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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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A skin is the material through which Mercury is said to be expressed in the calcination account, leaving metal in a calx- or sand-like form. This concrete workshop object is distinct from the fur garment in Book IV’s analogy, despite their related animal-material vocabulary. The passage’s interest is separation of components, not a general theory of skin or an instruction suitable for modern practice.
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- Book 5 · Death · Passage 3Latin“per pellem Mercurius exprimatur”