Basilius Valentinus Redivivus or the Resurrected Basilius Valentinus or the Shining Star of Alchemy

HERMES TRISMEGISTUS, PYTHAGORAS, PLATO, HIPPOCRATES, AVICENNA, LUCIANUS, LONGANUS, RHASIS, ARCHILAUS, BASIL. VALENT., THEOPHRASTUS, RUPESCISSA, AUTHOR OF THE ROSARIUM MAJUS, ALBERTUS MAGNUS, ARNOLDUS DE VILLA NOVA, GEBER, REINMUNDUS LOLLIUS, ROGER BACON, ALANUS, THOMAS AQUINAS, SENDIVOGIUS, TREVISANUS COMES, and many others.

Should all these have painted a blue mist deception before the eyes of posterity, which is in no way to be believed. Regarding the praise and worthiness of the art, Dinheim writes:

Whoever possesses this secret (meaning alchemy), he possesses an eternal treasure, and three things are therein principally to be considered and observed: the unity and steadfastness of the artist, the manual labor, and the freedom of reason, etc.

From which one can conclude that alchemy is a true art, since it prescribes a certain method and rules to observe, which GEBER reinforces further with the following:

The true alchemy of the dear ancients consists not in mere words, nor in knowledge of the letter, or