Confession on the Universal Physico-Chemical Chaos

page-num 15.

-timony, Sulfur, Cin-
nabar of both kinds original: "Cinabrium utrumque." Likely referring to both "native" (natural) cinnabar and "artificial" cinnabar produced by chemists., etc.
Or Animal substances, such as Sperm,
Urine, Blood, the Afterbirth original: "Secundina." Refers to the placenta and fetal membranes, which some alchemists believed contained a vital, generative spirit.,
Breath, Flesh,
Bones, etc. Indeed, not even Man
himself in his entirety, much less any part
of him whatsoever: or Vege-
table matter, such as wine, Che-
lidonia Celandine (Greater Celandine), a plant with yellow, gold-colored sap that was a favorite subject for alchemists., Grain, etc.
nor anything (however
subtle or pure
it may be) extracted from or out of any
of these (whether by Nature, or
by Art In alchemy, "Art" refers to the labor and ingenuity of the chemist, as opposed to the spontaneous work of nature.): (for