The Vegetable Work

from all things that have the four elements within them, you can extract Armenian Salt original: Salarmeniac; traditionally known as Sal Ammoniac (ammonium chloride). In this context, Hollandus views it as a universal spirit found in all matter., because the spirit of all things is Armenian salt; therefore, Armenian salt is designated and represented like the Sun: For the Sun is the highest sign and the most powerful planet of the heavens, since the Sun illuminates every thing in its essence, and it warms the whole world, and much more, which is impossible to describe here: Therefore Salmiac A common contraction of Sal Armeniacum. is compared to the Sun, and it is a wondrous thing, for without it one can bring nothing to perfection original: perfection; the state of reaching a completed, purified, or "gold-like" alchemical result. in Alchemy, just as without the Sun no thing or fruit can become ripe; so too, without the Salmiac, no work in Alchemy can be brought to completeness; For Armenian salt is able to unite all things that are contrary to one another and refuse to mix, so that they afterwards mix and conjoin original: conjungiren; to chemically or spiritually unite disparate substances into a single body.: This is thus one of its powers, according to this example: The Sun has such power in the mountains and in the minerals original: Mineren; refers to ores and substances found within the earth., that through its heat and power, which God has bestowed upon it, it can equalize and unite all unequal and contrary things, however great they may be. For what is more contrary than heat and cold, dryness and moisture, water and fire? Nevertheless, the Sun is able through its heat and power to equalize all these things, and to unite them in such a way that they shall now and nevermore separate from one another; that is Sulphur In alchemy, Sulphur represents the soul, the oily principle, and the quality of combustibility. and Mercury original: Mercurius; represents the spirit, the watery principle, and the quality of volatility., which