The First Chapter.

...can Continuing from the previous page: "...it can meet no hindrance [which] can..." stifle, dampen, or hinder the burning life; otherwise, if the separation The German "Scheidung" refers to the alchemical process of distillation or separation of elements. of the soul and spirit from the body does not occur first, no operation original: "Operation". In this context, a specific alchemical process or laboratory procedure. can follow with the necessary power and benefit. For everything that is visibly tangible and remains in an undivided bodily state is natural and corporeal original: "Corporalisch".

As soon as the separation has occurred, however, the living part departs from the dead and receives its full operation and effect. And because the natural body original: "Corpus" has been set aside, the spiritual essence is set free to penetrate original: "penetriren". In alchemical theory, only a "spiritualized" substance can penetrate the physical body to heal it. and has become a spiritual, supernatural medicine.

And in short original: "in Summa", all things without exception that can be grasped and felt are natural; however, they must be made supernatural if one wishes to prepare them as medicine. For only the supernatural contains the living power to act, while the natural possesses only a dead, tangible form.

For when Adam was created, he was dead and had no life of any vir- The text cuts off here at the end of the page; the catchword "gend" completes the word "Tugend" or "virtue/power."