Concerning the Philosopher's Stone

You should know that in all things that God has created, the true Art is within. Therefore, the Ancients say the Art is in all things, and it is true. You should understand it thus: every specific thing has its perfect medicine original: "perfectam Medicinam"; in alchemy, this refers to the purified essence or "soul" of a substance that can heal or perfect its own kind. within itself, but it is unprepared. If you are able to prepare it, then you do not need to buy or possess any foreign medicines original: "medicamina.". This is to be understood for all: no sickness on earth can befall a person for which they do not have the perfect medicine within themselves, through which they may recover entirely, if only they know how to prepare it well. They may take it from themselves and prepare it without any lessening of their strength or damage to their body.

This is also to be understood regarding all animals and birds, and all plants—everything that God has created is so. But the ignorant cannot understand what the Ancients have said; they intend to make a medicine for metals out of all things. Therefore, they take eggs, blood, urine, and the like, and intend thereby to bring imperfect bodies original: "imperfecta corpora"; base metals such as lead or copper, which alchemists believed were "unfinished" versions of gold. into perfection the state of being gold or silver.. And when they have worked in this way, they are as close as they were at the start, and they persist in their folly.

But my child should know that a human begets original: "generirt." a human, a horse a horse, a bird a bird—each after its own kind. Otherwise, it would be against nature and all reason that one should be able to make metal out of any such seed original: "sperma"; here referring to biological reproductive fluids., blood, or eggs, where there...