Revelation and Declaration of Basilius Valentinus

particular style, but I do not do it without cause, being founded upon Method or practice, with which I have reason to be entirely content: For it is hidden in my science, & supported by the knowledge that I have of the infallible truth, blame me who will, it is that about which I do not worry at all, one always values more what one sees, than what one hears said; & one praises more the one who has laid a good foundation, than the one who has laid a bad one.

That is why I say that all things which are visible & comprehensible are made of the SPIRIT OF MERCURY, which Spirit is more precious than all things of the Earth: For it is from it that they are made, & from which they draw their origin, & it is in it that the Philosopher finds all that he seeks: For this spirit is the origin & the beginning of the Metals being reduced into a spiritual being, which BEING is nothing but a volatile Air here & there without Wings; it is a moving wind, which after Vulcan the alchemical name for fire has chased it out of its domicile, re-enters its Chaos, & then it mingles & dilates in the purest part, or Region of the Element of AIR, from where it had previously departed, in that it loves its likeness, being drawn there by the Magnetic force of the Stars.

But if this SPIRIT OF MERCURY can be

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