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Discourse on the Universal · Passage 6
German
Ergò Lapis est in omnibus rebus, quia ex omnibus rebus fit ⊖, & inde Lapis, sed tamen non ex omni ligno ☿ius, quia subjectum in aliquibus propinquum, in aliis tamen etiamsi inest tàm longinquum, ut tutius habeatur in propinquis quàm quæratur in longinquis, varii sunt modi procedendi, sed tamen omnes incertis limitibus naturæ conclusi. Hierauff als wir nach Hause giengen / er mich berichtet / daß Particularia seyn könnten / aber also; daß dieses Universal Corpus insitum omnibus rebus liberum à superfluitatibus sey / ita ut æquiparetur Cœlo, & receptaculum sit △ Philosophici.
English
“Therefore the Stone is in all things, because salt can be made from all things, and from salt the Stone. Yet Mercury cannot be made from every piece of wood: in some things the subject is near at hand, while in others, although present, it is so remote that it is more safely obtained from those close at hand than sought in the distant. There are various ways of proceeding, yet all are confined within nature’s uncertain limits.” As we went home, he then explained that particular works could exist, but only in this way: the universal body implanted in all things must be freed from superfluities, so as to be made equal to heaven and become a receptacle for the philosophical fire.
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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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