Confession on the Universal Physico-Chemical Chaos

of which [conditions] those will be the primordial ones of that Chaos original: "Chaeos"; referring to the "formless void" of the creation narrative in Genesis 1:2, which alchemists identified as the First Matter. created in Genesis 1: except that this Earth today is not empty and void; for the Spirit of the Lord has filled the globe of the Earth, Wisdom 1:7. A reference to the Book of Wisdom (Sapientia) 1:7: "For the Spirit of the Lord hath filled the whole world." Khunrath argues that the primordial chaos is now permeated by divine life. By means of the ethereal Spirit, (as a Medium between Matter and Form) that is, Shamaim original: "Schamaim"; the Hebrew word for "Heavens." Alchemists often interpreted this word as a compound of "Esh" (Fire) and "Mayim" (Water)., namely Heaven (by means of a spirit-fiery water, a watery fiery spirit, or fiery spirit-water original German: "Geistfeurigé Wasser/ einem wesserigem feurigem Geiste/ oder feurigem Geistwasser." Khunrath uses these overlapping terms to describe a substance that unites the opposing qualities of fire and water.: for Shamaim