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Attributed to Abraham the Jew

The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I

Book of Hieroglyphic Figures

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Ms. 92v

l'altération, la corruption et la mort du Christ et de l'homme. Rien ne peut engendrer, ni être engendré que par le moyen de l'altération et de la corruption qui est si puissante qu'après avoir dissous et brisé les chaînes et les liens de la matière dans laquelle réside l'esprit germinatif, elle peut produire la première image de la forme: cet esprit spermatique est dans le sperme un grain qui se sème dans la terre pour être purifié et corrompu, autrement, il ne pullule et ne germe point; de même l'esprit fixe de l'or ne pourra germer, végéter et produire ses moissons, s'il n'est réduit en forme d'esprit mercuriel volatil, s'il n'est conservé dans cet esprit et purifié par son moyen pour apporter son germe. C'est ce que disent à chaque moment les docteurs en théologie, c'est ce que dit Jésus-Christ même: si le grain ne tombe dans la terre et n'y meurt, il ne rapportera pas le centuple et dans un autre endroit, il a fallu que Jésus-Christ (que) souffrît et entrât dans la gloire.

Il est donc certain et incontestable que les fondements d'une vie nouvelle, meilleure et immortelle sont cachés

Ms. 92v

The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I: The Second Operation and the Death of Christ

Ms. 92v

the alteration, corruption and death of Christ and humanity. Nothing can engender or be engendered except through alteration and corruption. Corruption is so powerful that, after dissolving and breaking the chains and bonds of the matter in which the germinative spirit resides, it can produce the first image of form. This spermatic spirit is within the sperm a grain sown in earth to be purified and corrupted; otherwise it neither multiplies nor germinates. Likewise gold's fixed spirit cannot germinate, grow and produce its harvests unless reduced to the form of a volatile mercurial spirit, preserved in that spirit and purified through it to bring forth its germ. This is what teachers of theology say continually, and what Jesus Christ himself says: unless the grain falls into earth and dies there, it will not yield a hundredfold; and elsewhere, Jesus Christ had to suffer and enter into glory.

It is therefore certain and incontestable that the foundations of a new, better and immortal life lie hidden

Ms. 92v

About This Reading Edition

The first manuscript in the Manly Palmer Hall collection at the Getty Research Institute: the Book of Hieroglyphic Figures, presented in French and English with 463 explanatory notes, 13 manuscript plates, 25 source details, an introduction, chapter outline, glossary, bibliography, and register of readings.

Historical Text and Translation

Book of Hieroglyphic Figures (Livre des figures hiéroglyphiques), attributed in the witness to Abraham the Jew. Getty Research Institute, Manly Palmer Hall collection of alchemical manuscripts, accession 950053, Box 1, Hogart manuscript 3; French witness catalogued circa 1800. Manly Palmer Hall is the collector, not the author.

About Diotimos Editions

This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

Rights

The circa 1800 source manuscript is public domain. The supplied 2026 French reading transcription, English translation, introduction, notes, outline, glossary, register, and editorial arrangement are published with the site owner’s authorization. Source photographs are credited to the Getty Research Institute and Internet Archive in the supplied edition.