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

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From what the Stone itself is made,
From white and red together laid;
It is a stone and yet no stone,
In it nature works alone,
Until a clear little fountain springs,
It drinks its fixed original: "fixen." In alchemy, "fixed" refers to a substance that remains solid and stable under the heat of fire, not evaporating or changing. Father whole,
Devouring him with body and life,
Until the Soul is returned to him,
And his volatile original: "flüchtig." Refers to a substance that easily evaporates or transforms into gas when heated; the opposite of fixed. Mother has become
His equal in his kingdom;
Indeed, he himself in strength and might
Has attained a much greater power,
Surpassing the Sun in its age,
Having prepared his flying Mother
Through Vulcan original: "Vulcanum." The Roman god of fire, used here to represent the alchemical heat or the furnace itself. thus; yet beforehand
The Father was born through the Spirit.
Body, Soul, and Spirit, consist in two,
From which the whole matter proceeds:
It comes only from one, and is one thing,
Bring the volatile and fixed together,
They are two and three, and yet only one,
If you do not understand this, you hit upon none.
Place Adam In alchemical allegory, Adam often represents the "First Matter" or the "Red Man" (Sulfur), the masculine principle of the work. into a water-bath,
In which Venus Commonly the symbol for the metal copper, but here representing the feminine, receptive principle or a specific corrosive solvent. has her equal,
Which the old Dragon original: "Drach." Often symbolizes the raw, chaotic state of matter or a powerful acidic solvent that must be "tamed." has prepared,
When he lost his strength and power.
It is nothing, says the Philosopher,
But a twofold Mercury original: "Mercurius." Not just common quicksilver, but the "Philosophic Mercury," a dual-natured substance central to the Great Work.,
I say no more; it has been named,
Blessed is he who has recognized this rightly!
Seek therein, do not become weary or faint;
The outcome justifies the deeds. original: "Exitus acta probat."