The Philosopher's Stone: An Essay on the Sacerdotal Science by Zadkiel & Montalk

Author:Zadkiel & Montalk [Zadkiel & Montalk]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-05T22:00:00+00:00

THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE: Part 2

The Practice of the Art of Alchemy

Nature presents us with one of the materials necessary for the practice and perfection of this art, ready formed to hand and fit for use, as the body, matter, or Vase in which we work, is found in the bowels of the earth, according as I have stated in the former part of this treatise. The astral spirit is a liquid, fair and clear, like water, and without the enjoyment of which, no man could live. With these two materials we begin the work of Hermes, and for this commencement we must take nature for our guide; for in like manner as she softens and gives to the earth its fructifying property, by rain and dews, so we imbibe our solid matter with our astral spirit.

By this means our matter becomes incorporated and combined with the generative essence of nature, contained in our water; in this manner, by frequent imbibitions and desinations, our matter becomes dead and putrifies, and in putrifying it arises again to a more perfect state of existence, according to the universal law of sublunary things. It must not be supposed that because the matter becomes dry, that it retains nothing of the virtue of the former imbibitions: it merely looses the aqueous part; and I will endeavor to prove this to those who may not understand the science of Chemistry, and yet be inclined to study the art of Alchemy. It will take for example the formation of Glauber’s salt.

If you take a portion of Caustic or Carbonate of Soda, on one part, and some Sulphuric Acid on the other, and you imbibe the Soda with the Acid, they will mutually neutralize one another, and you will obtain a liquid which is neither acid nor alkaline; and an intimate and electrical combination will have taken place between the two bodies from this liquid. By evaporation you may obtain crystals, which will be composed of one part or atom of Soda, two of Acid, and twenty of Water: if you suffer these crystals to dry, or even if you calcine them, you will never be able to make them loose more than the 20 parts of water; the Acid will remain in a fixed and solid state with the calcined salt. So we must conceive the theory of our imbibitions; when our matter dries, it still retains to itself the astral essence contained in our water. Having conducted the unbiased reader thus far, we will proceed to the practice of the

Imbibitions, or Preparations of the Philosophical Mercury.

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