ANONYMOUS Arcana Divina (The Divine Secret )
Published Published by Dr. G. A. Fuchs Fuchs in Collected Volumes 1885-1916 of the Provincial Library (Vol. 8, History of Literature, Literature, p. 417), 417), and in the Annual e!ort o the !o""unal !olle#e o $o"otau (%ohe"ia).& ro" a 'anuscript ro" the sse## Foundation. Produced by *estoration o Alche"ical 'anuscripts +ociety, 18-. Forward
he Arcana Di/ina, as published in "anuscript or", in 0hat is to ollo0, ori#inally ca"e ro" the sse## !istercian !istercian Foundatio Foundation n o %ohe"ia. he "anuscripts "anuscripts consists o sheets astened to#ether in olio or"at. +ince the inor"ation #i/en by the authors, as 0ell as their o publication, has not been strictly /eriied, it cannot thereore be accurately deter"ined 0hether an ori#inal "anuscript or "erely a copy is under consideration here. he entire nature o the "anuscript report, 0hich cannot yet be ascribed to the or#anied 0ritten eort o indi/idual people, or e/en to an actual sta#e o de/elop"ent, 0hile other 0ords, appended subse2uently, probably appear in the "anuscript due to additions in the 17th century. 3n order or the alche"ical literature to "ae a contribution, the "anuscript is translated reely enou#h that an in2uiry ro" the %io#raphical 3nstitute o %erlin in/ol/in# a subse2uent publication o the Arcana Di/ina 0ould not be re2uired. !ritical re"ars about sub5ect "atter and te6t o this publication 0ill be the sub5ect o a later in/esti#ation.
Arcana Divina
1. Fro" the the pro/idence pro/idence o God, God, on an actual basis basis he he source and abric abric o 0isdo", 0isdo", the the *oc o A#es, ro" 0ho" no secrets are hidden and at the sa"e ti"e, ro" all three Persons a uni/ersal 0or 0ill be acco"plished, 0hich 0e 0ill re/eal, openly to you throu#h Gods lo/e in our subse2uent 0ritin#s9 0hich 0e carried out e/en as 0e 0ere co""anded to do.
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;. he irst "an, Ada", 0as a uni/ersal "an "ade in the i"a#e o God, ro" 0ho" his son +eth ater0ards deri/ed children and descendants, 0hich had no0led#e o all this. +o t0o colu"ns 0ere pro/ided <<< one o 0ater, the other o ire <<< both 0ith re5oicin#. =. +ince ater0ards the lood o sins ca"e ro" the Assyrians and the !haldeans, and ater Abraha"s ti"e, ro" the >#yptians, and inally ro Greece, such colu"ns 0ere destroyed in the abo"ination o desolation. +ee? 3n those ti"es there 0as distress and there 0ere la"entation9 indeed so, but ne/ertheless e/erythin# 0ill be re/ealed so that no lon#er 0ill anythin# re"ain hidden, as thou#h e6posed by the brilliant li#ht o the sun, 0ith its #olden rays, but those 0ho are still able to re5oice at that /ery "o"ent because o the un"erited "ercy o God, 0ill be "ade 0hole. 4. h, Al"i#hty God, h @onderul !reator, h i#ht o Bnatho"able >ternity, enli#hten us and send us your Coly +pirit, by the help o 0ho" 0e 0ill be able to ulill our callin# co"pletely in hy Coly @ill and to hine Conor and Glory, #i/en to us in that #reat 'ystery or the races o "en 0ho are to ollo0 us and lea/e behind us, as "uch as it is possible, a useul record and thereby sho0 our lo/e or the >ternal God and to honor Cis Coly a"e and to praise Ci". E. @ill you then, oh "an, consider that you, 0ho should consider this, our 0ritin#, and co"e to realie that it is o /ery #reat /alue, since it 0ill cause you to "ar/el at the 'a5esty o God and the "iracles he peror"s daily. 'oreo/er, 0here the 'a5esty o God is not th0arted, so that (e/en as in oshuas ti"e) the sun can be "ade to stand still in its daily course or a period o ;4 hours and entire "ountains can be consu"ed in la"es o ire, 0hile such shado0s still surround us that 0e "ust trust God or e/erythin#. ne day, ho0e/er, 0e 0ill soon co"e to understand our true 0orth and, sub"ittin# to Gods so/erei#nty, 0e shall "ae a proper be#innin# 0ith eho/ah and #i/e to Ci" the hi#hest Glory Ce "erits. hus 0e 0ill 0rite to you here0ith in the certain assurance on the basis o all three real"s o ature, each in itsel alone bein# "ade "aniest ro" Bni/ersal $no0led#e. 3n you ulti"ately 0ill co"e to reside these hi#hest and #reatest treasures 0hich are possible, and in 0hich lie the basis or all 0isdo" and no0led#e. he !reator and 'aintainer o all 0ho are in need, especially "ain# 0hole all 0ho are sic in spirit, the iberator and +a/iour o all those 0ho are in prison, and the /erco"e o all obstacles in the 0hole 0orld, and the Possessor o that 0isdo" that co"es ro" the 'ost Ci#h God, 0hich Ce has had throu#hout all eternity and 0hich re"ains in Ci" unchan#eable throu#h all eternity and al0ays 0ill, until re/ealed by Ci". . 'any, indeed al"ost all, o the #reat philosophers stri/e 0ith #reat eal to ind a uni/ersal solution or all proble"s and de/ote considerable a"ounts o ti"e, eort and e6pense, but as yet, in our ti"es, they ha/e not been able to pro/ide such assurance as is suitable or this eort and this has resulted only in decepti/e boasts ro" those 0ho ha/e atte"pted such thin#s and has li"ited the "aterialistically inclined and cooled the ardor o those 0ho sa0 the i"possibility o de"onstratin# the results hoped or by the use o "ercury in de"onstrations usin# /arious inds o 0ood, coal and la"p oil. +o drastic 0ere these results that such "aterials "ust al0ays be treated 0ith caution. Finally, by penetratin# this chaotic "ass o inor"ation, ro" 0hich it 0as ori#inally taen, the results indicated here 0ere those arri/ed at. 7. For this reason 0e report to you and tell you that it should be understood ro" the be#innin#, under circu"stances 0here you 0ill be considered an e6pert in this "atter, that e/en a P:#ina 2 de 15
learned philosopher or practitioner on the sub5ect o ire, 0ill ind that 0orin# 0ith co"bustible "aterial is 2uite dan#erous and, e/en "ore, durin# the preparation o such "aterials in the natural course o e/ents o such thin#s, the dan#er is added to and e/en co"pounded. 3t could be de"onstrated to you 5ust 0here 0e "i#ht 0ant to discontinue such precautions in an eort to sa/e ti"e, such error 0ill no0 be pointed out to you as inad/isable. 8. ust as the a"iliar "ercury in/ol/es the correct "ethod o usin# our apparatus and the passion or atural Philosophy (i.e., +cience) is the pri"ary ob5ect or our art and the body o no0led#e about lie is o necessity to be sou#ht ater, so there "ust be a uni/ersal sol/ent 0hich can be prepared accordin# to our standards o "easure"ent. . et it no0 here be correctly understood (and trust that ature 0ill be on our side and help us) that tain# the a"iliar "ercury and puttin# it in a sealed receptacle in ront o our apparatus, as noted in out irst tabulation (inde6) and in se/eral 0ays in our irst e6peri"ents indicated at the end o our 0or, such as the separation o the "ercury throu#h our H"a#ical atural FireH in the or" o a cloud 0hich rises to the top o the receptacle, leadin# to the recei/er, 0ithout the passin# o/er o the hea/y "aterial (introduced) as a continuous lo0 o li2uid, 0hile the acti/e spirit (reacti/e #ases) e/ol/in# therero" still re"ains conined to an area in 0hich urther "easure"ents can be "ade. his can be "ade no0 not only on "etals and "inerals but also upon /e#etables and ani"al "atter in a2ueous solution, as 0ell as the ori#inal "aterial in 0ater in 0hich the li/in# spirit (acti/e principle) is retained 0ithout bein# distorted at all alon# 0ith its entire po0er to #ro09 and also that henceorth no "ore can be brou#ht, in the uture, as had been obtained pre/iously, and then it 0ill be a "atter solely o operatin# 0ith our sa"e "a#ic and our passion or +cience and can readily ro" ti"e to ti"e, 0ithin the span o three hours, produce an entirely ne0 "aterial, and ar better than 0ould see" probable by its creation therero". @e 0ill no0 report on our study o this process and instruct you urther about its character. Cere is ho0 you should "ae a 2uantity o such a uni/ersal sol/ent. 1I. Cere 0e 0ill de"onstrate the true philosophical purpose (usin# the Philosophers +tone, by the help o a per"issi/e God and our "a#ical no0led#e o ature). Fire "ust be used, but nothin# else is re2uired that is necessary or lie. Astral spirits, ro" 0hich all o the ele"ents arise, are created by God and throu#h Ci" is e/erythin# created that has been created, e/en to the end o the 0orld, and it 0ill be under Cis control, or 0ithout Ci" there is nothin# at all, e6cept death. hereore, it alls to us, throu#h the Coly rders o God to us 0ho d0ell here belo0, in all the $in#do"s o the @orld, 0hich produce, "aintain, and e/en cause the increase in e/erythin# that lie has here. @here, ho0e/er, plantin# is the earthly real", you see, it represents the plan o creation, 0hich is no other than a purposeul idea. hus itru" (crude sodiu" carbonate) 0hen "i6ed inti"ately 0ith co""on salt, e/en thou#h i"pure, can be a beautiul thin#, but the i"purities can brin#, in this instance, a hea/enly appearance throu#h our "a#ical natural philosophy (Hnatural ireH). he sa"e no0 #i/es up its eecti/eness and beco"es a splendid "a#net 0ith 0hich 0e continue our e/aluation, 0hich subse2uently 0ill ollo0 0ith "ore than one e6a"ple, 0hich 0ill suice or the present. @e shall no0 brin# out the pertinent points about "ercurial properties. 11. Co0 splendid and stron# this lo/e o nature is portrayed and tests the #eneral idea o a 0orld spirit, 0hich is the true philosophic sub5ect, and the only one o all o the", throu#h 0hich the "ost discernin# thou#hts are ulilled, is to be seen as true by the", since a pound o P:#ina 3 de 15
"ercury in pure or" is placed in an open #lass dish speciically selected or this purpose and or our "a#ical passion or science (i.e., the Hnatural ireH) as 0ell hat the ocus "i#ht not be too stron#ly aected and e/en, little by little, "i#ht tolerate a little itru" thereupon, so that it 0ill then be see ho0 sodiu" carbonate beha/es lie the uni/ersal spirit o a "a#net o the 0orld, to0ard the "ercury 0hich is present in the li2uid state and ser/es as a uni/ersal standard. +o"e, and to a certain e6tent the "ost part, "ay be selected. Philosophical concepts 0ill result only 0hen these processes 0ill be able to "ae #old and other noble "etals, but not includin# "inerals. 1;. hree is a pri"a "aterial 0hich is considered to be the irst (ori#inal) "aterial ro" 0hich the Philosophers +tone or the Bni/ersal incture can be produced. his is /ery liely an i"possibility since, as is 0idely but "istaenly belie/ed, by reducin# it to such a state, no other use can be obtained ro" it. +till, as has been pre/iously indicated, it "ay e/en re"ain or a lon# ti"e in a hi#her state, by e6ertin# #reater care in an ordinary ire. Jet it is still possible that nothin# o uni/ersal /alue "ay result, but only an e"pty idea, the particulars o 0hich are not 0orth "entionin# here, that the trans"utation o "etals has been no0n to tae place. @hen, ho0e/er, such an occurrence does tae place, it is o a "a#ical nature no0n only to us and in/ol/es heatin# o the salt on our apparatus, 0hich salt "ust be nitriied to a stron# de#ree by the process o ethereal calcinations ollo0ed by treat"ent 0ith nitric acid, 0hereby it is 2uite possible to obtain a thousand ti"es #reater yield than ro" pre/ious "ethods. his /olatile "ercury /apor, then, can be dissol/ed in /itriol (suluric acid) 0ith /i#orous action, resultin# in the trans"utation o all i"perect "etallic "aterials into lar#e a"ounts o #old and sil/er, each o the inest 2uality. %ut no0 you ro" the outset that this /itriol (ro" 0hich you 0ill reco/er the #old, 0ill be the sa"e er"ent as that ro" 0hich you 0ill reco/er the sil/er) re2uires that you ha/e to ha/e a particularly rich (i.e., concentrated) tincture, that is, there is no uni/ersal "aterial, o lon# standin# 0hich 0ill apparently be useul to you, e/en to a /ery li"ited e6tent, or 0ithout the er"ent there 0ill be no pro#ress to0ard trans"utation at all. +o 0e 0ill no0 e6a"ine this, /ery briely, and report to you urther about this. 1=. Co0 and in 0hat 0ay control o all types o "edicinal "aterials and "ineral (both pure and i"pure), re#ardless o the dosa#e, 0ill be brou#ht about 0ill beco"e a co"pletely i6ed standard. 14. @e 0ill no0 describe to you substances that can be both 0ild and do"estic "edicinal a#ents and "inerals, notin# thereon the 0ei#ht and re#isterin# the" under such crude desi#nations as #i/en the" by the "ountainous areas 0here they 0ere obtained and then urther classiyin# the" to the e6tent that it is possible, so that it happens that 0hen the crude earth is dried and then "i6ed 0ith a little natural soda (i.e., sodiu" carbonate) on a clean, lat piece o tile and subse2uently e6posed to the "a#ical Philosophers +tone and then ater0ards calcined and stirred 0ith a s"all stirrer, 0hile heat 0as applied e/enly, so that 0hen the product 0as inished and the calcined "aterials 0ei#hed, a "iracle 0as obser/ed. hat is to say, there 0as a si#niicant increase <<< nay, e/en a lar#e increase <<< in the #ross 0ei#ht ound, as thou#h this "a#ical preparation 0ere able to capture and concentrate the +pirit o the @orld and be blessed by the resultin# increase in its /alue as 0ell. %oth 0ild and do"estic "ineral products the"sel/es, 0ithout the addition o anythin# e6cept the attachin# o the uni/ersal "a#net, can pro/ide the best "etals a/ailable, 0hich can then be put to the best use. P:#ina 4 de 15
1E. 3n addition to the abo/e, 0e "ust also add the ollo0in# inor"ation 0hich should pro/e useul to you and it is not at all astonishin# that both the reined "inerals and the crude "inerals can be used in increased a"ounts ater contact 0ith our Philosophers +tone, so that e/en the /olatilied sulur can be i6ed and then /olatilied. @hether it ollo0s that by such an operation (0hich "ust not be attributed, at least in part, to the uni/ersal "a#net), the +pirit o the @orld resides therein and participates in the sa"e, 0hen a "ineral containin# sulur 0ill then be in a crude state, as indeed it al"ost al0ays 0ill be, it should be taen, re#istered, and subse2uently sub5ected to calcinations by our apparatus and then nitriied. his "aterial is, in turn, pul/eried and in this condition used 0ith #old dust, alon# 0ith so"e o our Philosophers +tone, 0hereupon in t0o hours it 0ill be turned into a perect tincture o sil/er, 0here one part in a thousand is e6tracted in the #old dust, 0hereupon the +ecret o +ecrets 0ill be re/ealed. 1. ot a sin#le one o all the #reat secrets 0ill be re/ealed 0ithout no0led#e o our "a#ic and the Philosophers +tone, and 3 tell you that the #reat +ecret o al +ecrets, 0hich ro" the be#innin# to end re/eals all thin#s ro" Al"i#hty God, established by Cis holiest principles that 0hich also abodes ore/er and 0ill be #o/erned by Ci, so that all thin#s 0hich you disco/er 0ill be dependent on Cis re/elation to you. +o, "ar it 0ell and i6 it ore"ost in your "ind that the 0or o Gods only +pirit enables you to participate in all o this, so that you 0ill be re/ealed to you 0ill be brou#ht to li#ht by the >ternal ne. 17. @e 0ill no0 urther pursue our re/elation in an e6e"plary "anner, and 0ith Gods Coly +pirit "ae a proper introduction to the truth o our no0led#e o philosophy in a 0orthy "anner and point out ho0 e/erythin# lo0s out ro" the >ternal !enter and enli#htens to Cis Coly ature, but beore 0e 0rite about uni/ersal truths applyin# to both the 0orld o the "icrocos" and the 0orld o the "acrocos", 0e 0ill start 0ith the real" o "inerals as the be#innin# in 0hich i"perect and i"paired "etals are ound in the brilliance o the +un in all its #lory, and this pro/ides /ery little or us to use. 18. o0, then, tae in the Coly a"e o God, the crude #old
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/en as iron is itsel a "etal lie all other "etals, no yello0 tin#e (#old) should be e6pected 0ith it or 0ith any other ordinary "etal. ;=. As lon# as each one produces only its o0n ind and in no 0ay departs ro" its o0n nature, it is necessary then in all thin#s ordained by God or "en to possess by /irtue o their nature, 0ithout understandin# e/erythin#, or "en to "ae corrections or chan#es in all thin#s. ;4. %ut no0, to co"e to the "ost uni/ersal case o all, and to obtain or oursel/es by Gods per"issi/e #race this #reatest o all no0led#e (science) and then also to see to "ae it, at least in part, 0orthy o the #reatest /alue, or to "ae it co""on no0led#e, and this 0ill lead to a /ery #reat a"ount o relection and thou#ht, and 0ill a0aen our understandin#, ho0e/er #reat our e6pectations and our conidence in oursel/es, that such re/elations (e/idence) 0ill not be ridiculed nor ept secret, but 0ill ha/e the necessary and "ost 0idespread circulation and propa#ation. +eie, thereore, this #reat opportunity and tae ad/anta#e o it, in the a"e o all that is holy, the hree
that you 0ill "ae it /ery clear and /ery e/ident that God Ci"sel brou#ht this about by pro/idin# Cis support or you. ot in this alone, by #i/in# you such a +tone, but also by layin# open beore you e/erythin# abo/e and belo0 the earth, as 0ell as all the +ecrets o ature, the blessin#s o Cea/en especially ha/e been besto0ed upon you, and al0ays by the 0ay o certain conspicuous and eternal truths o God 0hich ri/al the brilliance o the +un and o all the stars, continually and endlessly, in those s"aller ob5ects 0hich are obser/ed to "o/e and ha/e their bein#, and 0hich or you lie in the boso" o God, 0ho has pro/ided all such 0onders in ature, e/en those that are all still hidden ro" your /ie0 and thus are still secret since unre/ealed to you. And they 0ill deli#ht you and "ae you re5oice abundantly on so "any uture occasions, as 0ill all other "en o the ci/ilied 0orld 0hen they learn that they too 0ill ha/e the po0er to acco"plish the sa"e. $no0 also that God 0ill re/eal all this to you 0ith such a spirit that you 0ill be able to obser/e ho0 all
"ornin# in stron# 0ine, 0ith a resultin# s0eatin# to be e6pected. 3n this 0ay you 0ill al0ays be able to cure all the internal ail"ents that are so detri"ental to health. ;8. Fro" the be#innin#, 0e ha/e introduced those substances 0e ha/e taen ro" the "ineral in#do" and pro/en to be o uni/ersal /alue, and 0e ha/e already enli#htened e/erybody suiciently, but no0 ho0e/er, 0e ha/e added other substances ro" the /e#etable in#do" to those ound in all noble and base "etals, and also all thin#s 0hich li/e in 0ater (all o 0hich are noble and o /alue), and e/en less than perect pearls and "other o pearl, as 0ell as corals, "ussels and /arious acti/e and inert substances, 0hether crude or ele#ant, 0hether crystalline or a"orphous (translucent or opa2ue), such as no0 are a/ailable and "i#ht possibly ha/e been selected, all o 0hich belon# to the "ineral in#do", or are dependent upon it, and or that reason are used as e6a"ples. @e 0ill conse2uently point out as 0ell ho0 e/en such can be "ade to be "ore perect and "ore useul by usin# our H"a#ical natural ireH and our natural apparatus, as de"onstrated. @hat is no0 o #reater use to us, 0e acno0led#e has been #i/en to us by the o"nipotent hand o God and not alone or the transient in#do"s o this 0orld, but also in the ininitely lon#er lie to co"e in the $in#do" o Cea/en and to en5oy the use o such up until the ti"e 0e dra0 our last breath and #o to be 0ith God. @e unortunately are #i/en Cis #reatest a/or and there0ith our souls recei/e or#i/eness ro" Cis Coly Cand and can be co""ended to Cis care. ;. ust as 0e, throu#h the "iracle o aith in God and reliance on Cis lo/e, are able to acco"plish "any 0onderul thin#s, and are able to o/erco"e all obstacles, so, too, are 0e able, throu#h the Coly per"issi/e @ill o God, peror" our "a#ic and prepare our natural ire by "eans o the apparatus that 0e ha/e 5ust no0 introduced to this 0orld in order to con2uer it by the hi#hest de#ree o co"pleteness and perection 0hich 0e are able to acco"plish, 0hich 0ould ha/e been i"possible 0ithout our ha/in# recei/ed the idea o the Hnatural ireH to help us. >specially since the /alue o such a natural pheno"enon could re2uire a thousand or "ore years to be ade2uately de"onstrated and urther de/eloped, had its 0orth not been displayed throu#h the no0led#e o our apparatus. =I. *ecall no0, and cite it yoursel, 0hether you or anyone else has at anyti"e heard or seen ho0 ice, talc, pearls and plu"ed ob5ects (especially since a /ery stron# H"aterialistic ireH can al0ays be produced) can be brou#ht into a tree lo0 or to be "elted, 0ithout puttin# o/er a ire. As you should no0 <<< and no 0ords o praise are necessary here <<< that it is reasonable to ha/e this property, that is, to possess our Hnatural ireH, apart ro" 0hich all this 0ould be i"possible, as 0e 0ill sho0 by subse2uent de"onstrations. @e 0ill no0 tae, as an e6a"ple to pro/e a point, a e0 /aluable oriental pearls and place the" in an open #lass dish in ront o our apparatus, so that the pearls 0ill lie in the H"a#ic natural ireH, 0ith its ocus at the center o the dish. he pearls 0ill be irradiated thereby and the eect 0ill instantaneously be indeed "ar/elous and you 0ill see ho0 nature in such a short period o ti"e can brin# about the calcinations o the "aterial 0ith co"plete usion, acco"panied by the loss o 0ater, so that there is a sieable increase in /olu"e o "aterial 0hich 0ill itsel beco"e "ore /aluable and "o/e, by de#rees, into a hi#her and "ore per"anent state as you 0ill soon see. =1. At this point, you should no0 that these pearls 0ere obtained outside their natural en/iron"ent and 0ere also i6ed per"anently by /itriication and produced by brin#in# "any inconcei/able celestial bri#ht
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=;. h Glorious God? Co0 #reat and "erciul Jou are and ho0 you "aniest yoursel in so "any 0ays, e/en to us 0ho are so sinul. For#i/e us, oolish and un0orthy creatures that 0e are, and sho0 hy #reat "ercy to all o us and hy #reat #oodness to all such as 0e, accordin# to hy #reat #lory, so that 0e "ay lo/e Jou and praise Jou. !all us into hy ser/ice, so that 0e "ay please hee, or 0e 0ere created to be hine. ==. %ecause o the #reat honor that belon#s o Jou, 0hich Jou so richly deser/e, since Jou are our 'aster, e/en as 0e are Jour ser/ants, 0hich as Jou ha/e indeed oreseen and do no0, that Jour lo/e 0ill ser/e "ost o all to protect us and be the secure oundation o all that 0e hold dear, so that e/en or "any thousands o years hereater, the entire host o obedient souls shall 0ith endless co"passion and hope then be able to carry out your 0ill, do #ood to others, see your blessin#s in all thin#s, and be0ail our trans#ressions o Jour la0, or Jou are our ord God, e/en in this transitory lie, 0hich you "ay choose to prolon# by Jour under#irdin# support. =4. o0 this noblest and alto#ether beautiul and "a#niicent stone is that 0hich ser/es as an orna"ent to all the in#s o this 0orld and is the orna"ent o preerence because o its #reater beauty and indeed, it is priceless, since its /alue e6ceeds all others beyond "easure. =E. 3t is the sa"e stone 0hich God in Cis e6cellent #oodness and #lory sees it to #rant lon# lie. =. 3t is the sa"e stone 0hich is able to cure e/ery day 0hate/er illnesses and sorro0s there "i#ht be. =7. 3t is the sa"e stone 0hich can increase the #ratitude o "anind and tae a0ay all "anner o e/il. =8. 3t is the stone 0hich can "ae "en eel youn#er and desire to produce ne0 ruit. =. 3t is the sa"e 0hich can, throu#h the Pro/idential @ill o God, brin# about lie 0here there 0as death. 4I. 3t is the sa"e 0hich enable "an to 0al 0ith an#els and con/erse 0ith spirits. 41. Jes, indeed, it is e/en a "aniestation o the secret "ysteries o the 0hole 0orld. 4;. h %eautiul +tone? h 0or o an#els? h, e/erythin# #ood and perect, or 0hich 0e than our God and are eternally bound to Ci". 4=. @e 0ill, at this point, allo0 you to indicate ho0 you should /alue this stone, #i/en in such honor and so useul to God, and ho0 you 0ill be able to put it to use yoursel. 44. 3n the irst place, you should #i/e the ord God all the honor and #lory and lo/e Ci 0ho has protected you, and re0arded you 0ith #old, althou#h not "erely because o the #reat lo/e that Ce has sho0n or you, so that you 0ill eel sae and secure and ree ro" the de/il and ro" all inds o spectral apparitions, and 0ill be totally dependent upon Ci". Ce 0ill help you to reco/er ro" all te"porary re/erses that occur such as those 0hich tae place in ti"es o pestilence, and (lie an a"ulet) Ce 0ill protect you co"pletely. *e#ardless o 0hether or not such thin#s ha/e already beallen you in this lie, you cannot be o/erco"e by the" and you 0ill a#ain ollo0 all saety precautions. 3 say to you in truth here0ith that this stone 0hich has been re/ealed is indeed o uni/ersal /alue. 4E. 3t ollo0s accordin#ly that other0ise non<la""able alu"inu" 0ill be co/ered 0ith a eather
and 0hat this #e"stone 0ill inally turn out to be (or indeed it 0as or"ed increasin#ly by our Hnatural ireH 0ith "any colored la"es and has been #i/en into your po0der and you 0ill be responsible or it). 4. 3t "ay indeed pro/e to be that 0hich ca"e ro" our true electru", ro" 0hich, as 0as earlier reported, the basic tincture or the i"pro/e"ent o all ordinary and all secret stones co"es, 0here0ith to brin# it into perection and to its hi#hest 2uality, 0hich since our uni/ersal stone "ust oer a hand and pro/ide help, and since the "a#nitude o this ire is ound to be s"all, althou#h in itsel it has been able to i6 noble "aterial, as indicated, then you 0ill see a unda"ental essence that is inaccessible in a "aterialistic ire? Jes indeed, you 0ill see it <<< and 0e say to you to e6a"ine yoursel closely or this nation %ohe"ia-, in 0hich 0e are no0 0ritin# on this sub5ect, contains one o the #reatest secrets, about 0hich royal secrets "ore 0ill ollo0. 47. he beha/ior o the talc in the ire is described 2uite 0ell. ie true artists, 0e let e/eryone co"e beore us 0ho can praise the 2uality o our talc ater sur/i/in# the H"aterialistic ireH and co"pletely reco/erin#. @e 0ill point our ho0e/er, that apart ro" its astral nature, there can be no ire o this type. 'oreo/er, this has ne/er happened beore. Co0e/er, it is our 0ish to, and 0e here0ith 0ill do so contradict all sophisticated interpretations, thereore, and pro/e by "eans o our apparatus and natural ire that the talc, lie the alu"inu" po0der can be "elted and poured o ater a /ery short period o ti"e and be con/erted into a tincture, as has been de"onstrated earlier. his tincture does not under#o urther appreciable chan#e, and is "uch lie its predecessor, in that a co""on ordinary stain can also be added to it in "ore or less considerable a"ounts. @e 0ill no0 be#in to sho0 ho0 this can be acco"plished. his is done by "ain# si#niicant tests on the talc oil and notin# 0hat its uses are. 48. or is our true Htalc oilH alone in its useulness. here are also other oils 0hich co"e ro" "etals, "inerals, pearls and #e"stones 0hich can be, should be, and "ust be brou#ht to co"pletion throu#h no other art than Hour "a#ical ireH, 0hich "ust be used 0ith considerable e"phasis on saety, by carryin# out the reaction in 0hich ordinary "ountain talc is put in the aore"entioned #lass dish in ront o our apparatus, 0here there "ust also be a calcinin# ire, so that the "aterial can be calcined until a blue po0der is obtained 0ithout any additional s"oe, ater 0hich the apparatus #radually taes up the calcined "aterial ater only appro6i"ately ; hours o di#estin# o/er the ire, so it 0ill co"e to pass and all the 0orld 0ill re#ard it 0ith astonish"ent to see ho0 stron#ly the "ystery o this calcined "aterial 0ith its o0n ascendin# spirit re2uently dra0s the spirit o the 0orld to itsel, resultin# in the or"ation o a hi#hly colored oil and a #aseous product. Co0e/er, e6cept on this basis, 0hile its role 0ill be "aintained, 0hich 0ill establish it, and 0hich 0ill inluence the entire 0orld are 2uestions to be ans0ered. 'ar this 0ell? he "ore a "etal or "ineral is calcined by our "a#ical Hnatural ireH, the "ore it 0ill #o into solution. he "ore oten it subse2uently dra0s o the spirit o the 0orld to itsel and dissol/es to produce an oil and a #aseous product on heatin# in a stron# ire (0e no0 our ire /ery 0ell), the "ore it beco"es coa#ulated and the #reater the de#ree o i6ation (and /itriication), and the better the results obtained or the health o "en, "etals and ordinary stones, or 0hich God "erits eternal praise. 4. @e 0ill also no0 sub5ect the /e#etable in#do" to our "a#ic o resolution by use o Hnatural ireH and carry out tests by irradiatin# briely, 0ithout relyin# on ire o an astral nature in
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anythin# at all, and to cause that 0hich lies in all nature, as established ro" the be#innin# by God, as he ordained. EI. hus, it is a #reat pity that so "any thousands o "en, 0ith so "uch "oney and this 0orlds #oods, are pla#ued day and ni#ht, or no purpose at all, and 0eary the"sel/es in 0hat they endea/or to acco"plish 0ith their "a#niicent in/ention o 0ays o distributin# their 0ealth <<< 0ays 0hich depend on their "aterialistic ire by di#estion, calcinations, distillation and "any other "ethods o heatin# in order to brin# in a #ood return on in/est"ents, accordin# to presu"ption. Co0e/er, your 0ailin# is 0ithout end, and 0ere such not "aintained, 0e 0ould be able to de"onstrate this deinitely 0ith our Hnatural ireH (0hich is entirely and co"pletely natural) and can produce li#ht in a /ery brie period o ti"e, or our astral process o natural ire can produce, "aintain, increase and brin# about e/erythin# 0hich, on the other hand, i"pairs, reduces or totally destroys your H"aterialistic ireH. As a result it can clearly be seen that little, or e/en nothin# at all, that is #ood can result. n the contrary, ho0e/er, our naturally occurrin# ire, 0hich is nothin# else but the blessed sunshine 0hich leads to the brin#in# orth o all thin#s in thousands o dierent patterns. E1. @e 0ill not consider by 0hat "eans and in 0hat "anner the i/e essences and tinctures o essences can be "ade and preser/ed ro" all /e#etable "atter and pro/ide ro" the /ery be#innin# the "ost /aluable 0hite particles. E;. Cere it is to be noted that there are t0o inds o tinctures obtained ro" /e#etables. ne #i/es a #reater a"ount o the sa"e, 0hile the other 0ill result in producin# better results ro" the standpoint o health, and should on the basis o "erit and increasin# tincture production beco"e rather cheap and so preerred by us ro" the start. E=. 3n the sa"e "anner as 0e ha/e described in the "ost uni/ersal 0ay, so 0e ha/e disco/ered its nature and 2ualities. E4. hus, 0hen you tae coa#ulated s!iritus mundi (so
all other inds o scattered seeds. Co0e/er, all that has been #ro0n by plantin#, culti/atin# and allo0in# to reach "aturity, and such #ro0in# results in an increase in the thin#s #ro0n. Further"ore, the roots should be co/ered o/er by this colored 0ater. E7. o0, it is no0n in e/ery case that God, out o Cis lo/e or "en, has created all thin#s or "ans beneit and such as are created or such use and adapted to "ans need 0ill ser/e as an e6a"ple o ho0 all /e#etables "ust be treated, throu#h our Hnatural ireH and all distillations proceed throu#h our apparatus, as concei/ed to tae place ro" the start in our "a#ical natural ire, 0hich you 0ill understand clearly ro" the tabulated inor"ation and the #lass apparatus that 0e build. E8. 3n the irst place, the #lass 0as illed 0ith rose petals or other lo0er petals, heaped up, and ten "ade ready or the reaction by "ain# it or loadin# it at the top and placin# it in a rin# on a "old or on a table in ront o the apparatus and let the Hnatural ireH do its 0or 0ithout reactin# too stron#ly thereon, so that carryin# out such an operation irst in/ol/es the idea, and then the act that the oil le/el drops in the #lass or the spirits are eli"inated. his is a thousand ti"es "ore eicacious than 0hen such is e6pressed throu#h the H"aterialistic ireH and the ordinary art o the apothecary. 3 it is your 0ish, "oreo/er, to lay out in urther detail a still #reater secret than the abo/e distillation operation, then it should be set do0n here and no0. 3t should include inor"ation on ho0 tinctures can be "ade ro" lo0ers and other plants. E. 3 you desire only to "ae tinctures o increasin# a"ounts o plants, then lay the" in ront o the descendin# spirit to#ether 0ith its oil in an open #lass dish and allo0 our "a#ical ire #radually to irradiate the apparatus containin# the sa"ple. Jou 0ill then obser/e 0ith considerable pleasure, ho0 these lo0ers produce /olatile "aterials alon# 0ith their oils by "eans o 0hich the spirit o this 0orld (i.e., alcohol) e6tracts ro" it colors 0hich such lo0ers contain or e/en de/eloped on its o0n as a inal product, ater e/aporation, and then beco"es a /ery "ysterious secret, 0hich thousands o serious students o the art cannot understand. 'oreo/er, throu#h Gods Coly @ill and the 0onder and praise 0hich this inspires, by the addition o a s"all a"ount o this tinctured po0der to ordinary resh 0ater, so this "aterial 0ill be tinctured to the best rose color or other colors, 0hich can be prepared ro" 0hite lo0ers usin# distilled 0ater, as reported earlier. +ubse2uently, a *oyal reasure, held in hi#h re#ard as the H@hite +olo"on +ealH has been obtained. I. +hould 0e place our reliance on that, and arri/e at a uni/ersal /alue resultin# ro" the conse2uent selection o the best 0ine "ade ro" the best #rapes and describe tinctures o the sa"e, 0ith 0ide usa#e as "i#ht 0ell ha/e been e6pected, in s"all doses, then "any hundreds o types o 0ines can be purchased and sold. 1. A sin#le 0ine, ho0e/er, drun only occasionally at "ost and then or healths sae and 2uite a#reeable to the body, is poured into a shallo0 #lass open dish until ull and then placed beore the apparatus, so that the rays o our Hnatural ireH 0ill be ocused 0ithout obstruction on the 0ine in such a "anner that it 0ill #radually beco"e hot enou#h to boil. Co0e/er, do not let it boil, but #radually reduce the heat by about hal. hen, add "ore 0ine #radually o/er a period o ti"e until = or 4 or e/en "ore /olu"es o the hot tincture result. hen, increase the a"ount o heat and let the "i6ture continue heatin# an hour lon#er, still eepin# it li2uid, then increase the heat by about one third "ore, at 0hich ti"e the spirit o the 0orld (that is, the alcohol) 0ill be reduced and coa#ulation 0ill set in. hen push the apparatus aside and let it cool do0n. Jou 0ill then ha/e or"ed a #e"stone 0hich 0ill ha/e the po0er P:#ina 12 de 15
to chan#e 0ater into 0ine. 3n order to #i/e this tincture a hi#her content o alcohol, you "ust place this tinctured #e"stone in an open #lass /essel in ront o our apparatus, usin# a /ery #entle natural ire to dissol/e it and then in a short period o ti"e it 0ill beco"e /ery luid, at 0hich point the stone 0ill be deco"posed co"pletely and be calcined by our ire, so that the alcohol 0ill be reduced to about hal its ori#inal /olu"e and by increasin# the concentration o the other co"ponents in the "i6ture 0ill beco"e ar "ore luid so that no0, as the result o the s"allest a"ount o heat ro" the sun, it beco"es dissol/ed in the li2uor, 0hich acts "ore /i#orously the closer it is to our Hnatural ireH, until #radually heatin# "ore and "ore it 0ill inally ha/e been con/erted into a #e"stone. ;. he a"ount o tincture obtained by usin# this stone is 1I ti"es #reater than that possible 0hen the stone that 0as prepared in the irst instance 0as used. 'oreo/er, usin# this tincture it is possible to turn 0ater into 0ine, as 0ell as al0ays to i"pro/e and len#then the liespan o all "anind and in this 0ay pro/ide a "ost useul ser/ice, since the "ore re2uently such i"pro/e"ents in the liespan are repeated, the #reater the increase in riches 0ill beco"e, and or this 0e should be in the eternal debt o our #racious Cea/enly Father. =. Ater0ards, 0e 0ill search all throu#h the "ineral and /e#etable in#do"s and then to so"e e6tent, ater suicient praise to God, 0e also obser/e 0onderul thin#s in the ani"al in#do" and in carryin# out our research in /ie0 o he "any possibilities sho0n by ature and so "any the nu"ber o choices per"itted us by God, 0hich 0e ha/e "entioned herein and ha/e described to you, 0e 0ill assert the ollo0in# 4. et hi" be accursed 0ho "isuses the #reatest #it o God, 0ho has sho0n us #race and "ercy, and instead resorts to a diabolical e/il. E. @oe unto hi" also 0ho God has #i/en occasion and per"ission to 0rite do0n hea/enly thin#s and 0ho is no0n to #i/e un0orthy ste0ardship to this opportunity. . et hi" be urther accursed and conde"ned 0ho uses our 0ritin#s and holy 0isdo" in a special 0ay to urther his o0n interests or to brin# to hi"sel or others anythin# other than their use to the Greatest Glory o God. 7. et hi" also be accursed and da"ned 0ho uses our 0ritin#s in any 0ay that is alse, "ean or conte"ptible. 8. All o you "ar 0ell that such curse 0ill not re"ain e6clusi/ely on you. @hile it concerns itsel 0ith the hi#hest "a5esty o God Ci"sel and thus 0ith Cis Coly "nipotence, there is nothin# that is prescribed in our art and science that is, outside the per"issi/e @ill o God and to 0hich Ce has not hitherto #i/en Cis blessin#, so that all thin#s that 0e do ha/e been carried out 0ith the idea o useulness and tran2uility in "ind. . All o you 0ho thou#ht pre/iously to restrict yoursel/es to the ani"al in#do" should no0 at this ti"e that in that in#do" it is o the least i"portance to disco/er "anind or oursel/es and to be unduly inluenced thereby. 7I. +o set here0ith an e6a"ple and e6a"ine yoursel to see 0hether you 0ill be #i/en o/er to an ani"alistic ur#e in a philosophy alon# 0ith the blessin# o the 0isdo" anticipated to result ro" our "a#ical natural ire pro/in# to be o /alue only to a li"ited de#ree and or a short ti"e, 0hich other0ise "i#ht turn out to be o inesti"able /alue to you. 71. othin# that 0e can say to you, e6cept to tell you about an i"perect thou#h /ery a##ressi/e creature, 0ho" 0e shall call Co"unculus 0ho is represented by a s"all i#ure in/ol/in# only a e0 brutish creatures, ori#inatin# outside o nature and contrary to the @ill o God and co"in# ro" the De/il hi"sel, incarnate in such a proane or" and appearin# to all P:#ina 13 de 15
"anind as a "inisterin# spirit o the ti"e, and spreadin# e/ery0here around the idea that he is concerned 0ith the souls o hu"an bein#s. For this reason, 0e concern oursel/es in this, and on the basis o descriptions o "any dierent ho"unculus types, 0e 0ill open our "inds to Gods per"issi/e @ill and d0ell upon useul thou#hts and ascertain 0hat #ood thin#s in ature are to be urther achie/ed. 7;. +ince ti"e i""e"orial nature has #one by Gods pro/idential arran#e"ent, 0hich includes pro/isions or you, but throu#h Cis per"issi/e @ill, and help ro" our Art and +cience, it is possible to shorten the ti"e and occasion the birth o ideas and to de"onstrate the" and subse2uently docu"ent the". 7=. %y tain# "any indi/idual hens, ducs, #eese and other poultry and birds, taen to#ether as a 0hole, in a ca#e or nest "ade o la6 or 0ool, and placed in ront o our apparatus under our H"a#ical natural ireH, as close as possible, then the ca#e or nest 0ill not be set on ire, e/en ater = or 4 hours, althou#h this "i#ht not be the case ater 4 0ees. 74. 'any 0onders are still to be ound in the lesh and bones o "anind (all o 0hich ha/e been described to so"e e6tent), and in his e6cre"ent and urine, and it "i#ht 0ell be possible, by "eans o our Hnatural ireH, to be able to co"e to a preli"inary picture thereby o /ery i"portant, yet presently /ery obscure, thin#s and predictions about the" as a result o the death o certain li/in# creatures, e/en thou#h the e/il o "en and the tensions resultin# therero" "i#ht #reatly displease God. et our thinin# processes re"ain on this "atter and 0e 0ill continue to study it. 7E. 3t is possible thus, to ha/e #ood character and at the sa"e ti"e peror" 0onders, e/en "iraculous, deeds. 7. o one 0ho is truly blessed lies to boast about his #ood deeds, or set up so"ethin# sensational about hi"sel or to introduce to the 0orld so"e special 0onderul thin# that he has acco"plished, still he has, ho0e/er, attained so"ethin# 0orth0hile by usin# our "a#ical ire, o necessity ho0e/er, in con5unction 0ith the position o the appropriate planets in their course. +ince, ho0e/er, it is not unco""on that such e/ents can happen, 0e 0ill not place briely <<< but reliably <<< beore your eyes and #i/e you ull inor"ation about a 'a#ic 'irror, so that you "ay be able to deter"ine, a"on# other thin#s, the initial ti"e in 0hich the 0ei#ht o all 7 "etals can be obtained si"ultaneously so that the purest one can be selected, and then one ater another selected on the sa"e basis, as 0ell as on the stren#th o their reacti/ity at that ti"e, deter"ined by "eltin# in an appropriate #lass crucible at the proper hour o the planetary si#n in ront o our "a#ical natural ire. 77. 3t is also true that the #old "ust be "elted on a +unday and under its o0n planetary si#n, since the sun itsel is considered a rea#ent, 5ust as ob5ects are "elted 0hen ocused in ront o our Hnatural ireH. his is ollo0ed by +il/er on 'onday, since the "oon is lie0ise the rea#ent or sil/er. n uesday the sa"e operation is carried out or iron. n @ednesday, it is 0ith "ercury, hursday 0ith tin, Friday 0ith copper and +aturday 0ith lead. 78. his is the "anner in 0hich the "eltin# process occurs and so each one o the "etals 0ill be ound to ollo0 a 0ei#hin# se2uence 0hich indicates that there is a i6ed pattern that is constant and can at all ti"es be sub5ected to testin#, 0hich reduces the upper and lo0er "e"bers o the series by the sa"e appropriate a"ount, 0hile the orce in/ol/ed in e/ery case is the sa"e, e/en 0hen the series is rearran#ed. hus, in all these si#ns o the sun and o "olten ob5ects, 0hose characteristics sho0 that they are the result o natural orces and at the sa"e ti"e the result o supernatural orces, both o 0hich aect their "otion (beha/ior). P:#ina 14 de 15
7. !onse2uently, all 7 o these puriied "etals act in concert on a +unday 5ust beore sunrise, "ain# possible a "i6ture o "etals and the pourin# o the" into a pre/iously prepared "old to #i/e a "irror 0hich can be polished. he "aster crats"an responsible or polishin# the "irror at no ti"e e6a"ines it 0ith the naed eye, but at all ti"es 0ears special eye#lasses, 0hich pro/ide a sound basis or turnin# out products o assured /alue, and char#e hi" alone as the #uarantor o it ser/iceability. he sa"e crats"en ro" the /ery irst "o"ent /isually inspects the "irror, inas"uch as he is a "aster in his ield and this lies in his area o e6pertise and e/erythin# that is ased o hi" and e/erythin# that is re2uired o the "irror is, naturally sho0n to be /alid or such a "irror, 0hen he is de"onstratin# it. 8I. Fro" this apparatus a 0onderul "a#netic bell can be cast, by 0hich an entire ar"y "i#ht be su""oned or be sent into retreat, and as a result, it should be run# or tolerated in such a "anner that its ri#htenin# tone re2uires considerable orce to produce it. Fro" a"on# the 7 "etallic si#ns, 0e 0ill call attention to the ollo0in# 81. hat o all these, or e/en any one "etal by itsel 0ith its o0n set o properties, can be "ade by our o0n apparatus and natural ire and "ust be cast at the hour o its or"ation, is both oolish and in/alid. 3dle tal about testin# "ust be ter"inated and "ust re"ain our best ept secret, so that 0e can retain it throu#h constant dili#ence in obser/ance o Gods @ill. 8;. 'oreo/er, in the end, at 0hich ti"e 0e 0ill co"plete this lie and return our spirits to God 0ho #a/e the" to us in the be#innin# so that 0e "i#ht no0 Cis eternal and blessed state o peace and be happy to ha/e attained to the sa"e. 8=. @e could elaborate urther in concludin# this 0or and "ention briely, so that only one or t0o "en, or at "ost three, in any year could consu"e his usual diet, usin# our natural ire and our apparatus (despite the act that the container "i#ht ha/e to ha/e a co/er to that the radiation "i#ht not all thereon) to heat the "aterial and then en5oy it, and conse2uently obtain a lon# and re5u/enated lie, as 0ell as pro/idin#, 0ith Gods help, a happy endin# to this lie and the assurance o enterin# Cea/en in the eternal lie that is to ollo0. A"en. Finis.
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