The Little Golden Olympic Treasury in Three Parts

Since, however, ELIAS ARTISTAA legendary figure in alchemy, prophesied by Paracelsus to appear at the end of time to reveal all hidden arts and secrets., of whom Theophrastus Theophrastus Paracelsus (1493–1541), the famous Swiss-German physician and alchemist. prophesied, and of whom Brother Basilius and Alexander von Süchten also made mention, can without doubt no longer remain absent, but is instead already well on his way as a true and undoubted harbinger and precursororiginal Latin: "Præcursor" of Jesus Christ who is to come for the universal judgmentoriginal Latin: "ad judicium universale venturi"; he who will represent our German Monarchoriginal Latin: "Monarcham" AUREOLUS Ph. Theophrastus PARACELSUS in the Theology of GRACE, Astronomy of GRACE, PHILOSOPHY of GRACE, as well as in the Medicine of GRACE, and in other faculties and arts, and will also elucidate and declare his writings; indeed, he will be a true master of mysteriesoriginal Latin: "Mysteriarcha" and interpreteroriginal Latin: "Interpres" of the divine, super-celestial wondersoriginal Latin: "Magnalium" and secrets of God, which He has placed into His creationsoriginal Latin: "Creata". Because of this, the godless, wicked, blind world—submerged and drowned in all kinds of sin, shame, vice, and depravity—will be terrified and struck dumb; but the small flock of followers and lovers of the noble art of ALCHEMY, as the heavenly truth, will rejoice from their hearts and thank God for such a gracious revelation.

Therefore I also (who have come to this study as an unworthy noviceoriginal Latin: "Tyro", and yet from my youth have felt desire, love, and no small inclination and affection for it...)