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The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry
·
M. M. Pattison Muir
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Figs.
IV.
and
V.
are
reduced
from
The
Book
of
Lambspring;
they
express
the
need
of
the
conjunction
of
two
to
produce
one.
[Illustration:
Here
you
behold
a
great
marvel--
Two
Lions
are
joined
into
one.
The
spirit
and
soul
must
be
united
in
their
body.
FIG.
IV.]
After
dissolution
came
Conjunction,
wherein
the
separated
elements
were
combined.
Then
followed
Putrefaction,
necessary
for
the
germination
of
the
seed
which
had
been
produced
by
calcination,
dissolution,
and
conjunction.
Putrefaction
was
followed
by
Congelation
and
Citation.
The
passage
through
the
next
gate,
called
Sublimation,
caused
the
body
to
become
spiritual,
and
the
spiritual
to
be
made
corporal.
Fermentation
followed,
whereby
the
substance
became
soft
and
flowed
like
wax.
Finally,
by
Exaltation,
the
Stone
was
perfected.
[Illustration:
Here
are
two
birds,
great
and
strong--the
body
and
spirit;
one
devours
the
other.
Let
the
body
be
placed
in
horse-dung,
or
a
warm
bath,
the
spirit
having
been
extracted
from
it.
The
body
has
become
white
by
the
process,
the
spirit
red
by
our
art.
All
that
exists
tends
towards
perfection,
and
thus
is
the
Philosopher's
Stone
prepared.
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