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Centrum Naturae Concentratum
Attributed to Ali Puli · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Butyrum ♁ii; Butyrum ♁ii, Butyro, Spiritu ♁ii, Spiritus Saturni, Sp. ♁ii
Butter and spirit of antimony are explicitly equated in passage 19; passage 28 identifies the spirit of Saturn with the same preparation.
- English renderings
- butter of antimony, spirit of antimony, spirit of Saturn, Butyrum and spirit of antimony.
Meaning
Butter and spirit of antimony are explicitly equated in passage 19; passage 28 identifies the spirit of Saturn with the same preparation. Earlier the butter is called gold’s solvent. The local equivalence is therefore well supported, unlike a blanket equation among every antimony-related material. The lookup title summarizes the family, while the listed aliases preserve actually attested forms. The historical name does not by itself verify composition, successful dissolution, therapeutic efficacy or safety.
Places to read
- The Last Testament of a Father to His Beloved Son · Passage 11German“das solvens des ☉” The butter has the solvent predicate in the emblem explanation.
- The Last Testament of a Father to His Beloved Son · Passage 19, paragraph 1German“Butyro oder Spiritu ♁ii, welches einerley ist” The equivalence is stated rather than inferred.
- The Last Testament of a Father to His Beloved Son · Passage 28German“das Butyrum oder Sp. ♁ii” The spirit of Saturn receives an antimonial gloss.
From the book
Centrum Naturae Concentratum
Attributed to Ali Puli · Diotimos Editions · 2026
Browse this book’s lexicon →Spirit of Saturn as butter of antimony
Spiritus Saturni; Spiritus Saturni, Geist, Butyrum, Sp. ♁ii
The father’s final interpretation names the spirit of Saturn as butter or spirit of antimony.
- English renderings
- spirit of Saturn, spirit, butter, spirit of antimony, Spiritus Saturni.
Meaning
The father’s final interpretation names the spirit of Saturn as butter or spirit of antimony. The equation depends on the earlier identification of philosophical Saturn with antimony rather than common lead. In the verse this spirit governs while soul works with it, so the phrase names an agent within a differentiated relation, not the entire body of materials indiscriminately. The identification is local to the testament and does not settle the meaning of every spirit or Saturn elsewhere in the collection.
Places to read
- The Last Testament of a Father to His Beloved Son · Passage 11German“nicht zwar das gemeine Bley” The philosophical Saturn equation expressly excludes common lead.
- The Last Testament of a Father to His Beloved Son · Passage 25German“Der Geist regiert, die Seele wirckt mit” The verse differentiates spirit governance from soul cooperation.
- The Last Testament of a Father to His Beloved Son · Passage 28German“Der Geist ist der Spiritus Saturni” The self-gloss identifies the governing term.