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II.5 · The Anatomy and Regeneration of Chaotic Water
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1723 pp 308–309Das Caput mortuum Rec. und calcinire es im offenen Flammen-Feuer, daß es zu Aschen fällt. Diese Asche lauge mit seinem Phlegma B. aus, filtra & coagula, so hast du ein braunes Saltz, dieses Saltz laß glühen, solvire es wieder in seinem Phlegma, filtrire und coagulire, und dieses Solviren, Filtriren, Coaguliren thue so offt, bis daß es schneeweiß ist, so sind alle Partes rectificirt. Conjunctio. Rec. des Saltzes 2. Partes, des Eßigs 3. Partes, des Sp. volatilis A. 6. Partes, gieß den Sp. volatilem auf sein Saltz in einen Kolben, denn gieß den Eßig darzu, setze Helm und Vorlage an, und distillire ex B. M. ad Oleum ab, das Oehl setze in Keller, laß es crystallisiren, so schiesst es gantz schön und subtil. Solche Crystallen nimm und trockene sie aus, das Liquidum aber ziehe wieder auf die Helffte oder Oehl ex B. M. ab, und laß wieder schiessen, und solches so lange, bis es keine Crystalle mehr giebt. Denn nimm alle Crystallen zusammen, trockene sie gelinde an der Sonnen oder warmen Ofen, so hast du Quint-Essent. Macrocosmi.
The Golden Chain of Homer: II.5 · The Anatomy and Regeneration of Chaotic Water
1723 pp 308–309Take the dead head and calcine it in open flame until it falls into ashes. Leach these with its phlegm B, filter, and coagulate, obtaining a brown salt. Heat the salt red-hot, dissolve again in its phlegm, filter, and coagulate. Repeat until it is snow-white; all parts are rectified. Conjunction. Take two parts salt, three parts vinegar, and six parts volatile spirit A. Pour the volatile spirit upon its salt in a flask, add the vinegar, fit head and receiver, and distil in the water bath to an oily consistency. Set the oil in a cellar to crystallize; it forms beautiful subtle crystals. Take and dry them, draw the liquid down again to half or an oily consistency in the water bath, and let it crystallize again. Continue until no more crystals form. Collect them all and dry gently in the sun or by a warm oven. You have the macrocosm’s quintessence.
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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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