The Hermetic museum, restored and enlarged : most faithfully instructing all disciples of the sopho-spagyric art how that greatest and truest medicine of the philosopher's stone may be found and held. Now first done into English from the Latin origin

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THE TRACT

BASILIUS UALENTINUS; THE BENEDICTI NE

THE GREAT STONE OF THEANCIENT SAGES

IN the preface, gentie Reader, and Zealous Student of this

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Heiace, is 3 ou Would prepare our great anil ancient Stone, I testi sy unto 3 ou in ali truth that you must give diligent heed tomy teaching, and besore ali things implore the gractous blessing

different directions is not likely to find the right path.

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THE GOLDEN TRIPOD.

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ordinanco os God, and mingles with the astrat properties. When this union has tal en place, the two bring sortii a third,

In the Course of time these three unite, and are Changed through the action os fire into a palpabie SubStance, Vi Z., qui Ck- sit Ver, sulphur, and sali. I f these three substances be mi Xed,

metallic body excepi by persectly joining these three principies

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For though a body may be vitali ged by a spirit, yet it need

not, there re, be fi Xed, unleSS, in deed, it possess a rational SOul, that strong boiad belwecia body and Spirit, whicli represenis their union, and ressi Sis ali est oris to separate them. Where there isno Sotai, there is no hope os redemptiora. Nothingcan be perfector lasting without a soli l. This is a pros und and most important truth, whicli I seel in conscience bound to malae known to myroaderS. NON, the Spirits of metals have this property of fi Xed neSS in a greater Or less degree ; they a re more Or less volatile in proportion to the mutuat fi iness of their hodies and Aouis. Ametal that has the three conditions of fi Xedia ess is not affected by fire Or OVercome by any Other Outward agent. But there ison ly oue metal that sulfils these Conditions, namely, gold. Silvcralso contains fi Xed mercury, and is not so qui chly volatili sed asthe imperfeci metais, but stand A the triat os fire, and yields no

Amatory Venus is clothed with abundant colour, and herwhOle body is orae pure tincture, not unlike the red colour whichis found in the most preci ous of metals. But though her spiritis of good quali ty, her bOdy is leprous, and afford S no permunoni substratum to the fi Xed tincture. Honce the SOul has to Sharethe late of the impersect body, and when the body dies the foui has to leave it. For iis diuel ling has been destroyed by fire, andit is without a liouse wherein to abi do. Fixed sali has imparted to warlike Mars a hard , firmi and durable body, whicli is eviden ce of the generos ity of his foui norcan fire be said to have much power over it. And is iis strengthbe uni ted to the beau ty of Venus, I do not say but that a preci ous and harmoni ous result may be obta in ed. For the phlegmatic ortium id quali ty of the Moon may be heated with the ardent blood

means Ofthe metallic Sotit, yOu thereby firmi y rivet the cha in os love, and prepare the PalaCe sor the coronation. These things represent a liquid hey, Comparabie to the

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THE GOLDEN TRIPOD.

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water of the Vast ocean, and emerge then Ce in renovated

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Caus e that twhicli is above to be below ; that whicli is visibi e to be invisibi e ; and that whicli is palpabie, to beco me impalpabie. Again, let that whicli is beloru become that whicli is a bove : let the invisibi e buco me Visi bie, and the impalpabie,

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HERE FOLLON

BASILIUS VALENTINUS, THE BENEDICTINE,

THE DOORS OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THEMOST ANCIENT STONE,