Theosophical Hall of Wonders (1709) - Page 14

To rightly recognize GOD, who is so active and effective, one must necessarily examine both more closely: first, the Spirit according to its nature, and further according to its origin and effect. Therefore, it is to be known that when alchemy Chymie: here referring to the study of the hidden spiritual properties of matter as well as its physical composition penetrates a creature to its very center centrum and explores it, it indeed finds that the origin and male seed of all things is a spiritual homogeneous homogeneum: an essence that is uniform and consistent in its nature and harmonious essence. This essence is what the philosophers In this context, "philosophers" refers to natural philosophers and alchemists. have titled with many wondrous names, such as: Substance of Life, Vital Spirit, Light of Life, Balsam of Life, vital power original Latin: "numia vitalis", innate heat original Latin: "Calidum nativum", radical moisture original Latin: "humidum radicale," a term from medieval medicine and alchemy for the fundamental fluid that sustains life and prevents aging, entelechy original Greek: "Enthelechia," referring to the vital force that turns potential into reality, steel original Latin: "Chalyps"; in alchemical writing, this often refers to a "spiritual steel" or magnetic agent that attracts the influence of the stars, universal spirit, mercury of life original Latin: "Mercurius vitæ", etc.

Although all of these are the same thing, namely nothing other than the Spirit original Hebrew: "רוח" (Ruach), a pure, spiritual, and heavenly essence. When the common man looks upon it, he calls it "Heaven." It appears blue to the sight, and it consists of light, air, and a magnetic saltpeter Magnetischen nitro: a theoretical spiritual salt believed to exist in the air and act as a vehicle for celestial energy, which is the mind, sense, and sensitivity of the light and the air. Theophrastus Theophrastus von Hohenheim, known as Paracelsus (1493–1541), the famous Swiss physician and alchemist.