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Philosophical Discourse · Passage 14
German
Der ☿ius Sophicus ist eine neugebohrne materia prima spermatica, darumb gebiehrt er auch alles neu womit er in einer Conjunction gehet / und so nur eins ein Metall in ihm zerfliest / ists unmöglich ihn davon zu scheiden; ja ist unmöglich dasselbe Metall wieder in formam Metallicam zu bringen / weil in der materiâ primâ spermaticâ, allein aller Dinge generation, multiplication, auch neue Geburth ist / so müssen die Metall erstlich in materiam spermaticam gebracht werden / daß also eine Radicalis Mixtio oder Unio geschehen könte.
English
Sophic Mercury is a reborn, seminal first matter; therefore it gives new birth to everything with which it enters conjunction. Once a metal dissolves in it, it is impossible to separate Mercury from it; indeed, it is impossible to bring that metal back into metallic form. Since the generation, multiplication, and rebirth of all things lie in seminal first matter alone, metals must first be brought into seminal matter so that a radical mixture or union can occur.
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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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