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7 the Anatomy of Animals
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1723 pp 333–334Nun siehest du aber, ob du schon alle deine partes aufs höchste von aller phlegma oder recolaceo geschieden in seiner coagulation, findest du darnach doch noch viel und mehr phlegma, als Quint-Essenz. Du siehest auch darneben, wie geschwind die homogenea partes sich vereinigen, coaguliren, einander umfassen, und so fest zusammen halten, daß sie eher unterwerts den Tiegel oder Glaß durchdringen, ehe sie sich wieder von einander begeben, also schnell figiren sie sich; und so sie auch durch Zusatz per Retortam getrieben werden, so participiren sie doch alle von einander, und ist keines von dem andern mehr zu erkennen. Hie hat der Liebhaber allerhand praxis und Handgriffe, also daß er die gantze substantz jedes Dinges, das einzige aqua recolacea oder phlegma ausgenommen, zu concentriren und ad formam siccam, fixam, fusibilem bringen kan, und mit sich ohne Gefahr durch alle Lande tragen, dessen 1. gran mächtiger wircket, als viel Maaß gemein distillirtes Wasser. Es wird aber einer sagen: Warum verbrennt er denn das Oehl, da doch solches ein essential part ist? Ich habe es gerne gethan, um schleuniger zu arbeiten, daß der Artist mercke, daß die Kunst das Oehl, welches man aus seiner Tinctur siehet, wenn das acidum und volatile drüber gegossen wird, da es entweder eine höchst Rubin-Röthe, oder Gold-gelbe oder andere Farbe repraesentiret. Wer aber das Oehl behalten will, u. das fixum aus der incinerirten Kohle allein nehmen, der kan es thun; und so die Quint-Essenz in einen Stein geflossen, denn so kan er das Oehl beysetzen, mit dem Stein misciren, seine abgezogene phlegma addiren, in B. M. zusammen kochen und abziehen ad siccum per gradus lentos, hernach in Aschen und Sand coaguliren, figiren, und zum Stein schmeltzen, wie ich den modum bey dem Regen-Wasser vorne habe deutlich beschrieben.
The Golden Chain of Homer: 7 the Anatomy of Animals
1723 pp 333–334You now see that, although you separated all your parts as thoroughly as possible from every phlegm or recolaceum, after coagulation you still find much phlegm—more than quintessence. You also see how quickly homogeneous parts unite, coagulate, embrace one another, and hold together so firmly that they will penetrate downward through the crucible or glass before parting again. They fix themselves that swiftly. Even if an addition is used to drive them through a retort, they still all share in one another, and none can any longer be distinguished from another. Here the lover of the art has various practices and manual procedures by which he can concentrate the entire substance of each thing, except its recolacean water or phlegm, and bring it into a dry, fixed, fusible form. He can carry it throughout all lands without danger; one grain acts more powerfully than many measures of ordinary distilled water. But someone will say: 'Why, then, does he burn the oil, since it is an essential part?' I have willingly done so to work more quickly. The practitioner should note the oil in the work of art, recognizable from its tincture when acid and volatile are poured over it: it displays an intense ruby-red, golden-yellow, or other colour. Anyone wishing to retain the oil and take the fixed only from the incinerated coal may do so. Once the quintessence has fused into a stone, he can add the oil, mix it with the stone, add its withdrawn phlegm, cook them together in the water bath, and draw off slowly by degrees to dryness. Then coagulate and fix it in ashes and sand and melt it into a stone, as I clearly described earlier for rainwater.
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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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