The Text of Alchemy and the Green Dream

PREFACE.
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of luck one was supposed to penetrate the mysteries of Philosophy, which is nothing other than a gift from God, who reveals it to whom He pleases: The Spirit breathes where it wishes original: "Spiritus ubi vult, spirat.".

Although it was not without difficulty that I discovered this Manuscript, I will not regret my effort, however, if I learn that you receive it with as good a heart as I present it to you. I will even consider myself happy to have found the occasion to please many curious persons of distinguished merit, and not to have been born only for