Alchemical Catechism

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A SHORT CATECHSM OF ALCHEMY
Q.Whatshe chefsudyofaPhosopher?
A.tshe nvesgaon ofhe operaonsofNaure.
Q.Whatshe end ofNaure?
A.God,Who saso sbegnnng.
Q.Whence are alhngsderved?
A.From one and ndvsbe Naure.
Q.no how manyregonssNaure separaed?
A.no ourpamaryregons.
Q.Whch are hey?
A.The dry,he mos,he warm,and he cod,whch are he oureemenaryquaes,whence
alhngsorgnae.
Q.How sNaure derenaed?
A.no mae and emae.
Q.To whatmaywe compare Naure?
A.To Mercury.
Q.Gve aconcse denon ofNaure.
A.tsnotvsbe,hough toperaesvsby;ortssmpyavoate spr,ungsoce n
bodes,and anmaed byhe unversalspr-he dvne breah,he cenraland unversalre,
whch vvesalhngsthatexs.
Q.Whatshoud be he quaespossessed byhe examnersofNaure?
A.Theyshoud be ke uno Naure hese.Thatso say,heyhoud be uhu,smpe,
paen,and perseverng.
Q.Whatmaershoud subsequenyengrossheraenon?
A.The phosophersshoud mostcareuyasceran wheherherdesgnsare n harmonywh
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Naure,and ofapossbe and aanabe knd;fheywoud accompsh byherown power
anyhnghatsuuayperormed byhe powerofNaure,heymustmae hern everydea.
Q.Whatmehod mustbe oowed n ordero poduce omehngwhch shalbe deveoped o a
superordegree han Naure hersefdeveops.
A.The mannerofsmprovementmustbe suded,and hssnvarabyoperaed bymeansofa
ke naure.Forexampe,ftbe desred o deveop he nrnscvrue ofagven mealbeyond
snauralcondon,he chemstmustavalhmsefofhe meacnaure se,and mustbe abe
o dscrmnae beween smae and emae deenaons.
Q.Where doeshe meacnaure sore herseeds?
A.n he oureemens.
Q.Wh whatmaerascan he phosopheraone accompsh anyhng?
A.Wh he germ ofhe gven maer;hsssexrorqunessence,more precousbyar,and
more useu,o he ars,han sNaure herse.Beore he phosopherhasexraced he seed,or
germ,Naure,n hsbeha,wlbe readyo perom herduy.
Q.Whatshe germ,oreed,ofanyubsance?
A.tshe mostsube and perectdecocon and dgeson ofhe subsance se;or,raher,ts
he Bam ofSuphur,whch sdencalwh he RadcalMosure ofMeas.
Q.Bywhatshsseed,orgerm,engendered?
A.Byhe oureemens,subecto he wlofhe Supreme Beng,and hrough he drect
nervenon ofhe magnaon ofNaure.
Q.Aerwhatmannerdo he oureemensoperae?
A.Bymeansofan ncessantand unorm moon,each one,accordngo squay,deposngs
seed n he cenre ofhe earh,where tssubeced o acon and dgesed,and ssubsequeny
expeed n an ouward drecon byhe awsofmovemen.
Q.Whatdo he phosophersundersand byhe cenre ofhe earh?
A.A ceran vod pace where nohngmayrepoe,and he exsence ofwhch sassumed.
Q.Where,hen,do he oureemensexpeland depostherseed?
A.n he ex-cenre,orn he margn and crcumeence ofhe cenre,whch,aerthas
appropraed aporon,cassouthe supusno he regon ofexcremen,corae,re,and
ormesschaos.
Q.usrae hseachngbyan exampe.
A.Take anyevelabe,and setn scenre avase ed wh waer;surround he vase wh
severalhngsofvarouscoours,especaysa,akngcare hataproperdsance nervenes
beween hem a.Then pourouthe waerom he vase,and twlow n sreamshere and
here;one wlencounerasubsance ofared coour,and wlassume ange ofred;anoherwl
passoverhe sa,and wlconractasane avour;ortsceran hatwaerdoesnotmody
he paceswhch traverses,buthe dverse characerscsofpaceschange he naure ofwaer.
n he same wayhe seed whch sdeposed byhe oureemensathe cenre ofhe earh s
subecto avareyofmodcaonsn he paceshrough whch tpasses,o hateveryexsng
subsance sproduced n he kenessofschanne,and when aseed on sarrvalataceran
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pontencounerspure earh and pure waer,apue subsance resus,buthe conrayn an
oppose case.
Q.Aerwhatmannerdo he eemenspocreae hsseed?
A.n ordero he compee eucdaon ofhspon,tmustbe observed hathere are wo gros
and heavyeemensand wo hatare voae n characer.Two,n ke manner,are dryand wo
humd,one outofhe ourbengacuayexcessveydry,and he oherexcessveymos.They
are aso mascune and emnne.Now,each ofhem hasamarked endencyo reproduce sown
speceswhn sown sphere.Moreover,heyare nevern repose,butare perpeuayneracng,
and each ofhem separaes,ofand byse,he mostsube poon hereo.Thergeneralpace
ofmeengsn he cene,even he cenre ofhe Archeus,hatservantofNaure,where comng
o mx herseveralseeds,heyagae and nayexpelhem o he exero.
Q.Whatshe rue and he rstmaerofalmeas?
A.The rstmaer,properyso caed,sdualn tsessence,orsn sefofawood naure;one,
neverheess,cannotcreae amealwhouthe concurrence ofhe oher.The rstand he
pamaryessence san aeralhumdy,bended wth awarm ar,n he orm ofaaywaer,
whch adhereso alsubsancesndscrmnaey,wheherheyare pure ormpure.
Q.How hashshumdybeen named byPhosophers?
A.Mercury.
Q.Bywhatstgoverned?
A.Byhe raysofhe Sun and Moon.
Q.Whatshe second maer?
A.The warmh ofhe earh -oherwse,hatdryheatwhch sermed Suphurbyhe
Phosophers.
Q.Can he enre maeralbodybe convered no seed?
A.segh-hundredh partony-ha,namey,whch ssecreed n he cene ofhe bodyn
queson,and may,orexampe,be seen n agran ofwhea.
Q.Ofwhatuse she buk ofhe maerasregardssseed?
A.tsuseulasasaeguard aganstexcessve hea,cod,mosure,orardy,and,n genera,al
hurulncemency,aganstwhch tacsasan enveope.
Q.Woud hose arsswho preend o reduce he whoe maerofanybodyno seed derve any
advanage rom he process,supposngtwere posbe o perorm ?
A.None;on he conrary,herabourwoud be whoyunpoducve,because nohnghats
good can be accompshed byadevaon rom nauralmehods.
Q.Wha,hereore,shoud be done?
A.The maermustbe eecveyseparaed rom smpures,orhere sno mea,how pure
soever,whch senreyree rom mperecons,hough herexentvares.Now al
superues,corces,and scorae mustbe peeed ofand purged outom he maern odero
dscoversseed.
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Q.Whatshoud receve he mostcareulaenon ofhe Phosopher?
A.Assuredy,he end ofNaure,and hssbyno meanso be ooked orn he vugarmeas,
because,hese havngssued areadyrom he handsofhe ahoner,tsno ongero be ound
heren.
Q.Forwhatprecse reason?
A.Because he vugarmeas,and cheygod,are absoueydead,whe ours,on he conrary,
are absoueyvng,and possesasou.
Q.Whatshe e ofmeas?
A.tsno ohersubsance han re,when heyare asyetmbedded n he mnes.
Q.Whatsherdeah?
A.There and deah are n reayone prncpe,orheyde,asheyve,byre,buther
deah srom are ofuon.
Q.Aerwhatmannerae measconceved n he womb ofhe earh?
A.When he oureemenshave deveoped herpowerorvrue n he cenre ofhe earh,and
have deposed herseed,he ArcheusofNaure,n he course ofadsatoryprocess,submes
hem supercaybyhe warmh and energyofhe perpeualmovemen.
Q.no whatdoeshe wnd reove sefwhen tsdsed hrough he poresofhe earh?
A.tresovessefno waer,whence alhngssprng;n hssae tsmereyahumd vapour,
outofwhch here ssubsequenyevoved he prncpaed prncpe ofalsubsances,whch aso
servesashe rstmaerofhe Phosophers.
Q.Whathen shsprncpaed prncpe,whch smade use ofashe rstmaerbyhe
Chdren ofKnowedge n he phoophcachevemen?
A.tshsdencalmaer,whch,he momenttsconceved,recevesapermanentand
unchangeabe orm.
Q.Are Saurn,Juper,Mars,Venus,he Sun,he Moon,ec,separaeyendowed wh ndvdual
seed?
A.One scommon o hem a;herderencesare o be accouned orbyhe:ocayrom
whch heyare derved,noto speak ofhe acthatNaure compeesherwork wh argreaer
rapdyn he procreaon ofsverhan n hatofgod,and so ofhe ohermeas,each n s
own proporon.
Q.How sgod ormed n he bowesofhe earh?
A.When hsvapour,ofwhch we have spoken,ssubmed n he cenre ofhe earh,and when
thaspassed hough wam and pure paces,where aceran suphureousgrease adhereso he
channes,hen hsvapour,whch he Phosophershave denomnaed herMercury,becomes
adaped and oned o hsgrease,whch tsubmeswh se;rom such amagamaon here s
produced aceran uncuouness,whch,abandonnghe vaporousorm,asumeshatofgrease,
and ssubmsed n oherpaces,whch have been ceansed byhsprecedngvapour,and he
earh whereofhasconsequenybeen rendered more sube,pure,and humd;tshe poresof
hsearh,soned hereo,and god sproduced asaresu.
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Q.How sSaurn engendered?
A.toccurswhen he sad uncuosy,orgrease,passeshough paceswhch are oaympure
and cod.
Q.How sVenusboughtorh?
A.She sproduced n ocaeswhere he earh sefspure,butsmnged wh mpure suphur.
Q.Whatpowerdoeshe vapour,whch we have recenymenoned,posessn he cenre ofhe
earh?
A.Bysconnualprogressthashe powerofpepeuayrareyngwhasoeverscrude and
mpure,and ofsuccessveyaracngo sefalthatspure around .
Q.Whatshe seed ofhe rstmaerofalhngs?
A.The rstmaerofhngs,hatso say,he maerofprncpangprncpessbegoen by
Naure,whouthe assance ofanyoherseed;n oherwords,Naure receveshe maerrom
he eemens,whence tubsequenybrngsorh he seed.
Q.Wha,absoueyspeakng,shereore he seed ofhngs?
A.The seed n abodysno oherhnghan acongeaed ar,orahumd vapour,whch suseess
excepttbe dssoved byawarm vapour.
Q.How she generaon ofseed comprsed n he meackngdom?
A.Byhe arce ofArcheushe oureemens,n he rstgeneraon ofNaure,dsla
ponderousvapourofwaerno he cenre ofhe earh ;hsshe seed ofmeas,and tscaed
Mercury,noton accountofsessence,butbecaue ofsudy,and he acywh whch t
wladhere o each and everyhng.
Q.Whyshsvapourcompared o suphur?
A.Because ofsnernalhea.
Q.From whatspecesofMercuryare we o concude hathe measare composed?
A.The reerence sexcusveyo he Mercuryofhe Phosophers,and n no sense o he
common orvugarsubsance,whch cannotbecome aseed,seengha,ke ohermeas,t
areadyconanssown eed.
Q.Wha,hereore,mustacuaybe acceped asthe subectofourmaer?
A.The seed aone,ohewse he xed gran,and nothe whoe body,whch sderenaed no
Suphur,orvngmae,and no Mercury,orvngemae.
Q.Whatoperaon mustbe aerwardsperomed
A.Theymustbe oned ogeher,so hatheymayorm agerm,aerwhch heywlproceed o
he procreaon ofautwhch sconormed o hernaure.
Q.Whatshe partofhe arstn hsoperaon?
A.The arstmustdo nohngbutseparae hatwhch ssube rom hatwhch sgross.
Q.To wha,hereore,she whoe phosophccombnaon reduced?
A.The deveopmentofone no wo,and he reducon ofwo no one,and nohngurher.
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