The Turba Philosophorum (complete) — trans. A. E. Waite (1896)
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Conclusion.* Agmon saith : I will add the following by way of a corollary. Whosoever does not liquefy and coagulate errs greatly. Therefore, make the earth black ; separate the soul and the water thereof, afterwards whiten; so shall ye find what ye seek. I say unto you that whoso makes earth black and then dissolves with fire, till it becomes even like unto a naked sword, who also fixes the whole with consuming fire, deserves to be called happy, and shall be exalted above the circle of the world. This much concerning the revelation of our stone, is, we doubt not, enough for the Sons of the Doctrine. The strength thereof, shall never become corrupted, but the same, when it is placed in the fire, shall be increased. If you seek to dissolve, it shall be dissolved ; but if
* This constitutes the last Dictum in the second recension, and is omitted from the longer version.
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you would coagulate, it shall be coagulated. Behold, no one is without it, and yet all do need it! There are many names given to it, and yet it is called by one only, while, if need be, it is concealed. It is also a stone and not a stone, spirit, soul, and body; it is whitCj volatile, concave, hairless, cold, and yet no one can apply the tongue with impunity to its surface. If you wish that it should fly, it flies ; if you say that it is water, you speak the truth ; if you say that it is not water, you speak falsely. Do not then be deceived by the multiplicity of names, but rest assured that it is one thing, unto which nothing alien is added. Investigate the place thereof, and add nothing that is foreign. Unless the names were multiplied, so that the vulgar might be deceived, many would deride our wisdom.
INDEX.
Adam, 21.
Air, 3-12, 20, 21.
Angels, ig, 23, 26.
Arcanum, 27, 39, 57, 58, 64, 70, 71,
76, 81, 122.
Atitos, 72.
Blackness, 29, 117, i2i, 1S7, 198.
Boritis, 75,
Brodium, 31, 32.
Burnt Copper, 31.
Burnt Lead, 56.
Calx, 44, 45, 49, 145.
Cambar, 70, 139, 151, 161.
Citrine, 97.
Coagula, i6z.
Coin, 29, 30,41,70,74, 80, 100, 113,
138.
Copper, 28, 32, 44, 60, 75, 86, 87,
90, 93, 94) io2i 103, 105, loB,
1 14, 117, 120, 122, 132, 133, 135,
138, 140, 156, 169, 193.
Corsufle, gg, 100, 106, 107, 157.
Crocus, 81.
Death, 22.
Democritus, 13, 14, 204.
Dew, 122.
Dragon, 178.
Earth, 8-13, 20, 21, 27.
EfQucidinua, 8g.
Egg, II, 153, 182.
Elements, Four, 7, 13, 18, 23,25-27,
Elementary Fire, 21.
Ethelia, 30, 31, 39, 44, 58, 84, 85,
no. III, 130, 135-137, 155'
Fseces, 39.
Ferment of Gold, 105, 148,
Fire, 4, 5, 8, 10-13, i^i I9i 20-22.
Fixed and Volatile, 36, 140-142.
Flower of Copper, 72, 154.
Flower of Gold, 31, 143.
Flower of Salt, 31, 39.
Foimdation of Art, 50.
Four Seasons, 59.
Oadenbe, 39.
Gold, 57, 60, 61, 62, 90, 105, 113,
144; gum of, 31, 34, 73, 81,
157! gold of coral, 201, 205.
2IO
Golden Water, 134,
Greenstone, 67.
Gum, 61-63 * of aacotia, log ; of scoria, 44.
Halsut, 194.
Heart of the Sun, 68.
Hermes, i, 2, 54, 117, 162.
Hidden Glory, 67.
Ixir, 78, 100, 121, 122, 126, 130.
Key of the Art, 25.
Kuhul, 34, 48, 55, 71, 145, 169, 185.
Lead, 54, 55, 57, 60, 72, 81, 82, 93, zoo, 161 ; red lead, 60, 61. Leaven of Gold, 31.
Magnesia, 38, 39, 71, 77, 118, rig,
133, i37i 146 ; body of, 34, 84,
112, 132, 145, 186.
Magnet, 42, 77, 78, 79.
Male and Female, 57, 60, 77, 79,
89. 96, 135. 180.
Marteck, 152, 196.
Mercury, 193.
Milk of Fig, 63.
Mucra, 76, 160, 205.
Nitre, t2i.
Orpiment, 57, 139.
Permanent Water, 31, 34i 39i 45>
49, 64-66, 76, 82, 94, 107, 117,
119, 122, 133.
Putrefaction, 76, 165.
Quicksilver, 36, 76, 77, 79, 80, 82,
84, 85, 93, 135-137. 139, 145.
igi, 193.
Bedness, 34, 35, 52, 53, 58, 59, 82,
90, 91, 104, 106, 123, 130, 143.
Red Slave, 96.
Rotundum, iss*
Rubigo, 143, 160, 164, 170.
Rust, 52, 107, 130, 132.
Saginatum, 31.
Saturn, 193.
Shadow of Metals, 70, 76.
Smoke, 58, 144,
Spirit of Brass, 67.
Spume of the Moon, 43, 44, 67,
145) 168, 174.
Stone, 44, 45, 69, 91, 93, 109, 114 ;
of gold, 125. Sulphur, 34, 36, 39, 461 52, 57. 87.
122, 137.
Sun, 69,