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to germinate. He who has
seen the Lion of Nature, which
conquers all, being artfully original: "artificiosè." This refers to the "Art" of Alchemy—the specific laboratory procedures used to manipulate nature.
enticed and extracted from the
caverns of his own Saturnine
Mountain original: "Montis sui Saturnini." In alchemical symbolism, the "Saturnine Mountain" represents the "First Matter," often associated with lead or the heavy, dark, and "cold" state of unrefined nature from which the hidden spirit must be drawn.; who has smelled it;
who has tasted it; and likewise
the Blood original: "Sanguinem." Often refers to the "Red Lion" or the final, perfected state of the alchemical medicine (the Tincture). proper to it; why
should it not be rightfully
permitted for him to speak of it?
There are indeed (I confess, in order
to respond to an objection)
Sparks of the World-Soul original: "Scintillæ Animæ Mundi." Khunrath is referencing the Neoplatonic belief that a divine, vital spirit is infused into every part of the physical world.
also dispersed throughout and in
the Macrocosmic Universe original: "Universum Macrocosmicon." The "Macrocosm" is the great world or the universe at large, as opposed to the "Microcosm" of the individual human being.
(in every place);