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The Last Testament of a Father to His Beloved Son · Passage 9
German
Der Reichs- oder Welt-Apfel, welches das Zeichen des ♁ii ist, bedeutet die materiam den ♁. Der Siebenfache Stern bedeutet auch den ♁, und in ihm alle 7 metall unsichtlich in ihm verborgen, und aus ihm sichtlich gebohren werden, der schwartze Strahl des Sterns, den ♄ oder Bley und den ♁ selbst, in seiner sichtlichen Form, welches das Bley und Saturnus der Weisen ist, und die andern 6. metall unsichtlich unter seiner schwartzen Gestalt verbirgt. Denn alle metall können auch aus dem ♁ gemacht werden. Besehe Alexandrum von Suchten in s. Buch, so er ♁ii Mysterium geminum nennt, im andern Theil Fol. 428.
English
The imperial orb or world globe, which is the sign of antimony, signifies the matter, antimony. The sevenfold star also signifies antimony, with all seven metals invisibly hidden within it and visibly born from it. The star’s black ray represents Saturn or lead and antimony itself in its visible form: the lead and Saturn of the sages, which conceals the other six metals invisibly beneath its black appearance. For all metals can also be made from antimony. Consult Alexander von Suchten in the book he calls The Twin Mystery of Antimony, in the second part, folio 428.
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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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