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The Concentrated Centre of Nature · Passage 12
German
O lieber Christ, du bist nicht eine Stunde für dem Tode sicher, arbeite doch in dir, und suche deine Seele, die so hart als ♂, so kalt und unsauber als ♄, so scharff bitter und feurig als ♀ und unbeständig als ☿ ist, mit GOttes Geiste, der allzeit für der Seele, gleich wie die Lufft für dem leiblichen Munde schwebet, und gerne von deinem Willen mit stillen und sanfften Sausen wil eingesogen seyn, zu verbessern. Ach lieber Mensch ziehe ihn ein, so wird er sie durch heilige Bewegung erwärmen, gleichsam schmeltzen, und in demüthigen Flusse mit Lieb und Weißheit tingiren, daß sie vollkommen wird, besser als ☉, und kein Teuflisch Corrosiv sie weiter kan angreiffen und verändern.
English
O dear Christian, you are not safe from death for a single hour. Work within yourself and seek to improve your soul, which is as hard as ♂, as cold and impure as ♄, as sharp, bitter, and fiery as ♀, and as unstable as ☿, by means of God’s spirit. That spirit always hovers before the soul, just as air does before the bodily mouth, and willingly desires to be drawn in by your will with a quiet, gentle whisper. Dear human being, draw it in: through holy movement it will warm your soul, melt it, as it were, and in its humble flowing tincture it with love and wisdom, so that it becomes perfect, better than ☉, and no diabolical corrosive can attack or alter it further.
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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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