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[mi-]crocosm of the Macrocosm,
not a human Microcosm (such as Man is) of the Macrocosm, which would be specified in and toward the human species; but something Unique, Mineral, Animal, and Vegetable Universally original: Catholice. In this context, "catholic" is used in its original sense of "universal" or "all-encompassing." Khunrath means the substance contains the essence of all three kingdoms of nature—mineral, animal, and vegetable—before they have separated into distinct forms. at once. Therefore, the Nothing of the Philosophers, and Chaos, are Its Names.
It is also called All: the reason is, that it is from the very First Matter (hyle original Greek: ὕλη. A philosophical term for the primordial, formless matter out of which the universe was created. In alchemy, this is the "Subject" of the Great Work.) itself, in a state as yet