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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Washing or ablution separates several pairs in the catalogue: ash and sand, mineral and metal, heavier and lighter, and different kinds of material or principle. The list gives a broad historical operational range rather than one standardized wash. It also shows that the text’s separation vocabulary includes ordinary mechanical operations alongside more elaborate alchemical stages.
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- Book 8 · Separation · Passage 14Latin“Per Lotionem seu Ablutionem”