The Assembly of the Philosophers

Proposition XI.

Every medicine medicine: the alchemical agent or Philosophers' Stone, so-called because it "heals" base metals into gold which cannot multiply itself to infinity is not part of the intent of the "Great Work" original: "operis maioris ordinis," referring to the highest level of alchemical achievement of the higher order. From this it is most clearly deduced that the multiplication The ability of the Stone to increase its own quantity or potency of this work is one part of the aforementioned medicine: for the Redness The final stage of the process, called the Rubedo, the previously mentioned vessel must be set with twelve parts [of the substance] over a fire of three lights referring to three lamps or wicks used as a specific heat source for fifteen days, and it will reach the final redness. It will then be an Elixir Elixir: a liquid or powder capable of transmuting metals for perfect red, and in this way you can multiply it infinitely.

Proposition XII.

Whatever exceeds the value of one ounce of pure gold is not part of the intent of the higher order. And from this it is most clearly deduced that those things which compose the physical stone physical stone: the Philosophers' Stone in its tangible form, if they exceed one ounce of pure gold, they are not of the intent of the higher order. And from this it most especially follows that 15 grains of ferment ferment: a small amount of precious metal added to the alchemical "medicine" to act as a catalyst or "seed" for the final transformation are suitable for the work of the higher order, since they are purchased at a low price A core alchemical belief was that the "Prima Materia" or starting material for the Stone was something common and inexpensive, not gold itself.