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The Garden and the Spiritualization of Waters · Manuscript 33v · Scan 90
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Ms. 33vpréside aux astres et aux constellations dans le Ciel avec un souverain empire ; ils lui ont aussi donné le nom d’urine de Saturne, qui est la plus froide de toutes les planètes. À peine est-il formé dans les lits noirs de la terre qu’il sort et se jette hors du berceau et descend du haut de l’Olympe avec de petites cordes, qu’il se déguise, enlève les bestiaux d’Apollon et les cache au fond de son ventre, c’est-à-dire qu’à peine le Mercure est-il formé en vif-argent courant, qu’il est la matière la plus considérable des métaux, qu’avec une légère chaleur de △ il devient très volatil et très subtil, et se météorise, c’est-à-dire qu’il devient esprit après avoir brisé les liens de son corps, et qu’il s’engraisse des vapeurs du soufre vif que l’on appelle les vaches d’Apollon, car le soufre minéral est nourri et composé de sel nitreux, tiré de la fiente des animaux, et se coagule par inspiration en différentes sortes de métaux dans les entrailles des rochers ; c’est pourquoi ils disent qu’il les cacha dans son ventre. Or, par l’épaisseur et l’engrossement du soufre très chaud, il devient gros et très pesant, et
The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I: The Garden and the Spiritualization of Waters
Ms. 33vrules the stars and constellations in heaven with sovereign dominion. They have also given it the name urine of Saturn, the coldest of all the planets. Scarcely is he formed in the black beds of the earth before he emerges, flings himself out of his cradle, and descends from the summit of Olympus by little cords; he disguises himself, carries away Apollo’s cattle, and hides them in the depths of his belly. This means that scarcely is Mercury formed as running quicksilver—the most considerable matter of the metals—before a slight heat of fire makes it exceedingly volatile and subtle, and it becomes a meteor: that is, it becomes spirit after breaking the bonds of its body. It fattens upon the vapors of living sulfur, called Apollo’s cattle. For mineral sulfur is nourished by and composed of nitrous salt drawn from animal dung, and through inspiration coagulates into different kinds of metals within the bowels of rocks. This is why they say that he hid them in his belly. Now, through the thickening and swelling of the exceedingly hot sulfur, it becomes bulky and very heavy, and
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Socrates will begin with this book and its sources.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.
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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.
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