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The Concentrated Centre of Nature · Passage 42
German
Der natürliche Mensch lebet nun aus Lufft, Wasser und Erde auf zweyerley Weise, nemlich von oben und von unten; Von oben durch Anziehung des Athems geniesset er zur Speise den Geist oder Athem des Welt-Worts, oder die Lufft der Lufft; und von unten ihr Fleisch, animalia vegetabilia und mineralia und Blut-Wasser, der Weltgeist oder Athem erqvicket und speiset mit seinem Saltze nicht allein selbst des Menschen Geister, sondern aus ihnen ist auch das ferment und die auflösende Krafft in dem Magen und anderen Theilen des Leibes, wodurch alles Fleisch und Blut der grossen Welt wird sanfft aufgelöset, und daraus ihr ⊖ zur Bereitung des Fleisches und des Bluts in der kleinen Welt, geschieden, damit es von den hungrigen Theilen könne an- und eingesogen werden; aber die Hefen, Hülsen und Excrementa gehn wieder weg durchs Haupt, Schweiß-Löcher, heimliches Glied und Hintern.
English
The natural human being now lives from air, water, and earth in two ways: from above and from below. From above, by drawing in breath, one takes as food the spirit or breath of the world-word, or the air of the air; from below, its flesh—animals, plants, and minerals—and blood-water. With its salt the world-spirit or breath refreshes and feeds not only the human spirits themselves; from these also comes the ferment and dissolving power in the stomach and other parts of the body. Through this, all the flesh and blood of the great world are gently dissolved and their ⊖ separated to prepare flesh and blood in the little world, so that the hungry parts may attract and absorb it. But the dregs, husks, and excrements depart again through the head, sweat pores, private member, and backside.
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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.
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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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