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

...it also [retains] its first name of the King and says: although the fountain is the aforementioned Eagle, the King's mother, yet he is older than the fountain. For although it always retains the name of the Lion, it is nonetheless changed from its original nature. It is no longer a virgin, but rather through the Spirit A reference to the Spirit of God hovering over the waters in Genesis 1:2, here used to describe the animation of "dead" matter. which hovered upon the water—as upon its initial primary substance—it has been overshadowed and impregnated. It has born a heavenly, ghostly, and spiritual fruit: the aforementioned Eagle.

Hermes Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary Hellenistic figure to whom the foundation of alchemy is attributed. calls it the lower, thick, or descending original: "inferius, spissum oder descendens"; that is, the lower thick or descending [part]. For because it is heavy, it possesses and seeks its Center original: "Centrum"; in alchemical cosmology, this is the gravitational or spiritual core of the earth where the "fixed" elements reside..

("I awakened you under the apple tree; there your mother brought you forth, there she who bore you was in labor with you," Song of Solomon 8:5 original: "cantic: 8") toward the bottom of the circle, just like a subject original: "subiectum" of the Highest Heaven and its influence original: "influxus"; the celestial power or energy believed to flow from the stars into earthly matter., namely the Soul, the middle nature, or earthly spirit—which above was called by its right name, Heat of the Sun original: "Calor Solis" or natural heat original: "Calor naturalis", that is, a natural warm[th]...