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Philosophical Discourse · Passage 5
German
Zum Beschluß muß ich noch etwas melden von der Congelation lapidis Universalis & Metallici; Vom Universal △ der Philosophen wird man gar wenig finden in den Schrifften derselben; das Universal-Feuer ist natürlich / nicht materialisch vom Holtz / Kohlen / 🜍. Oel / Kalck. Fimo &c. Die Materia Universalis, sie sey Cabalistica oder Astralisch vom Superiori / oder Inferiori / ist schlecht / einfältig / ubique reperibilis, tam à paupere, quam à divite; wenige wenden ihre Gedancken ad simplicitates naturæ, hinc omnis error & damnum emanat: GOtt hat alles in die Ordnung der Natur gelegt / darnach muß sich der Mensch richten; so du wider die Natur handelst / entspringt draus alles Ubel. e. g. Man künstelt viel in Spiritu Vini und mit Spiritu Vini / aber wenig wird ausgericht / es ist alles Sophistisch / oder wenig Patienten können ihn geniessen / plus nocet, quam prodest, contra, so man es via simplicissima per se, absque destillatione violenta, die rechte Ess. Vini wil extrahiren / so ist sie so lieblich süß / wolschmeckend / daß einer ohne Schaden ein ziemlich Gläßlein / summo appetitu kan geniessen / davon Leib und Seel erfreuet wird; seine Bereitung ist ohne Kosten / doch ist an der Zeit / auch Vortheil / wegen der Unkosten gelegen; und ist doch keine Unkosten zu rechnen; dieser Spiritus Vini ist dem ☿ Cabalistico in allen Creaturen am nechsten verwand; i. e. ad rem, und das △ Universale Philosophorum, und erkochet oder zeitiget alle Creaturen auff Erden:
English
In conclusion I must say something about the congelation of the universal and metallic Stone. Very little will be found in the philosophers’ writings about their universal fire. This universal fire is natural, not a material fire from wood, coals, sulphur, oil, lime, dung, and the like. Whether Cabalistic or astral, from the upper or the lower, the universal matter is plain and simple, found everywhere by poor and rich alike. Few turn their thoughts to nature’s simplicity; from this arise all error and loss. God has placed everything within nature’s order, to which the human being must conform. If you act against nature, all evil springs from it. For example, much artifice is practised upon and with spirit of wine, but little is accomplished. It is all sophistical, or few patients can take it: it harms more than it helps. Conversely, if the true essence of wine is extracted by the simplest way, of itself, without violent distillation, it is so pleasantly sweet and well-tasting that a person can enjoy a fair-sized glass with great appetite and without harm, gladdening body and soul. Its preparation costs nothing, though time and an advantageous method affect the expense; still, no expense need be reckoned. Among all creatures this spirit of wine is most closely related to Cabalistic Mercury—that is, to the matter in question—and [is] the philosophers’ universal fire, cooking or ripening all creatures on earth.
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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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