namely out of water, in such a way that He made them from the same thing. One part He led on high and made into a heavenly water. The other part had to gather in the depths and, through solidification original: "coagulation", [become] dry and [turn] to earth...