Book of Truth and the Philosophers — 1664 German MS

All this is to be found in the joyful matter, which was so lovely to the sight of the ancients that they brought the choruses into the trap of the eyes and made the ornaments of this room run. As Manarnese reports in his book on mummies, there is no higher part of the art than: Know thyself original: "Gnothi seauton". That is, recognize yourself and what you have. If a man recognizes himself, the perfection original: "teleg" is easily found in us. Such a wise man has this first part.

Chapter 10

A true description of the secret Stone of the Wise, how it is prepared from the mineral realm, to draw out its magnet and to clarify it.

Alchemical recipe: Mix 2 parts Lead (Saturn), 1 part Sulfur, and a good lye.

Now that the gifts have been mentioned, it follows that from minerals and metals, according to the Smaragdine Tablet of Hermes, the Philosopher's Stone comes. This Stone transforms metals into the Sun gold. Thus its preparation shall also be shown for the simplest understanding. Whoever wants this teaching will certainly find it in Zoologia, which the Christians philosophize about. Obadiah the prophet, Nehemiah, and a free citizen in a printed version report it. Also, the pilgrim stone is used, and a refined fire is experienced through it. From this, the mineral stone might be prepared. But the powder which the real Moses made from the golden calf when he stole it and such things: this is for this preparation. It leads to the juice and burns it halfway to powder.