In his Amphitheatre of Eternal Sapience.
I travelled long, invited others,
who knew somewhat by experience,
and could with very firm
judgement conjecture; and this not
alwayes in vain. Among which,
I call God to witness, by his wonderful
ordination, I, from one,
received the Green Catholick
Lyon, and the Blood of the Lyon,
viz. Gold, not the Vulgar, but of
Philosophers, with my Eyes I saw
the same, with my hands, I handled
it, and with my Nostrils, smelt
the odour thereof. O how wonderful
is God in his Works! They,
I say, gave those Gifts prepared,
which I in most desperate Cases,
used with admirable success to the
benefit of my needy Neighbour.
And (by Instinct of Jehovah's
mercy) they sincerely revealed to
me, the wayes of preparing, &c.
The same.
This wonderful Method, the
wonderful God gave me. In this
way, in which I walked, God
alone, I say, immediately, and mediately;
yet subdelegately, Nature,
Fire, and Art, of my Master,
as well living as mute, corporally,
and spiritually good, sleeping
and waking, gave the same to
me, &c,
The same.
I write not Fables; with your
hands you shall handle, and with,
your eyes you shall see Azoth,
viz. the Catholick [or Universal]
Mercury of Philosophers; which
alone, with the Internal and External
Fire, yet with Sympathetick
Harmony, with Olympick
Fire (by reason of inevitable necessity)
Physico-magically united,
will suffice thee for obtaining our
Stone, &c.
The same.
You shall see, the Stone of Philosophers;
our King, and Lord of those
that bare rule, coming from his
Bridal Throne of the Glassy Sepulchre,
into this Mundane Scene,
in his glorified body, viz, regenerate,
and more then perfect:
namely, a shining Carbuncle, a
most temperate Splendour; and
of which, tire most Subtile, and
Depurated parts, are by the concordant
peace of Mixtion, inseparably
united into One, and perfectly
equallized, clear as Crystal,
compact, and most ponderous, as
fluid in fire, as Rosin, and before
the flight of Mercury, as Wax
flowing, yet without fume, entring
and penetrating, solid and
close bodies, as Oyl, Paper; resolvable
in every Liquor, melting,
and commiscible therewith; brittle
as Glass, in Powder, of the
colour of Saffron, but in the intire
Mass, like a blushing Rubie;
(which Redness is a sign of perfect
Fixation, and fixed Perfection)
permanently Colouring, or Tinging;
in all Examens whatsoever,
even of Sulphur adurtive, and
in Tryals of corroding Waters,
and in the most vehement persecution
of Fire, fixed, alwayes during,
and unburnable; permanent as the
Salamander, &c.
The same.
The Stone of Philosophers in
the greater World, is in the parts
thereof, fermented; by reason of
the Ferment, it transforms it self
into whatsoever it will &c.
Hence you may learn the reason,
why Philosophers on their Azoth imposed
the name of Mercury which
adheres to bodies, &c.
The same.
It is fermented with Metals, viz,
the White existant in the highest
Whiteness, with pure Silver for
the White; but the Sanguineous
Stone, with Gold Obrizon for
the Red. And this is the Work
of three dayes, &c.