The Secret Work of the Hermetic Philosophy

134There are three ways to multiply the Elixir. By the first, take one weight of red Elixir, mix it with nine weights of its own red water, and dissolve it into water in a dissolving vessel. Coagulate the thoroughly dissolved and united matter by cooking it over a slow fire until it hardens into a Ruby or red plate; afterwards cerate this with its own red oil in the prescribed manner until it flows. Thus you will have a medicine ten times more powerful than the first. The business is performed easily and in a short time.