Preface.

and have given guidance, whether he should seek it in the gold; no, but rather that we should strive for how we can burn the Phoenix from within itself, of which more shall be said in the future.

However, so that it does not wander too far afield, I also wish to mention which destruction of gold original: "destructionem auri" I hold in no regard; and indeed, it is that of which it is said that the gold can never again be reduced to a body In alchemy, to "reduce to a body" means to return a substance from a dissolved, liquid, or calcined state back into its solid, metallic form.. Just as recently an Italian man was staying in Nuremberg; he also undertook (as it was described to me) to destroy gold in such a way that, as mentioned, it could not be brought back into any gold. A distinguished, sensible man gave him the answer: "What use is it then?" Another said: "The best way to work with gold is when one keeps the ducats Ducats were high-purity gold coins used across Europe; the speaker is making a joke that the only way to "save" gold is to not spend it on alchemy. in one’s purse." He held this great secret original: "arcanum" at a price of 1,000 ducats, and when no one would bite, he would have gladly given it for a pair of kettledrums original: "Heerpaucken." A mocking reference suggesting that when the "alchemist" could not find a wealthy patron, he was willing to trade his "great secret" for a loud, hollow instrument of little relative value.. I therefore hold nothing of it when one destroys it so that it can never be brought back into a body, and I also do not believe it to be possible, if one gives me