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Bodily structure and cohesion

compaginis; compages; Compages

The bodily structure of metals is one of the things removed in their death and mortification, alongside sulphurous fatness.

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Nine Books on the Nature of Things

Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

The bodily structure of metals is one of the things removed in their death and mortification, alongside sulphurous fatness. The pairing distinguishes the organization or cohesion of a body from the life-bearing material quality attributed to it. Several different operations can remove or alter that structure. The term therefore helps explain why mortification need not mean simply melting a metal or reducing its amount.

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  1. Book 5 · Death · Passage 3Latin“ablatio compaginis corporis ipsorum”