The Secret Work of the Hermetic Philosophy

89The laws of this circle’s motion require it to flow slowly and gradually and pour sparingly, lest in its haste it depart from the measure, and the implanted Fire, the architect of the work, be dulled or even extinguished under the waters. Food and drink must be supplied by turns, to secure better digestion and the best balance of dry and wet; for their indissoluble binding is the end and aim of the work. See, therefore, that by watering you add only as much as has been lost through roasting, so that strengthening Restoration restores just as much lost strength as weakening evacuation has taken away.