OF THOSE THINGS

WHICH ARE CONTAINED IN

THIS FIRST PART.

I. TREATISE.

The Magic Secret of the noble and highly esteemed Monarch and Ruler of Mysteries, Dr. Philippus Theophrastus ParacelsusPhilippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, known as Paracelsus (1493–1541), was a Swiss physician and alchemist who pioneered the use of chemicals and minerals in medicine., etc., concerning three blessed magical stones.

II. TREATISE.

Of the well-born, highly experienced, and excellent Philosopher, Lord Bernard, Count of the Marches and TrevisanBernard of Trevisan (1406–1490) was a legendary Italian alchemist whose writings focused on the arduous search for the Philosopher's Stone., etc. The Apostles' CreedOriginal: Symbolum Apostolicum. The foundational statement of Christian belief. explained cabalistically and simply, and compared with the great, ancient Philosopher’s Stone.

III. TREATISE.

A detailed and beautiful account of the first Root of the Tincture and also the Prime MatterOriginal: Materia Prima. The primitive, formless base of all matter which alchemists sought to isolate as the first step in the Great Work. of the blessed, ancient Philosopher’s Stone, by Brother Vincentius Koffskii, Philosopher and Monk of DanzigModern-day Gdańsk, Poland., of the Order of PreachersOriginal: Prediger Ordens. Also known as the Dominicans., etc.

THEOPHRASTVS.

original: "Æternarum rerum seria contemplatio, eò usq; animum nostrum subuexit, ut diuina loquuti videamur de rebus NATVRÆ subiectis, quæ tantò perfectiores sunt, quantò propiores ÆTERNIS, &c."The serious contemplation of eternal things has carried our soul so far that we seem to have spoken divine things concerning those matters subject to NATURE, which are as much more perfect as they are closer to ETERNAL things, etc.

THE SAME.

That which is born must be brought back again into its PrincipleOriginal: Principium. The fundamental source or origin of a substance. or origin, from that Principle where it sprang from the beginning: Since the PRIME MATTER alone awakens and sustains all things within, etc.