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

Delphinius wants to despise the whole thing in the Turba (page 27), he says Cor suspiria (sighs of the heart), heartfelt sighs with weeping. In the 5th volume of Theatrum Chemicum, it stands: "The beginning of the work is distillation and the drawing up of the soul from the body, in the form of a spiritual spirit, and this work is the stone." In the Opusculum Anonymi, through enlightenment: "I do not lie, it is all laid in the eyes." Trithemius to Pope Clement: "Our matter is $\nabla$ (water), but this $\nabla$ is obtained with great difficulty." Revelation of Divine Majesty: "The Lapis Philosophorum (Philosophers' Stone) is made from pure water, which is then helped by $\triangle$ (fire) to be brought into an icy hardness like crystal." Albertus Magnus says it is a glassy heaven, like crystal, pliable like $\odot$ (gold). And for this reason, the kings of the $\nabla$ carry it in their heads; the wise women hide it, for they do not wish to be robbed of it. The popes, priests, and spiritual virgins tear it apart, for thus it is commanded to them by divine law. It is a matter, or the most subtle substance, entirely flowing, clear as a tear, in which lies hidden and dwells the spirit. Q.E. (Quod Est/That Is), which Ripley calls the spirit that God breathed into Adam and all creatures. Basilius Valentinus: "Through the pressing out of the spirit, our $\nabla$ becomes like the first creation of the Margarita Pretiosa (Precious Pearl)."