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The Concentrated Centre of Nature · Passage 23
German
Dieses Saltz aber, ob es schon (wie gesagt) überall und in allen Dingen, nach einer jeden Materie Maaß, Zahl und Gewichte, so kan es doch überall nicht leichtlich bekommen werden, ist auch aus allen Dingen nicht bequem zu allen. Die Gelehrten sagen: So Gold soll gemacht werden, so muß es geschehen durch ☉ oder ☉rische Materia, und die Verbesserung eines Dinges könne aus nichts anders, als seines Gleichen entspringen. Halten also die Animalien, Vegetabilien und Lufft-Kräffte zur Erhöhung der Metallen gantz vor untüchtig, weil sie meynen, daß ein jeglichs der 3. Reiche, wie sie genennt worden, von dem andern im Natur-Grunde unterschieden werden.
English
Although this salt is everywhere and in all things, as stated, according to the measure, number, and weight of each matter, it cannot be obtained easily everywhere, nor is it suitable for every purpose when taken from just any thing. The learned say that if gold is to be made, it must be done through ☉ or solar matter, and that the improvement of a thing can arise only from something like itself. They therefore consider animals, plants, and the powers of the air wholly unfit for the exaltation of metals, because they believe that each of the so-called three kingdoms differs from the others in the foundation of its nature.
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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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