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3 How Nature Destroys Plants
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1723 pp 227Gleichwie die safftige Theile derer Animalien theils schnell, die harte und trockene aber langsamer, also verfaulen die Safftvolle Vegetabilien auch schneller und die harte langsamer; ingleichen die Mineralia noch langsamer und am langsamsten putresciren, und seynd dauerhaffter als alle vorgehende. Denn alles, was safftiger und feuchter Natur ist, faulet nach Absterben seines balsamischen Lebens-Geistes geschwinder; was aber einer festen, dick-hart- und trockenen Natur ist, da hat die Natur härter und länger zu arbeiten und solches aus dem immediaten Befehl des Schöpffers, denn das Wasser und Feuchtigkeit ist ein instrument des allwirckenden Geistes zur Fäulung, und die Fäulung ist der Haupt-Schlüssel auf und zuzuschließen alles und jedes, das in der Natur ist.
The Golden Chain of Homer: 3 How Nature Destroys Plants
1723 pp 227Just as the juicy parts of animals putrefy relatively quickly, while the hard and dry parts do so more slowly, so too succulent plants rot faster, and hard plants more slowly. Minerals likewise putrefy still more slowly—slowest of all—and are more enduring than everything mentioned before. For everything juicy and moist by nature rots more quickly after its balsamic life-spirit has died. But with anything firm, dense, hard, and dry by nature, nature must work harder and longer, and does so at the immediate command of the Creator. Water and moisture are instruments of the all-working spirit for putrefaction, and putrefaction is the master key for unlocking and locking each and every thing in nature.
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Reading The Golden Chain of Homer · 3 How Nature Destroys Plants · B2C03S006 · 1723 pp 227
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The two-book alchemical work of 1723 in German with a new English translation, 399 notes, eight historical diagrams, chapter outlines, keyword essays, a glossary, bibliography, subject index, and 400 discussion questions.
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Anonymous, Aurea Catena Homeri. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Georg Böhme, 1723. Traditionally attributed to Anton Joseph Kirchweger; the attribution remains uncertain. Historical diagrams from the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung copy digitized by e-rara.
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