From the book
Centrum Naturae Concentratum
Attributed to Ali Puli · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- plaster, metallic defects, salve, fixed point, square, triangle, Metallic defects and the plaster.
Meaning
The short verse in the Delle account imagines an alchemical preparation as a plaster healing metals’ defects. Laster has a moral resonance, but its local object is metallic imperfection, not a literal accusation against people. Salve and plaster transfer the language of healing to metals. Square, triangle, and the fixed point give the verse a further geometrical register, culminating in a promise of escape from poverty and danger. The supplied text does not explain every sign or geometrical equivalence, so these images should not be expanded into a recovered technical diagram.
Places to read
- Discourse on the Universal · Passage 8German“Heilet die metallischen Laster” Healing-language is applied to metals.
- Discourse on the Universal · Passage 8German“Quadrant und Triangel” The verse introduces geometrical names without a full exposition.
- Discourse on the Universal · Passage 8German“Punct fixum” The fixed point is linked to the poem’s promise of completion.