The Little Golden Olympic Treasury

God finally created man in his mother or Matrix original: "Matrice," a term used here for a cosmic womb or mold., that is / in the great world / in the Field of Damascus original: "Acker Damascena," a traditional site in medieval and early modern lore for the creation of Adam from red earth., outside of Paradise / from the Extract of the Earth original: "Limbo terræ." In alchemical philosophy, the "limbus" refers to a refined "edge" or a concentrated essence of matter., which was the most subtle essence and Extract original: "Limbus" of the entire Cosmic Machine original: "Machinæ mundi" / for which reason he is also called the Microcosm original: "Microcosmus," meaning "little world," the idea that man is a miniature reflection of the entire universe. / after His image / to fill the number of the fallen angels / and named him ADAM / because the Extract original: "Limbus" was a red clod of earth, called Adam in the holy language The "holy language" refers to Hebrew, where "Adam" is related to "Adamah" (ground/earth) and "Adom" (red).. This body, however, was not yet living / and was not the human being himself / but only the Body original: "Corpus", into which the human was to be planted / For the human is formed after the image [of God], therefore the soul is the human / and the body is the dwelling / in which the human lives eternally / and from which he should not be separated for eternity: Which soul / as an invisible Divine Fire proceeding from God himself / was poured into the lifeless body of Adam / out of unfathomable love / thus created above all angels / for this reason: that if he ever fell, he would not persist in his fall against God / and be cast out eternally along with Lucifer / but that through this little spark of Divine Love in the soul / just as through a magnet toward God, he could be drawn and pulled toward repentance / through which he might still obtain grace.

For if Lucifer had possessed this Divine love or fiery little spark of the soul within himself / he too might have had repentance / and thereby perhaps obtained grace / so that he might not have had to be cast out eternally. For God has mercy only on the repentant / and especially most of all on those who are most closely related to Him / just as this fiery stone / or spirit proceeding from God / or human soul is the image of that same Most High. But that the Matter original: "Materia" or Red Extract original: "Limbus RVBEI", out of which the human body was formed / was not a common red earth, as some wish to understand only according to the literal letter / but was formed from the most magnificent composite & most subtle extract of the entire cosmic machine from the center of all four circles original: "composito & subtilissimo extracto totius machinæ mundi ex centro omnium quatuor circulorum." This refers to the human body being the quintessence or concentrated heart of the four elemental spheres. / can be sufficiently proven from Nature: But primarily because GOD made man after his image / out of a Divine / fiery / purest / invisible / holy SPIRIT original: "SPIRITV", which was created out of nothing / but proceeded directly from God through the breath: Which human soul is the highest after God in heaven and on earth.

So there is, therefore, no doubt / that God, the wellspring of all grace and mercy / also created for such a most noble human creature its dwelling or Body original: "Corpus" out of the noblest, pure, eternal Composite original: "Composito" cre-