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Discourse on the Universal · Passage 13
German
Wenn dieses also geschehen ist / ist dein Acker (Arbeit) bereitet / in welchen du nun ☉ (Gold) und ☽ (Silber) säest / wirstu in einem Gefäß / in einem Ofen Ecclipsin ☉ vel ☽ sehen angehen / so hastu solutionem Philosophicam, die lieblich-wachsende Krafft / grüen und Pfauen-Schwantz / nochmals die gewünschte Weisse / und endlich die vollkommene Röthe / alles von ihm selber / mit einem geringen Lampen-Feuer: Das Oel aus Eyer-Oel / und der Tocht aus Federweiß gemacht / und darff weder gradus Ofen / oder dergleichen.
English
When this has happened, your field—that is, your work—is prepared. Sow Sun (gold) and Moon (silver) in it, and in one vessel, in one furnace, you will see an eclipse of Sun or Moon begin. Then you have the philosophical solution, the pleasantly growing power, green and the peacock’s tail; afterwards the desired whiteness and finally the perfect redness, all of itself, with a small lamp-fire. The oil is egg-oil and the wick made from feather-white; no graduated furnace or the like is needed.
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The complete supplied German–English edition of the 1682 collection: the main treatise attributed to Ali Puli, Helbig’s preface, distinct companion discourses, the short potable-gold preparation and the anonymous Father’s Last Testament, with four historical figures, 103 annotations and the full Diotimos study apparatus.
Historical Text and Translation
The governing German witness is the complete 1682 collection in Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe, shelfmark 87 B 76050, with an unnumbered title and printed pages 1–80. The historical title’s Arabic and Portuguese antecedents and its authorial persona are retained as claims, not authenticated originals. Johann Otto Helbig (Hellwig), Martin de Delle, J. J. F. and the anonymous testament retain their distinct historical roles.
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