The Resurrected Brother Basil Valentine: An Explanation of the Process for the Great Stone of the Ancient Sages

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Chapter 1.

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That the Stone of the ancient Sages original: "Stein der uralten Weisen." The Philosopher's Stone, the legendary substance capable of transmuting base metals into gold and providing a universal cure. is no fable, but was already known in the Old Testament, is sufficiently clear from the epistle which Aros wrote to King Messohe Aros and Messohe are legendary figures in early alchemical literature, often appearing in texts translated from Arabic sources during the Middle Ages., where he mentions among other things that at the time when the Law was established Referring to the receiving of the Ten Commandments and the Mosaic Law., the children of Israel in the wilderness at Mount Sinai already possessed such an Art.

* Ezekiel, Chapter 28.

Thus it is also reported from the * Prophet Ezekiel that the Prince of Tyre knew such an Art and possessed the Philosopher's Stone, which, however, he did not apply to the honor of God and the benefit of the poor and needy, but rather abused it to make for himself gold and treasures, through which he finally became proud...