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...yet these sparks are particularized
in a particular way into particular
Things, which is why those things
are as they are; or they are
specialized into certain species;
for to every individual thing, individual
attributes are assigned. Hence the saying
of the Alchemists original: "Chemicorum." In Khunrath's time, "chemists" were those who practiced the "Art," which we now distinguish as alchemy.,
as many Stones, as there are Things; original: "tot Lapides, quot Res." This aphorism suggests that every substance in nature contains its own specific "Stone" or quintessence, allowing for "particular" transmutations of specific metals or medicines.
which should be understood as referring to
particular or specified stones.
But the Universal Spark
of Nature, by its Universal power,
exists in this Natural Tri-unity original: "Tri-unum Naturale." This is a central concept for Khunrath, referring to the "Physico-Chemical Chaos" which reflects the Holy Trinity through the three alchemical principles of Salt, Sulfur, and Mercury.
(as was mentioned), which is,
synoptically, the Macrocosmic
Universal,