The Little Golden Olympic Treasury in Three Parts

DEDICATION

[have] a heartfelt, longing desire for the arrival and revelation of this future—and perhaps even already present—ELIASA reference to "Elias Artista," a symbolic figure in alchemy who was expected to usher in a golden age of knowledge and reveal all secrets of nature before the end of the world., so that God's most holy and most powerful name, His honor, and His glory may be further spread and promoted. This revelation serves so that the wicked, lunatic, and money-loving world—which loves darkness more than the light—might be utterly blinded, mocked, and shamed by the bright, clear radiance of this heavenly light of grace. This is the light that the faithful, kind, and long-suffering God intends to kindle openly in Germany before the end of this world, letting it shine brightly and clearly. Meanwhile, the world, in the unrepentant stubbornness of its heart, shall receive its deserved reward, because it refuses to recognize or accept the true light of grace: Jesus Christ the crucified, who came into this world to enlighten all people who truly believe in Him and are baptized, and to save repentant sinners.

Therefore, since several good and useful writings have come into my hands—as an art-loving inquireroriginal Latin: "Indagatori" of nature and of this noble art during my six-year pilgrimage—which deal with and treat the highly praiseworthy and often-mentioned art of Alchemyoriginal Latin: "Chemia" and the blessed Philosopher's StoneGerman: "Stein der Weisen," the legendary substance capable of transmuting base metals into gold and granting eternal life., and which to my knowledge and judgment have partly never been publishedoriginal Latin: "in publicam lucem", especially not in the German language: I have therefore decided to no longer [withhold] the same from the children of learningoriginal Latin: "Filiis doctrinæ," a traditional term for students or initiates of the alchemical arts. for their benefit...