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6 What Is Finally to Be Concluded From the Preceding Long Chapter
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1723 pp 313–314Derowegen so der Künstler separiret, so soll er allezeit die flüchtige Theile vor die oberste als Himmel und Lufft rechnen, die fixere aber vor Wasser und Erde, in [Mercurius], [Sulphur] und [Sal], in animam, corpus & spiritus abtheilen oder in die 4. Elementa secundum Aristotelicos, in △, [Lufft], ▽, [Erde], wie einer nur selber will, zum Unterscheid, daß er seine principia nicht confundire, und solche in der coagulation verändere und verwirre, und dadurch ein contrarium heraus bringe. Denn was ist an den terminis gelegen, sondern so er seine separirende Dinge in 4. oder 3. gebracht, kan er aus jeden diesen 4. oder 3. per rectificationem wieder eine subtilere praeparation vornehmen und in ihre partes abtheilen, wie ich de aqua pluvia gelehret im vorhergehenden Capite, als in subtile, subtilius, subtilissimum; item crassissimum, crassius & crassum; item in volatilissimum, volatilius & volatile; in fixissimum, fixius & fixum, und so jedem seinen Namen gegeben. Wenn er denn separiret hat, so kan er die coagulation, conjunction und fixation gleich vornehmen, welche nimmer so lange Zeit hat und wegnimmt, als die putrefaction und solution oder separation. Denn so einer einmal den Vortheil ersiehet, so kan er das Werck durch eigene speculation geschwinder abkürtzen, als ich ihm hätte schreiben können.
The Golden Chain of Homer: 6 What Is Finally to Be Concluded From the Preceding Long Chapter
1723 pp 313–314Therefore, when the practitioner separates, he should always reckon the volatile parts as the highest, heaven and air, and the more fixed parts as water and earth. He may divide them into mercury, sulphur, and salt; into soul, body, and spirit; or into the four elements according to the Aristotelians, fire, air, water, and earth, as he chooses. The purpose of the distinction is to prevent him from confusing his principles, changing and entangling them in coagulation, and thereby bringing forth a contrary result. What depends upon the terms themselves? When he has brought the things he separates into four or three divisions, he can, by rectification, undertake a subtler preparation of each of those four or three and divide it into its parts, as I taught concerning rainwater in the previous chapter: subtle, subtler, subtlest; likewise coarsest, coarser, coarse; most volatile, more volatile, volatile; most fixed, more fixed, fixed; giving each its name accordingly. Once he has separated them, he can immediately undertake coagulation, conjunction, and fixation, which never require and consume as much time as putrefaction and solution or separation. Once someone perceives the advantage, they can shorten the work by their own reflection more quickly than I could have described in writing.
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Reading The Golden Chain of Homer · 6 What Is Finally to Be Concluded From the Preceding Long Chapter · B2C06S002 · 1723 pp 313–314
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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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