Particular from the Universal

curius Philosophorum. Now you have unlocked nature, drawn out the lion’s blood and the eagle’s gluten, and found the way to the royal palace.

original: "Occultum nunc factum est manifestum, & centrum in Peripheriam conversum, Vulcanus jam Minervam ex Jovis cerebro produxit."
Translation: That which was hidden is now made manifest, and the center is turned into the periphery; Vulcan has now produced Minerva from the brain of Jupiter.

But when I viewed it with the light, I found nothing in the bottom but black pitch, like swellings of sweat. I discarded them politely according to the saying: Terram damnatam abjice cast away the damned earth, and only the crystalline luster of my Menstrui solvent pleased me. I would have bet body and life that everything should finally thicken together of its own accord