Lumen de Lumine

Thou must therefore Eugenius (said she) understand, that all Compositions are made by an active, intelligent life; for what was done in the Composure of the great world in generall, the same is perform'd in the Generation of every creature, and its sperm in particular. I suppose thou doest know, that water cannot be contained but in some Vessell. The naturall Vessell which God hath appointed for it, is Earth. In Earth water may be thickned and brought to a figure, but of it self, and without Earth, it hath an indefinit flux, and is subject to no certaine figure whatsoever. Ayre also is a fleeting indeterminat substance, but water is his Vessell: for water being figured by means of Earth, the Ayr also is thickned, and figur'd in the Water. To ascend higher, the Ayr coagulats the liquid fire, and fire incorporated involves and confines the thin Light. These are the Means by which God unites, and compounds the Elements into a Sperm, for the Earth alters the Complexion of the water, and makes it viscous and slimie. Such a water must they look, who would produce any Magicall extraordinary Effects; for this Spermatic water coagulats with the least heat, so that nature concocts, and hardens it into metals. Thou seest the whites of Egs will thicken assoon as they feel the fire, for their moysture is temper'd with a pure subtill Earth, and this subtill, animated Earth, is that which binds their water. Take water then my Eugenius, from the Mountains of the Moon, which is water, and no water: Boyl it in the fire of Nature, into a two fold Earth, white and red, then feed those Earths with Ayr of Fire, and Fire of Ayr, and thou hast the two Magicall Luminaries. But because thou hast been a servant of mine for a long time, and that thy patience hath manifested the Truth of thy Love, I will bring thee to my Schoole, and there will I shew thee, what the world is not capable of.