The Aurora of the Philosophers, chapters 1–10

The Aurora of the Philosophers by Paracelsus.

CHAP. I.

Of the Original of the Philosophick Stone.

ADAM was the first Inventor of Arts, because he had the knowledge of all things, as well after the fall as before the fall; from thence he presaged the worlds destruction by water; Hence also it came to pass that his Successors erected two tables of stone, in the which they ingraved all Natural Arts, and that in Hieroglyphical Characters, that so their Successors might also know this presage, that it might be heeded, and provision or care made in time of danger. Afterwards, Noah found one of the tables in Armenia under the Mount Araroth, when the deluge was over: In which [Table] were described the courses of the superiour Firmament, and of the inferiour Globe, and [also] of the Planets; then at length this Universal Notion of Knowledge was drawn into several particulars, and lessened in its Vigor and Power, in so much that by means of that separation, One became an Astronomer, another a Magus, another a Cabalist, and a fourth an Alchymist: Abraham that most great Astrologer and Arithmetitian conveyed [it] out of the Countrey of Canaan into Aegypt, whereupon the Egyptians arose to so great a head and dignity, that the wisdom [or science] of the same thing was derived from them to other Nations and Countreys. And for as much as the Patriarch Jacob painted [as twere] the sheep with various colours, it was done by a part or member of Magick; for in the Theology of the Chaldeans, Hebrews, Persians and Egyptians, they proposed these arts (as the highest Philosophy) to be learned by their chiefest Nobles and Priests: So it was in Moses his time, wherein both the Priests and even the Physitians were chosen amongst the Magi, they indeed [viz. the Priests] for the Examination or Judging, of what related to soundness or health, especially in the knowledge of the Leprosie; Moses likewise was instructed in the Egyptian Schools at the Costs and Care of Pharaohs daughter, so that he excelled in all their Wisdom or Learning; So was it which Daniel; he in his young dayes suckt in the Learning of the Chaldeans, so that he became a Cabalist. Witness his Divine foretellings, and exponnding of those words, Mene Mene Tekel Phares: These words are to be understood by the Prophetick and Cabalistick Art: The Tradition of this Cabalistical Art, was very familiar with Moses and the Prophets, and most of all in use; The Prophet Elias foretold many things by his Cabalistical Numbers. Even so the Antient wise men, by this Natural and Mystical Art, learned to know God rightly, and abode and walked in his Laws and statutes very firmly; It likewise is evident in the Book of Samuel, that the Berelists did not follow the Devils part, but became (by Divine permission) partakers of Visions and true Apparitions, the which we shall treat more largely of in the book of Snpercelestials. The gift thereof is granted by the Lord God to the Priests who walk in the divine precepts. It was a custom amongst the Persians, never to admit any one as King, unless a Sophist [or Wise man] exalted both in reality and name; and this is clear by the usual name of their Kings, for they were called Sophists. Such were those Wise men and Persian Magi that came from the East to seek out Christ Jesus, and are called natural Priests. Likewise the Egyptians having obtained this Magick and Philosophy from the Chaldeans and Persians, would that their Priests should also learn the same wisdom, wherein they became so fruitfull and succesfull, that all the neighbouring Countreyes admired them, This was the cause why Hermes was truly stiled Trismegistus because he was both a King, a Priest, and a Prophet, a Magitian, and a Sophist of Natural things; such another also was Zoroastes.

CHAP. II.

Wherein is declared that the Grecians drew a good part of this Learning from the Egyptians, and how it came from them to us.

AFter that a Son of Noah possessed the third part of the world after the Flood, this Art brake in violently [as it were] into Chalde and Persia, and from thence into Egypt; The which [Art] being a little smelt out by the superstitious and idolatrous Grecians, some of them that were more wise and sage, betook themselves to the Chaldeans and Egyptians, that so they might draw in, out of their Schools the same wisdom; But now whereas the Theological or Bible-study of the Law of Moses did not so well please them, they confided in their own proper Genius, and fell away from the right foundation of those natural secrets and arts. This is evident by their fabulous Conceptions and stumblings about the doctrine of Moses. Twas the Egyptians custom to propose those Traditions of that so excellent wisdom meerly in Enigmatical figures and abstruse Histories and Terms. The which was afterwards shadowed by Homer, by an admirable poetical artifice: Herewith was Pythagoras also acquainted, who mixed [with his writings] very many things out of the Law of Moses and the Old Testament. In like manner Hippocrates, Thales Milesius, Anaxagoras, Democritus and others, did not forbear to apply their conceptions hereunto. Although none of them were skilfull of the true Astrology, Geometry, Arithmetick or Medicine; for their pride so hindered, that it would not admit of Disciples of other Nations. And when they had got some sight as twere from the Chaldeans and Egyptians, they became by this accident far more proud then they were afore naturally; and without any fear did acuate or set out the thing or substance it self with subtiler figments and lyes, and then attempted to describe a certain kind of Philosophy, which came and descended from them to the Latines. They being now seasoned and instructed herewithal, adorned it with their dictates also: from all which this Philosophy was sowed abroad all Europe, and then many Academies were made for the propagation of their Decrees and Rules, that so youth might be instructed; and this doth now flourish with the Germans and other Nations even nuto this very day.

CHAP. III.

What was taught in the Schools of the Egyptians.

THE Chaldeans, Persians and Egyptians had [all of them] the same knowledge of the secrets of nature and the same Religion, the names only being changed. The Chaldeans & Persians called their doctrine Sophia and Magick; and the Egyptians, because of the sacrifice, called their wisdom the Priest-hood. The Magick of the Persians, and Theology of the Egyptians were both of them heretofore taught in the Schools. Albeit there were many Schools and Learned men in Arabia, Africa & Greece, as Albumazar, Abenzagel, Geber, Rasis and Avicen, amongst the Arabians Machaon, Podalirius, Pythagoras, Anaxagoras, Democritus, Plato, Aristotle and Rodianus amongst the Grecians; but yet there were various opinions amongst themselves as to the Egyptian wisdom, wherein they differed, and disagreed from it. For this cause Pythagoras would not be called Sophist, because the Egyptian Priesthood and Wisdom was not at all perfectly taught as was fitting, although he received thence many Mysteries and Arcanums; and Anaxagoras [had received] most or exceeding many. This appears by the disputations which he made of Sol & the stone thereof, & which he left after his death, yet he was in many things contrary to the Egyptians; Wherefore even they would not be called Sophists nor Magi, but imitating Pythagoras in that thing they assumed the name of Philosophy; but yet they reaped no more then a few Glances like shadows, from the Magick of the Persians and Egyptians; But Moses, Abraham, Solomon, Adam, Elias, and the Magi that came from the East to Christ, were true Magi, and Divine Sophists, and Cabalists; which Art and Wisdom the Grecians knew very little of, or none at all; and therefore we shall leave that Philosophical Wisdom of the Greacians as a Speculation widely and largely distant, and separated from other true arts and sciences.

CHAP. IV.

What Magi the Chaldeans, Persians and Egygtians were.

MAny have attempted both to search out and bring to use the most secret Magick of those wise men; but yet it hath not hitherto been done; Many even in this our age do exalt Trithemius, others Bacon and Agrippa for Magick and the Cabal, which [two things] seem not in the least to agree, not knowing why they do so; Magick indeed is an art and faculty by which the Elementary bodies, and their fruits, their proprieties, virtues, and obstruse operations are attained unto. But the Cabal, by a subtile understanding of the Scriptures seems to trace out the way for men to God, how to act with him, and prophecy from him; for the Cabal is full of Divine Mysteries, even as the Magick is full of natural secrets; for it teacheth presages and foretellings of or from the nature of things to come and things present; for its opparation consisteth in the knowing of the intrinsecality of all Creatures as well Celestial as Terrestial bodies, [viz.] what is hidden in them, what […] ry and Ternary ascend to the denary [then] is made their regress [or reduction] unto Unity. Therein is concluded all the occult wisdom of things, the which [wisdom] God hath made openly manifest to men, both by his word, and the Creatures, of his hands, that so they might have a true knowledge of them, the which shall be declared more at large in another place.

CHAP. V.

Of the chiefest and most supream essence of things.

THE Magi by their wisdom affirmed, that all creatures might be brought to an united substance, which [substance] they affirmed, might by their mundations and purgations, ascend unto so high a subtilty, divine nature and occult propriety, so as to work and effect things admirable. For they considered that by the returning into the earth, and by a supream Magical Separation, a certain perfect substance would come forth, the which at length, is by exceeding many industrious and very prolix preparations exalted and lifted up out of Vegetable substances into Mineral, and out of Mineral into Metalline, and out of Mettalline perfect substances into a perpetual and divine Quint-essence concluding in it self the essence of all Celestial and Terrestial Creatures; The Arabians and Grecians by the occult Characters and Hieroglyphical descriptions of the Persians and Egyptians, attained to secret and abstruse Mysteries, the which being gotten, and in part understood, and partly not, they ocularly saw (by trying and experiencing) many admirable and strange things. But because the Supercelestial Operations lay more profoundly hid, then their capacity could reach unto, they called not this a supercelestial Arcanum according to the intention and mind of the Magi; but the Arcanum of the Philosophers, and (according to the advice and judgement of Pythagoras) their stone. Such now as ever obtained this [stone] did shadow it over with various Enigmatical figures, and deceptory similitudes, comparisons, and fictitious sayings, that so the matter thereof might be occult and hidden, very little or no knowledge whereof can be had [from them.]

CHAP. VI.

Of various Errors as to the matter, its finding out and knowledge.

The Philosophers have prefixed sundry most occult names to this matter of the stone, grounded on sundry similitudes; The which Arnoldus observing, saith in his Rosary, that the greatest difficulty is to find out the matter of this stone; for they have called it Vegetable, Mineral, and animal, not according to the litteral sence, as is well known to such wise men as have tried the divine secrets and miracles of the same stone. For example sake Raymund Lullies Lunaria may be produced, which gives flowers of admirable virtues familiar to the Philosophers themselves. But yet this was not the intention of those Philosophers, that you should think they meant thereby any projection upon mettals, or that any such preparation should thence be made; but the abstruse mind of the Philosophers hath another intent; In like manner they called their matter by the name Martagon, to which they applyed an occult Alchymical operation, when as notwithstanding that [name] denotes nothing e[…]se but a certain most occult similitude.

Besides, 'tis no small error that is risen in the Liquors of Vetegables, with which very many have endeavoured to coagulate Mercury, and afterwards to convert it (with fixatory waters) into Luna, supposing that he who by this way could coagulate it, without the help of mettals, should attain to be the greatest Master. And although that the Liquors of some Vegetables do effect this, it comes to pass meerly from the Resinousness, fat, and earthly Sulphur with which they abound. This [now] draws the Mercuries humidity and life unto it self, whereby it mixeth it self with the substance thereof, by coagulation, but without any profit. For I well know that no thick and external Sulphur in Vegetables is fit for a perfect projection in Alchymy, which some have to their great cost experienced. Albeit that some have coagulated Mercury with the white and milky juice of Tithymal, by reason of the acute and intense heat existing therein, and have called that Liquor Lac Virginis; but yet this is a false foundation; The like may be supposed of the juice of Celandine, albeit it coloureth as if it were of a Golden endowment. From hence they conceived a vain phantasie, and at a certain and determinate time they pluckt up this Vegetable, out of which they hunted for a soul or Quintessence, whereby they might make a coagulating and transmuting tincture; but verily from hence arose nothing butt a foolish Error.

CHAP. VII.

Of the Errours of those who seek the Stone, from Vegetables, as above.

SOme of the Alchymists have expressed a juice out of Celandine, and boyled it. to a thickness or consistency, and put it open to the Sun, that so it might be Coagulated per se into a hard Mass, the which being afterwards beaten into a most small powder of a black or spadicious colour, should turn Mercury in projection into Sol, the which they found to be also vain. Others have admixed Sal Ammoniack to this powder, others the Celcothar of Vitriol, supposing that thereby they should arrive to their wished for end; They brought [it] by their Solutions into a yellow water, that the Sal Ammoniack gave an ingress of the tincture into the substance of the Mercury; yet nothing was thereby done. Some there are that instead of the aforesaid things, do take the juices of Arsmart, Bufonaria, Dracunculus, the leaves of Sallow, Tithymal, Cataputia, Flammula and such like, and shut them up in Glasses with Mercury, for some dayes keeping them in ashes; now thence it comes to pass that the Mercury is turned into ashes, but rashly and without any fruit; For they were deceived with the vain rumours of the Vulgar, who boast that he who is able to coagulate Mercury without mettals, hath the entire Magistry, as we have afore mentioned; Many of them extracted Salts, Oiles, aud Sulphurs out of the Vegetables by art, but all in vain. For out of snch like Salts, Oiles, and Sulphurs, no coagulation of Mercury, or perfect projection or Tincture can be made. But whereas the Philosophers do compare their matter to a certain Golden Tree of seven boughs, they mean that it [viz. the matter] doth conclude the seven mettals, in its sperm, and that therein they lye hidden: on this account they called their matter Vegetable; as also because as the natural trees do (in their time) bring forth sundry flowers; so the matter of the stone doth discover most fair colours in the production of its Flowers; Likewise on this acount [the comparison is suitable] because, there ariseth a certain matter out of the Philosophical earth as a company of sprouts and twigs, like to the spunge of the earth; therefore they say that the fruit of their Tree hath its tendency to the Heaven. Therefore they have disclosed and deciphered the whole knack of the thing in the Vegetables as to the nature, but not in Vegetables as to the matter; and also because their stone doth contain in it self a soul, body, and spirit, as the Vegetables do.

CHAP. VIII.

Of those who have sought the Stone in Animals.

THey have also by a certain kind of similitude called this matter Lac Virginis, & the blessed blood of a Rosie colour, the which notwithstanding is agreeing to [or enjoyed] only by the Prophets and Sons of God. From thence the Sophisters gathered, that this Philosophical matter was in the blood of Animals or of man; hereon taking occasion also, because they are nourished by Vegetables; Others have sought it in hairs, in Salt of Urine in Rebis; Others in Hen-eggs, and in milk, and in the Calx of Egg-shels, with all which they thought to have fixed Mercury. Some have extracted a Salt out of stinking piss; supposing that to have been the matter of the stone. There wants not some persons also that have judged the little stones fouud in Rebis, to be the matter; Others have macerated the Membranes of Eggs in a most sharp Lixivium, wherewith they have also mixed calcined Egg-shells most white like Snow; to these they have attributed the Arcanum of fixation, for the transmuting of ☿︎; Others comparing the white of the Egg to silver, and the yoke to gold, have chosen it for their matter, [and have therewith] admixed Common Salt, Sal Armoniack, and burnt Tartar; these they have shut up together in a Glass and putrified it in a B. M. and that so long, until the white colour became as red as blood. This they have destilled into a most stinking liquor wholly useless for that work for which twas sought after. Others have putrified the white and yelk of Eggs, from whence hath been generated a Basilick, the which they have burnt into a most red Powder, and have thought to tinge therewithall; the author whereof was the Cardinal Gilbert in his Treatise; Many also have macerated the Galls of Oxen and of other Creatures mixt with common Salt, and distilled it into a Liquor, with which they having moistned the Cementatory powders, supposed that by this Magistery they should tinge their mettals, which they call by the name of a part with a part, and thence came just nothing. Others have attempted to transmute Tutia by the addition of Sanguis Draconis and other things, [also] Copper and Electrum into Gold; others (according to the Venetians art (as they call it) take twenty Lysard-like-creatures, or more or less, and shut them in a pot, and make them even mad with hunger, that so they may devour one the other, so long till but one of them survives, which then is fed with the filings of Copper or Electrum, supposing that this Animal will by the digestion only of his stomack, effect the wish'd for transmutation; Last of all they burn this Animal into a Red powder, which they thought must be Gold, but they were deceived; Others also having burned the fishes called Tratas, have by melting found sometimes some Gold in them; but there's no other reason of it but only this, viz. those fishes in Rivers and Brooks do sometimes meet with small scalings and sparkles of Gold, and eat them; yet tis but seldom; such Cheaters are to be found chiefly in the Courts of Princes, [Verily] the matter of the Philosophers is not to be sought after in Animals; and this I do admonish all; but yet tis known that the Philosophers have called their stone Animal, because in its [or their] last operations, the virtue of this most noble fiery mystery causeth an obscure Liquor to sweat forth out of tha[…] matter in [their] Vessel, drop by drop, From thence they presaged and foretold that in the last times there should come[…] most pure man upon the earth, by whom the redemption of the world should be accomplished; and that this same man should emit or send forth bloody drop[…] of a Rosie or red colour, by which mea[…] he should redeem the world from sin[…] After the like manner, also the blood o[…] their stone (yet, in its own kind) di[…] free the Leprous mettalls from their infirmities and Contagion. On this account therefore they supposed, that they deservedly said their stone was animal; Concerning this Mysterie thus speaks Mercurius to King Calid, This Mysterie is permitted only to the Prophets of God to know, whence it comes to pass that this stone is called Animal. For in the blood of this stone doth its soul lie hid. Tis likewise composed of body, spirit, and soul. On the same account they have also called it their microcosm, because it hath the likeness of all the things in the world, and thence they again called it Animal, as Plato called the great world an Animal.

CHAP. IX.

Of such as have sought after the Stone in Minerals.

HEre we may add the many Ignorant men that suppose the stone to be threefold, and to be hidden in a threefold stock or kind, viz. Vegetable, Animal, and Mineral; Hence tis that they have sought for it in Minerals; [Now] this Opinion is far wide of the Opinion of the Philosophers; For they affirm that their stone is Uniformly Vegetable, Animal, and Mineral; Now here you are to note, that Nature hath distributed its Mineral sperm into various kinds, [or subjects] viz. into Sulphurs, Salts, Borax'es, Nitres, Armoniacks, Allums, Arsenicks, Atramenta or Vitriols, Tutiae's, Trematites, Orpments, Realgars, Magnesias, Cinnaber, Antimony, Talch, Cachymia, Marcasites, &c. In all these nature hath not as yet attained to our matter, albeit that in some of the said species it layes it self open in a wonderfull aspect, for the transmutation of imperfect mettals that are to be brought to perfection; for verily, a long experience, and fiery exercise do shew many various permutations in the matter of Minerals; not only from some colours into other Colours, but also out of one essence into another, and from their imperfection to perfection; And although that nature hath by the means of Minerals prepared, attained some perfection, & prosecuted it; yet the Philosophers will not, that the matter of the Philosophick stone should proceed forth out of any of the Minerals, although they say their stone is Mineral; Hence then the Sophisters taking occasion, do persecute Mercury himself with various torments; Some with Sublimations, Coagulations, precipitations, Mercurial waters and Aq. fort. &c. All which erroneous wayes are to be shun'd, with the other sophistical preparations of Minerals; the purgations, and fixations of Spirits and Mettals; Wherefore all the preparations of the stone as of Geber, Albertus Magnus, and the like, are Sophisticall, their Purgations, Cemenations, Sublimations, Distillations, Rectifications, Circulations, Putrefactions, Conjunctions, Solutions, Ascentions, Coagulations, Calcinations, and Incerations, are wholly unprofitable; both in the tripode in the Athanor, in the reverbera[…]ory furnace, in the melting furnace, the accidia or slow Henry, the dung, ashes, sand or such like, and also in the Cucurbit, the Pelican, Retort, Viol, fixatory, &c. The like is to be thought of the sublimation of Mercury by Mineral spirits, for the white and the red, as by Vitriol, Salt-peter, Allum, Crocus ♂︎, &c. Of all which things, that Sophister Johannes de Rupescissa doth prate in his Treatise of the white and red Philosophick stone; The which [put them] altogether, are all of them meer lying dreams. You must also shun the particular Sophistry of Geber, as his sevenfold Sublimations, or Mortifications, and also revisitation of Mercury, with his preparations by Salt of Rine, or [Salts] made by a Sepulchre, al which things are false. Some others have endeavoured to fix Mercury by the Sulphurs of Minerals and Mettals, but have been highly deceived; Truly I have seen Mercury (in this art) to have been brought into a Mettalick body by such like fixations, and resembling and counterfeiting good silver in all likely-hood and respect, but when it hath been brought to the Test, then it hath appeared as tis, viz. false.

CHAP. X.

Of those who have sought after the stone, and [also] particulars in Minerals.

SOme Sophisters have tryed to squeez out a fix Oil from Mercury seven times sublimed and so often dissolved; and that by the means of Aq. fort. Strong waters, whereby they would bring imperfect mettals unto perfection; but they have been constrained to relinquish this vain operation. Some have purged Vitriol seven times by Calcination, Solution and Coagulation, and with an addition of two parts of 🜹, and by sublimation, that so it might be resolved into a white water, whereto they have added a third part of Quick ☿︎, that it might be Coagulated by that water; then afterwards they have so often sublimed the Mercury from the said Vitriol, and 🜹, that it went into [or became] a stone; This [stone] they affirmed (being conceived of the Vitriol) to be the red Sulphur of the Philosophers, with which they have (by Solutions and Coagulations) made progress to [attain] the stone, but in projection it all hath come to nothing. Others have Coagulated Mercury by a water of Allum, into an hard Mass like to Allum, the which they have unprofitably fixed with fixatory waters. The Sophisters do propose to themselves very many wayes of fixing Mercury, but in Vain, for in him is nothing perfect or constant to be had. Hence it is that tis a vanity to add Minerals unto him by Sophistical processes; for by all of them he is stirred up to a greater malice and is rendred more lively, and is rather brought to a greater impurity, then to any perfection: So then the Philosophers matter is not to be from thence sought for, for that it [viz. ☿︎] is an imperfect somewhat, the which to bring to perfection will be very difficult, yea impossible for any Sophisters progress; for there's nothing therein that can be stirred up or compelled into perfection; Some have taken Arsenick often sublimed, and many times dissolved with the Oil of Tartar, and Coagulated, the which they have pretended to fix, and by which they would turn Copper into Silver, but yet even that is nothing else but a meer Sophisticate whitening; for verily Arsenick cannot at all be fixed, except the workman be an Artist, and doth well know its tinging Spirit, in which verily all the Philosophers have slept vainly attempting to effect any thing thereof. Whoever therefore is ignorant of this spirit, cannot have any hope of fixing it, or of giving it that Virtue as may make it capable of the Virtue of transmutation; Wherefore I make known to all, that the whitening whereof I spake but now, is grounded on a false foundation, and that thereby the Copper is deceitfully whitened but not changed; Now Sophisters take the Copper thus counterfeited, and mix it with twice its weight of Lune, and sell it to the Gold-smiths and Mint-men: And at last they transmute themselves into false Coyners, not only they who sell, but such also as buy it: Some Sophisters instead of white Arsenik do take red, and with this they fall upon some false art; because (however tis prepared) it affords nothing but a whiteness; Some again have gone further, and dealt in common Sulphur, the which being so yellow, they have boiled in Vinegar, Lixivium, or most sharp Wines, for a day and a night, untill it became white; then after this, have sublimed it from common Salt, and the Calx of Eggs, and boyled and sublimed it, and that many times; yet for all this, it hath been alwayes combustible, although white. Now with this they have notwithstanding endeavoured to fix ☿︎ and turn him into Gold, but in vain; yet indeed thence doth come the most excellent and fairest Cinnaber that ever I saw; This they suppose to fix with the oil of Sulphur by cementation and fixation; it gives somewhat of shew or appearance, but falls out otherwise then desired. Others have reduced common Sulphur into the form of a Liver, boyling it in Vinegar, with an admixtion of Linseed Oil, or Oil of Tiles, or Oil Olive; Afterwards have poured it forth into a marble stone, aud made the form of a Liver; The which they have distilled into a Citrine Oil, first with a gentle fire; but they have (to their loss) tried, that they could not do ought as to the transmutation of Lune into Sol, as they supposed; and as there is an infinite number of Minerals, so also is there much variety of their preparation; the which to make any farther mention of in this place I shall forbear, because they require a peculiar Treatise: beware also of Sophisticate Oils of Vitriol and Antimony; Likewise of the Oils of the Mettals, imperfect, or perfect, as ☉︎ and ☽︎: because although the operation of these be most potent in the nature of things, yet the true process is known but to a very few, even to this day. You are also to abstain from the Sophistical preparations of common Mercury, Arsenick, Sulphur and such like; viz. by sublimation, descention, fixation with Vinegar, Salt-peter, Tartar, Vitriol, Sal Ammoniack, in that way and manner which the books of Sophisters do teach; Likewise avoid the Sophisticate Tinctures taken from Marcasites, and Crocus ♂︎, and of that Sophistication called by the name of a part with a part, and of fix Lune, and such like trifles. For although they have some superficial appearance of truth, (as the fixation of Lune, by little labour and industry) yet the progress of the preparation thereof is of nought and invalid. Being therefore moved with compassion towards the good Operators of this art, I am willing to lay open, the very whole foundation of Philosophy, in 3. particular Arcanums, viz. in one by Arsenick, in a second by Vitriol; and in the third, I shall explain it by Antimony. Out of, or from which I will teach the true projection upon ☿︎ and the imperfect mettals.