THE SECRET

OF THE

LIQUOR

Alkahest

Quest. 1. What is the Alkahest?
Answer 2. It is a universal Catholic menstruum, in a word, a Fire-water; a simple, immortal essence, penetrative, resolving all things into their first liquid matter. And nothing can resist its virtue; it acts without reaction from the substance being acted upon, nor does it suffer from anything except its sole equal by which it is brought under the yoke. But after it has dissolved any other things, it remains entire in its original nature, and is as potent in the thousandth operation as in the first.