Manly P. Hall Collection, Box 4, Ms 19, Vol. 4

They are perfectly suitable for our work, and even if you wept your eyes out of your head, be warned that you are doing work in vain. However, because the final operation ends very slowly with the upper tears, the noble essence of Theophrastus Paracelsus and all fasting are very useful to employ, so that one may also obtain the lower Arcanum (secret/remedy) and, through the conjunction of both, shorten the work. It is not unreasonable to consider that the Scripture calls grape juice not only tears but also its essential blossom. Therefore, collect them in golden or crystal bowls and shape them according to the art of the wise masters.

And for this reason, some wise men have said that there are three seas or lakes in man, the microcosm the human body as a reflection of the universe. They have named the tears the Oriental Sea or the Pearl Sea; they have called the urine the Occidental Sea or the True Sea; the blood they have named the Meridional Sea or the Red Sea. Therefore, when they write $\nabla$ (water) for our urine, $\odot$ (sun) for our sea, you will now easily understand what they mean by it.

Therefore, such prayers have been poured out before some:

Gen: 49. v: 11.

YHWH The Hebrew Tetragrammaton, the sacred name of God, give my heart repentance, a broken spirit, and my eyes a fountain of tears, which words are to be highly esteemed by the mind of a chemist. Another: "Oh, poor me, how my heart is hardened so that my eyes do not bring forth streams of tears without ceasing..."