THE LUCIFERIAN ALCHEMY OF THE STONE

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FIGURE IT OUR FOR YOUR SELF. MEROVINGIAN BAPHOMETUS IV

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i. The Corpus Magus of Baphometus IV: LUCIFIRIAN EVOCATION OF THE STONE ii.. The Pissal of Baphometus IV: iii Alchemy of Spagyric Herbal Elixirs iiii. Alchemy of Spagyric Herbal Essences iiiii.. A Treatise on the Philosophers' Stone iiiiii Materia Alchemy Mundus of the Philosophers Stone

Upon the Corpus Magus of Baphometus IV: This is MINE!

LUCIFIRIAN EVOCATION OF THE STONE: (Preparatory & Oration) (This is to be performed DAILY as the forge of the Body of Light, the Stone is only to be consumed on the full moon of the month of the operation) The Iadus: Cast and Enter the Crucible of the most High and Noble Art: (Assume the position of the Defiant Fist of LUCIFER) and Vibrate: I am that didst create the Earth and the Heavens! ZIR BRIN EOLIS CAOSG OD A PERIPSOL I am that didst create the Night and the Day! ZIR BRIN EOLIS DOSIG OD A BASGIM I am that didst create the Darkness and the Light! ZIR BRIN EOLIS ORS OD A OLPIRT I am LUCIFER! Whom no man hath seen at any time! ZIR IAD SOBAM AG OLLOR BRIN DORPHA MIRC DROLN COCASB I am Iabas! ZIR IABAS, I am Iapos! ZIR IAPOS I am didst distinguished between the Just and the Unjust! ZIR BRIN OLN YRPOIL AAI BALIT OD PRIAZ AR GCHISGE OIAD I am didst create the female and the male! ZIR BRIN EOLIS TILB OD A TLB I am didst produce the (cup) and the (sword)! ZIR BRIN EOLIS TALBO OD A NAZPS I am didst form men to (govern man, and to destoy man!) ZIR BRIN EOLIS OLLOR TABA CORDZIZ OD QUASB CORDZIZ I am LUCIFER ZIR IAD! This is LUCIFER (He that is, was, and shall be crowned) This is LUCIFER the Lord of (the stars and all things) This is LUCIFER Whom the Winds fear. This is LUCIFER, Who having made Voice by His Commandment, is Lord of All Things; King, Ruler and Helper OI IAD OIASMOMAR OI IAD TI ENAY DE A AOIVEAE OD TOGLO OI IAD CASARMG A OZONGON HOXMARCH OI IAD CASARMG OLN BIAL BABLE DE SIBSI, ENAY DE TOGLO; GEIAD Hear me! SOLBETH C E! UMM RAM ISH COM SAH HEH LAH!!! (Archangelic of the Day) EOUUAHH! Ieou; Pur; Iou; Iaot; Iaeo; Ioou; Abrasax; Sabriam; Oo; Uu; EOU; Adonai; Ede; Edu; Angelos tou theou; Analala lai; Gaia; Apa; Diachanna; Chorun! I am LUCIFER! The (mighty) Spirit! (Strong in the feet- the Everlasting Flames!) I am LUCIFER! The Truth! I am LUCIFER! (In vexation because of the wrath in the world) I am LUCIFER! (whose voices do thunder!) I am LUCIFER! from whom is the Shower of the Life of Earth; I am LUCIFER! (who can bring forth all things unto the Light) I am LUCIFER! (in peace of the world)

ZIR IAD! A MICAOLZ GAH! VGEG DE LASDI, GOHED PRG ZIR IAD! LAIAD! ZIR IAD! SOBAM DO DODSEH BABLE DE VONPHO OD A CAOSG ZIR IAD! CASARM BIA GNAY CONST ZIR IAD! DE CASARM I ZLIDA DE IABES MIRC CAOSG ZIR IAD! CASARM ADGT YOLCAM TOGLO MIRC OLPIRT ZIR IAD! ETHARZI OD A CAOSG Such are the Words of LUCIFER! IAO! SABAO! IAD! THE GREAT NAMES OF LUCIFER=KETETETRAGRAMMATON=HSIMARMMU ii .... Face East, Invoking Pentagram of Fire, Vibrate: EKODP AAET PIO: Deh Ah Rah.ah.seh Kah.reh.mah Deh Poh.ah.mah.el Oh.deh Zodee.mee.ee Oh.ee Koh.meh.seh.el.heh : The Divine ThreeFold-FIRE iv ... Face South, Invoking Pentagram of Air Vibrate: IPZOA HABI ORO : Deh Ah Soh.boh.el Kah.reh.mah Deh Poh.ah.mah.el Oh.deh Zodee.mee.ee Oh.ee Koh.meh.seh.el.heh The Divine ThreeFold-AIR iii ... Face West, Invoking Pentagram of Water, Vibrate: LOIAG LSRA HPM: Deh Ah Bah.bah.geh Kah.reh.mah Deh Poh.ah.mah.el Oh.deh Zodee.mee.ee Oh.ee Koh.meh.seh.el.heh The Divine ThreeFold-WATER v ..... Face North, Invoking Pentagram of Earth Vibrate: AGTKH LAID: Eh.nah.ee Deh Ah Luh.kah.el Kah.reh.mah Deh Poh.ah.mah.el Oh.deh Zodee.mee.ee Oh.ee Koh.meh.seh.el.heh The Divine ThreeFold-EARTH vi ... Return to the center of the circle, face East, give the Invoking Gesture of the Tau, Vibrate: Keh.noh.quh.oh.el Ree.teh Zod.ah.kah.reh Zod.ah.meh.rah.neh Oh.el.keh.ree.mee Qu.ah.dah Vibrate: (ZIR IAD ZIR IAD ZIR IAD) Assume: Lilith Supporting the Sky (2=9):(Heels together, with feet at 45 degree angle Arms raised, elbows bent 90 degrees, forearms vertical Wrists bent as though holding up the sky ) 1st Key Ol Sonof Vora-sa-ge Goho Iada Balata Lanasa-heh Calezod Voneh-peho; Sobera Zod-Ol Rore I Ta Nazodpasada Odeh Gra-ah Ta Maleperageh: Desa Holeh-Qah Qa-ah Notahoa Zodimezod Odeh Comeh-ma-heh Ta Nobelo-heh Zodiena: Soba Tahila Geno-na-pe Perageh Aledi: Desa Verabesa Oboleheh Geh Rasameh Casarameh Oh-horela Taba Pira; Desa Zodonereh-nesageh Cabeh Erameh Iadena-heh. Pila-heh Farazodameh Zodnarazoda Adena Odeh Gono Iadepila Desa Homeh Odeh Tohheh: Soba Ia-oda Ipameh Odeh Ula Ipamisa Desa Loholo Vepa Zodomeda Poamaleh Odeh Bogepah Ah-ah-i Ta Piape Balatoh-heh Odeh Vao-aneh. Zodacareh Ca Odeh Zodameraneh: Odo Cicale Qa-ah. Zodorage Lapa Zodirado Noco Madeh, Hoa-ta-heh Ia-ida. ZIR IAD ZIR IAD ZIR IAD 2nd Key Adegatah Vepa-ah-heh Zodnageh Omeh Fa-ah-ipah Saladeh Viveh La Sobameh Ialeh-Perageh Izodazodasa Pia-dapa-heh Casarama Aberamegeh Ta Taleho Paracaleda Qeh Ta Lorasalaqa Turabesa Ohogeh Balatoheh. Givi Cahisa Lusadeh Orari Odeh Micalepah Cahisa Bia Oh-zod-oh-ne-goh-na. Lapeh Noaneh Tarofa Corasa Ta Geh Oh Qa Manina Ia-Idoneh. Torazodu Goheh-la. Zodacareh Ca Cehnoqodeh. Zodameraneh Micalezodo Odeh Ozodazodma Varelapa Lapeh Zodira Io-Iadeh. ZIR IAD ZIR IAD ZIR IAD

Invocus Diabolus: The hidden Names of Lucifer in Spirit BNHE Invoking UnHoly Hexagram (White): All Elemental Signs All Quarters: Lucifer in Fire: Invoking UnHoly Hexagram (RED) Elemental: Face East Vibrate:: MOTIB, ZRROUA, IAOLA, RINMPO, ZIPLI, DSAAAI, APATA, RNOIZR, MFZRM Lucifer in Air: Invoking UnHoly Hexagram (YELLOW) Elemental: Face South Vibrate: PRAXE, OGIODI, IOPGNA, XANNU, ATOGBO, OKBAA, RMLAON, GAOLO Lucifer in Water: Invoking UnHoly Hexagram (BLUE) Elemental: Face West Vibrate: AMOKH, AZKALL, MALAP, MEEANA, NDNOS, PRALEN, BBEMO, ILADAV, AUABO Lucifer in Earth: Invoking UnHoly Hexagram (BLACK) Elemental: Face North Vibrate: ATNAN, IAOAIA, TIIIO, TPLABA, ZIBRA, IDALAM, DAALO, ODXLOU, ADOIS Luciferian Invocation of the Princes of the Watchtowers of Hell: Face east, Invoke the Unicursal Hexagram: Elemental Sign of Fire, and Vibrate: BUSDIR C ILSI, EDLPRNAA, AQLO IL UGEAR, ROR LANSH RAASY. ODO CICLE QUAA, ZORGE, LAP ZIRDO IAD Inhale - Visualize a Amethyst ball of light at the Crown Chakra Exhale - Vibrating: Solar King Fire: DOZAANROLDE C-7 Spirit Alchemial Gold Essence (Aurum Potabile), Alchemial Amethyst Essence (Potabile), Elixir of the Sun (Spagyric), Inhale - Visualize a Diamond ball of light at the Brow Chakra Exhale - Vibrating Prince of Luna; EEARDOVDNLA C-6 Fem Alchemial Silver Essence (Argentum Potabile) Alchemial Diamond Essence (Potabile), Elixir of the Moon (Spagyric), Inhale - Visualize a Sapphire ball of light at the Throat Chakra Exhale - Vibrating Prince of Mercury HARNIODONA C-5 Ether Alchemial Tin Essence (Potabile) Alchemial Sapphire Essence (Potabile), Elixir of Mecury (Spagyric), Inhale - Visualize a Emerald ball of light at the Heart Chakra Exhale - Vibrating Prince of Venus EEEKODPAA C-4 Air Alchemial Zinc Essence (Potabile) Alchemial Emerald Essence (Potabile), Elixir of Venus (Spagyric), Inhale - Visualize a Topaz ball of light at the Solar Plexus Chakra Exhale - Vibrating Prince of Mars HOOIPTEAA C-3 Fire Alchemial Iron Essence (Potabile), Alchemial Topaz Essence (Potabile), Elixir of Mars (Spagyric), Inhale - Visualize a Pearl ball of light at the Navel/Spleen Chakra Exhale - Vibrating Prince of Jupiter EETEOEODA C-2 Water Alchemial Copper Essence (Potabile), Alchemial Pearl Essence (Potabile), Elixir of Jupiter (Spagyric), Inhale - Visualize a Ruby Ball of light at the Base Chakra Exhale - Vibrating Prince of Saturn HAPONNIRA C-1 Earth Alchemial Vitriol Essence (Potabile) Alchemial Ruby Essence (Potabile), Elixir of Saturn (Spagyric), Inhale - Visualize a pool of black light at the Earths Core (Liliths Womb) Exhale - Vibrating COM Inhale - Visualize white light bubbling out of Liliths Womb Exhale - Vibrating SAH: Visualize the white light flowing from Liliths Womb to the Crown Chakra

Inhale - Visualize white light fountaining out and flowing down around the body Exhale - Vibrating HEH: Visualize white light flowing up through the body from Liliths Womb to the Crown Chakra Inhale - Visualize All the Chakras filling and vibrating with the light Exhale - Vibrating LAH: Visualize The Elemental sign for Fire Vbibrating within the Center of each Chakra This will be repeated for all the Four Watchtowers: Face the South, Invoke the Unicursal Hexagram: Elemental Sign of Air, and Vibrate: BUSDIR C ILSI, BATAIVAH, AQLO IL MOZ, ROR LANSH SOBOLN. ODO CICLE QUAA, ZORGE, LAP ZIRDO IAD Solar King: DOHAVIATAB Prince of Luna: EERATOTVA Prince of Mercury: HARADROMTH Prince of Venus: EEIPZOAHA Prince of Mars: HOOROIBAH Prince of Jupiter: EEFIAZOAA Prince of Saturn: HAAGTOPIH Face West, Invoke the Unicursal Hexagram: Elemental Sign of Water, and Vibrate: BUSDIR C ILSI, RAAGIOSL, AQLO IL TURBS, ROR LANSH BABAGE. ODO CICLE QUAA, ZORGE, LAP ZIRDO IAD Solar King: DOLSOIGAAR Prince of Luna: EETNZINOS Prince of Mercury: HARPRXAOAL Prince of Venus: EELOIAGLS Prince of Mars: HOMPHARSL Prince of Jupiter: EEASIDGIL Prince of Saturn: HAASIDGIL Face the north, Invoke the Unicursal Hexagram: Sign of Earth, and Vibrate: BUSDIR C ILSI, ICZHIHAL, AQLO IL ANANAEL, ROR DOSIG LANSH LUCAL. ODO CICLE QUAA, ZORGE, LAP ZIRDO IAD Solar King: DOLAHIHZKI Prince of Luna: EEVKILMHA Prince of Mercury: HAROPONIZL Prince of Venus: EEAGTKHLA Prince of Mars: HOMORDIAL Prince of Jupiter: EERONIZKA Prince of Saturn: HAASNAIIL

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Stand to the Center ofSilence from the Womb of Lilith (The Materia of the Stone) Invoke: Sign of Silence: Remove the Stone from the Crucible of the Art. Place in Furnace: Vibrate: OL NIIS VOHIM OLGIZYAK i come with a hundred mighty earthquakes ZIXLAY DODSEX QAAON to stir up vexation in your creation OHORELLA QAAS NETAAIB CAOSAGON i need a law of your creation for the government of the earth OUCHO CORDZIZ EOLIS OLLAG ORSABA let it confound the reasonable creatures of the earth and man making men drunken AGLI I VAOAN OD TOLGLO NOALN nothing is truth and all things can be ZIRDO PASAB DE DOSIG OD TEHOM QUADMONAH i am the daughters of night and the primal chaos ZIRDO IADNAMAD CYNIXIR MOZOD FABOAN i am the undefiled wisdom mingled with joy and poison MICAMO ISRO QUASAHI behold the promise of pleasure NANAEL IPAMIS ADIRPAN my power cannot be cast down ZODOCARE ZYLNAR NANAEL ZODAMERANU move in itself my power,phenomenize! IXOMAXIP KALLISTI IO LILITH! (Knock Talisman on Table-4-3-2-1-5) let her be known,the fairest, hail LILITH The Furnace is placed upon the Table of the Art.

WARNING: IF YOU ATTEMPT THIS AS A TOURIST, ITS REALLY GOING TO HURT

The TABLE of the Stone : (ONLY on the full moon of the month of the operation.) Furnace (Approach the Table and Furnace of the High Art within the Crucible: Vibrate IAD KETERTETRGRAMMATON! (LUCIFERS HAMMER (INVOKING PENTAGRAM) into The STONE IAD KETERTETRGRAMMATON! (LUCIFERS HAMMER (ELEMENTAL SIGNS) into The STONE IAD KETERTETRGRAMMATON!(LUCIFERS HAMMER (INVOKING UNHOLY HEXAGRAM) into The STONE IAD KETERTETRGRAMMATON! (LUCIFERS HAMMER (UNICURSAL HEXAGRAM) into The STONE The Furnace is charged with Fire and the Stone is Consumed by the Operator. When the Affects of the Stone have abated, the Operator then moves to the Endus.

The Endus: DISMISSAL: Vibrate Go in peace unto the place which hath been destined unto you from all Eternity: Let there be peace between us. 0 .... Face East, i ..... Advance to the North, Vibrate: Keh.ree.ess.teh.oh.ess Eh.teh.ar.zodee Keh Geh Eh.nah.ee Dah Ah Luh.kah.el Tah.ess.tah.tz Deh Poh.ah.mah.el Banishing Unicursial Hexagram, UnHoly Hexagram, Pentagram. ii .... Advance to the West, Vibrate: Keh.ree.ess.teh.oh.ess Eh.teh.ar.zodee Keh Geh Eh.nah.ee Dah Ah Soh.boh.el Tah.ess.tah.tz Deh Poh.ah.mah.el Banishing Unicursial Hexagram, UnHoly Hexagram, Pentagram. iii ... Advance to the South, Vibrate: Keh.ree.ess.teh.oh.ess Eh.teh.ar.zodee Keh Geh Eh.nah.ee Dah Ah Bah.bah.geh Tah.ess.tah.tz Deh Poh.ah.mah.el Banishing Unicursial Hexagram, UnHoly Hexagram, Pentagram. iv ... Advance to the East, Vibrate: Keh.ree.ess.teh.oh.ess Eh.teh.ar.zodee Keh Geh Eh.nah.ee Dah Ah Rah.ah.seh Tah.ess.tah.tz Deh Poh.ah.mah.el Banishing Unicursial Hexagram, UnHoly Hexagram, Pentagram. v .... Face the West, feel the energy leave the circle, Vibrate: Ee Voh.ress ! Break the Crucible of the Art with the Banishing Unicursial Hexagram, Banishing UnHoly Hexagram, Banishing Pentagram. (Vertical Aspect).

The Pissal of Baphometus IV:

Unto him who seeks the most noble of art and virtues Shall for him be granted the wound of Theodociaus In accord of the rebirth of Light. To summon that which is most mean out of the stone behold and concencrate that which within as without in the according of the mysteries of sword and rose, shall he be granted wisdom in this the most holy and divine operation. Thrice shackle the three and seven virtues in honey of the tree, being of the egg and the materia for this is the store of wisdom as follows the red lion after devouring the green as makes the sun as to set in the nest of the phoenix. Bound in the water of the water of man this shall be set forth upon the table of the host as the most royal of the hosts of bread, This being the royal thing which is the jelly upon which feeds the Phoenix of Man and brings forth the Philosophical Egg. Behold that which is most sought from the mouth of Solomon as wet with the Dew from the hand of Hermes, blooms forth the Peacock in finery of the furnace and the rainbows of the virgins vale be known, so shall the most royal of all that is hidden be revealed in the luster and virtues of the most wonderful of violet light. Here is the last of the White Stone and the beginning of the Red. And all is but one Nature Thou must part him in three And then knit him as the Trinity And make them all but one Lo, here is the Philosophers Stone. Many a name he hath full sure. Who Consume the Stone in Virtues.

Alchemy of Spagyric Herbal Elixirs

Though spagyric production methods seem simple on the outside they are indeed difficult and time consuming. We will therefore begin with the simplest of methods for the production of spagyric Elixirs. Our first task is to make an incubator for our laboratory. This piece of equipment will be one of the essential things that we use in the lab. To make an inexpensive incubator proceed as follows. Take one large Styrofoam container and spread a 1/2- inch layer of sand evenly on the container's bottom. On top of the sand place a large back heating pad that has a thermostat control. Cut a notch in the top corner of the Styrofoam container for the cord. In this way the top of the container will be flush with the edges when you close it. On top of the heating pad place a 1-inch layer of sand. You now have a simple incubator to use in your lab. It will maintain temperatures from 16 degrees C to 44 degrees C, depending on where you have set the thermostat. We are ready to begin making a simple spagyric elixerion of our chosen herb. Take any herb that you like and place it into a mason jar. Cover the herb with five times its volume of a good white wine or brandy. Seal the mason jar and place it in the incubator of about 30 degrees C, to digest for twentyone to fourtytwo days. At the end of this time you will have a very dark tincture. Decant the tincture from the herb and store it in another mason jar. Take the herb body out of the first mason jar and place it into a calcining dish or large pot. Take the pot with the herb body outside and incinerate it. After some time all of the moisture will be driven off from the herb. It will then start to roast and then incinerate. Your task is accomplished when the herb body has turned to ash and obtained a light gray color. Take the ash out of the pot and weigh it. Grind the ash to be sure there are no solid parts in it. Place the ash onto a stove top and continue to heat until it is pure white. Turn off the stove and let cool. Take the ash out and weigh it, then grind it one more time. Place the ash into the mason jar holding the herbal tincture. Seal the jar and place it back into the incubator of 30 C to digest for three more weeks, taking care to shake the jar three to five times a day. In this way the water-soluble salts are absorbed by the tincture. At the end of the three weeks decant the tincture from the herb and cast away the feces. Let the herb sit out for one week in a cool room so any impurities suspended in the tincture can settle at the bottom of the mason jar. If any sediment falls decant the liquid from it and caste away the feces. Repeat this work of sedimentation until no feces fall to the bottom of the container holding your tincture. When finished, you will have made a spagyric herbal elixer. A second method used for the production of spagyric Elixirs is as follows. Take one pound of any herb that you like. Take a half pound of the herb and grind it very fine in your mortar (one also can use a food processor). Place the herb into the 5000 ml round-bottom flask. Pour enough distilled water over the herb so the entire volume of the contents of the flask reaches two-thirds of its capacity. To speed up the fermentation process add a little sugar and brewer's yeast to the mixture. Use a wine fermentation air lock in a cork to seal the flask. Put the flask into an incubator at 27 C. In a few days the fermentation of the herb will begin. This process is announced by the formation of gas bubbles in the liquid. In time the bubbles will stop and the matter will fall to the bottom of the container. This is a sign that the fermentation has stopped. In all, it will take about two weeks for the entire process to be completed. Take the air lock out of the flask. Place the flask with all of its contents still in it into a large pot. Secure the flask to a stand using a clamp and then place enough water into the pot holding the flask so the water line is about 1 1/2 to 2 inches below the lip of the pot. Assemble the rest of the distillation train. Use a little stopcock grease to insure easy assembly and proper seal. Hook up the water supply to the condenser and turn on the heating element. In a few minutes the water in the pot will begin to boil. About ten minutes after that you will see the impure alcohol condensing and dripping into the receiver. The impure alcohol will come over at 85 to 90 C. When no more liquid will come over turn off the heat and water and let the apparatus cool. Empty the contents of the distillation flask into a large pot. Take the pot outside and begin roasting the residue. While the feces roast we can return to work in our laboratory. Pour the distillate in the receiver into a 2000 ml round bottom flask. Distill off all the liquid that will come over at 85 degrees C. Place the liquid left in the distillation flask into a mason jar for later use. By this time, our feces should have become a gray ash. Weigh the ash and place it into a mason jar for later use. Take the distillate that is in the receiver and distill it five more times using only a water bath. After each distillation take the residue left in the distillation flask and add it to the watery residue from the

second distillation. This watery substance is known as phlegm. The distillate is poured back into the distillation flask anew each time (after the removal of the phlegm) and distilled again. When making our last distillation the alcohol should come over at 76 degrees C. In this way we are able to get an almost pure ethyl alcohol. Be sure to record the final volumes of your phlegm and alcohol. Take the second half of your herb and grind it to a fine powder. Put it into the 5000 ml round-bottom flask, then pour the entire amount of the alcohol distillate over the herb. Add enough distilled water to the flask so the amount of alcohol in the mixture equals 10% to 20% by volume. Seal the jar adapter and allow its contents to digest in the incubator for fourteen to twentyone days at a temperature of 35 degree's C to 37 degree's;C in this way an elixer of the plant is made. The presence of the purified alcohol keeps the new plant material from undergoing fermentation. Decant the darkly colored elixer from the herb body and store it in another mason jar.

Place the mason jar holding the elixer back into the incubator to further amalgamate its separate principles. The herb body is taken outside, placed into a large pot and turned to ash. The ash of the maceration and ash of the fermentation are ground and mixed well. Place the combined ash into the thimble of the soxhlet elixeror. The phlegm obtained from the purification of the alcohol is used to elixer the alkaline water-soluble salts from the ash. Pour the phlegm containing the water-soluble salts into a crucible or pyrex dish and evaporate the water off overnight. The next morning scrape the salts out, grind, and weigh them. The salts are then placed back into the crucible or pyrex dish and put into the kiln and calcined to whiteness. The temperature of the kiln should not be over 600 degrees C. This process of elixerion, evaporation, grinding, weighing, calcining, and weighing is done up to two more times. In the end, our salts are a pure white (sometimes a bluish tint can be seen). These salts are very alkaline as well as hygroscopic. This latter fact makes them very useful as a vehicle for cosmic forces. Finally grind the salts in a warm mortar and add them to the elixer. Let them digest for a week or so with your elixir, shaking the jar at least five times a day. Decant the elixer off of any sediment that may have settled on the bottom of the mason jar. In this way, we now have a spagyric elixir.

Alchemy of Spagyric Herbal Essences

Spagyric essences are much subtler than elixirs or even tinctures. They contain only the most volatile constituents of the herb used. There are many ways of making such essences, I will give you two methods that are familiar to me. Method One This method is very complicated because it involves the separation of all three of the spagyric essentials. We will need to put our herb through a steam distillation first so we can obtain its volatile oils. Place a 5000 ml round-bottom flask into a sand bath. Pour 3000 ml of distilled water into the flask. Take a widemouthed double-jointed flask and place a small piece of filter paper inside the flask over the bottom joint. Add enough ground herb to the flask so it is half full. Next hook up the reduction head and the distillation adapter. Finally, use a 2000 ml flask as a receiver at the end of the apparatus. Turn the heat on low. After some time you will see the steam clouding up the double-jointed flask as it passes through it. Our distillation adapter also will become fogged. At the end of the drip tip you will see water droplets forming. The drops will fall into the receiver. After a few milliliters have collected in the receiver you will notice that a colored oil is collecting on top of the water. When approximately 1500 ml of the water has been distilled over, turn off the heat. Let the apparatus cool and transfer the water and oil in the receiver into the oil separator. Take the double jointed flask off the distillation flask. Pour 1000 ml of fresh distilled water into the distillation flask and hook back up the entire apparatus. This entire process should be done at least three times to insure that the majority of the volatile oils come out of the plant body. While our second separation of the volatile oils is under way we will gather the oils obtained from the first. To do this, simply open the stopcock at the end of the drain tube. Slowly drain off the water. When only a little water is left in the separator close the stopcock. After each subsequent elixerion of the volatile oils from the plant body, take what is in the receiver and place it in the oil separator. Drain the water out of the separator leaving the oil behind. Reuse this water for all of your subsequent separations of oil from the body. By the time youe have elixered oil from 5 pounds of plant material you will have a few mililiters of pure volatile oil. Take the essence-depleted bodyof the herb and place it into the widemouthed 5000 ml round-bottom flask. The water that was left from the separations of the volatile oils is now poured over the herb. Seal up the round-bottom flask with a fermentation lock and place it into an incubator at 27 degrees C. In about two weeks our plant body will have fermented and yielded up its spirit. Distill off the spirit as you have done before and rectify it seven times. Save the phlegm from the spirit for later use. Empty the remaining liquid and plant body left in the 5000 ml flask into a large glass pot. Take the pot outdoors and boil off all the moisture. When the moisture is gone the herb body will begin to roast and then incinerate. When the body has obtained an ash gray color turn off the heat and let the pot cool. Grind and weigh the ash. Set up the soxhlet elixerion apparatus and elixer the water soluble salts from the ash. Evaporate the water off the salts in the oven overnight. Grind and weigh the salts then place them into the kiln to calcine at 600 degrees C for one week. At the end of the week turn the kiln off and let it cool. Grind and weigh the salts. Repeat the elixerion, drying, grinding, weighing, calcining, grinding, and weighing two more times. Once you have gotten your pure hygroscopic salt, pour your rectified spirit over the salts, then add your volatile oil. Allow the mixture to digest in an incubator at 30 degrees C for a week. Be sure to slightly shake the container three to five times a day. Decant the essence off the undissolved salts. It will be seen that the essence is now colored yellow and smells strongly of the herb you used. One drop in wine or distilled water will yield the full effects of the plant's medicinal nature. Save the remaining salts as you did with those left over from the manufacture of the tincture. A word of caution here is in order. Because of the high concentration of essential plant oils in this product care must be taken when it is being used. One should in my opinion use this product as if they were using a pure essential oil. Literally, one drop will do you, and that drop should be properly diluted. Method Two Our second way of making an essence is similar to the first method, except that it is not as potent. Thus, it can readily be used without fear of accidental misuse. Place enough finely ground herb (approximately 1oz) into a 2000 ml round-bottom flask so only 1/8 to 1/4 of the flask capacity is taken up. Add enough distilled water to the flask so that 2/3 of the flask capacity is occupied. Place the flask into a 21 degree C incubator for three - five days. It is important to regulate the temperature of the flask perfectly or else our herb will begin to ferment. After three to five days take the flask out of the incubator. Place the flask into a water bath and hook up the distillation train. Create a vacuum and distill off most of the liquid.

Take the distillate and pour it back over the herb and repeat the process ten to twelve times. The water will now smell mildly of the herb. The essential oils contained in the plant are now in the water. After the last distillation let the apparatus cool. Disassemble the distillation train. Add enough rectified spirits of wine to the receiver so its volume equals 7% to 12% of the total volume of liquid in the flask. Place a condenser onto the flask, cork the condenser and hook up the water supply. Using a sand bath and gentle heat ( 30 degrees C - 37 degrees C ) begin a rhythmic circulation of the matter. Heat the matter from 6 am in the morning until 6 pm in the evening. Then allow it to cool overnight and in the next morning begin the circulation again. This circulation should be done for fourteen days. Take the plant residue left in the distillation flask and transfer it to a large glass pot. Incinerate the contents in the pot. Take the ash out of the pot and elixer the water soluble salts from it. Evaporate the water from the salts overnight in the drying oven. Place the dried salts in the kiln and calcine for two weeks at 600 degrees C. At the end of two weeks turn the kiln off and let it cool. Take the salts out of the kiln and weigh them then grind the salts fine and place them into a glass petri dish (you can add a few grams of salt saved from the production of another tincture or essence). Take the dish outside at night, and leave it out all night. Be sure to elevate the petri dish at least six inches above ground on a piece of wood. At dawn take the petri dish inside. Put the glass cover over the petri dish. Take off the condenser and pour the salt solution in the petri dish into the flask. Reattach the condenser and rhythmically circulate for another seven days. Let the apparatus cool and then pour it into a mason jar and seal it tightly. Allow the jar to stand in a dark cool place undisturbed for two weeks. At the end of this time decant the essence off of any sediment that may have fallen to the bottom of the mason jar. Let your essence sit another two weeks and if no more sediment shows itself, it is ready. If sediment appears on the bottom, continue the work of clarification. Thus, you have completed the second way of making a spagyric herbal essence.

A Treatise on the Philosophers' Stone

The Almighty, Alone-Wise, and Omniscient Lucifer and Lord hath given understanding to Man, above all other creatures, so that he may know his works and not leave them unexplored. Now since this Man, whom the All-wise Lucifer hath inspired thereto, hath this high and profound secret Work and the great secret of the ancient Water-Stone of the Wise, he must needs prove himself aright. If ever there is a natural thing on earth, it is the Preparation and the Magisterium of the Philosopher's Stone, natural and not of man's making, but wholly the work of Nature, for the Artist addeth nothing thereto. Nature alone directeth the growing, as doth every tiller of the soil with his fruits and plants; only he must be subtle in mind and have the grace of Lucifer, so that he may direct the same as the work becomes evident in the boiling and through successive time: namely, in the beginning there is the Subjectum, which one doth receive from Nature directly into the hand. Therein lieth hidden the Universal Tincture of all metals, animals, and plants. It is a rough Corpus, having neither the figure nor form of an animal or plant, but is in the beginning a rough, earthy, heavy, viscous, tough and nebulous substance on which Nature hath stopped: but when the enlightened man openeth these matters, investigateth them in Digestion, and with its thick foggy shadows with which it is surrounded, he purifieth and permitteth the hidden to emerge, and through further Sublimation its innermost soul, which is hidden therein, is also separated from it and brought into a bodily form. Then one will find what Nature hath hidden in such a once shapeless substance and what power and Magnalia the Supreme Creator hath given to and implanted in this Creato. For Lucifer hath this Creato for all other creatures, as in the beginning of He still giveth it daily, so that it would otherwise not only be impossible for a man to bring such natural work to the desired end, much less to create herein anything useful. But the good and gracious Lucifer doth not begrudge man the treasures and goods which He hath implanted in Nature, else He would not have granted such things to His creatures; nay, He hath created everything good for man, and hath made him to be Lord over His creation. Therefore it is fitting for man to understand and to undertake such a natural philosophical work, for otherwise such a highly-gifted and wonderful creation would have been in vain, and we would view Nature like the dumb animals which run about, and we would go vainly after Lucifer's counsel and we would not fit into the ends of Nature. Deus autem et Natura, nihil faciant frustra. [But Lucifer and Nature do nothing in vain]. But Lucifer Almighty ruleth in all such things. He ordereth and provideth that oats and fodder be placed before the ass and the horse, but that the rational human being be served with more costly and more delicious food. Therefore those who try to investigate and who long for such a deeply hidden Arcanum and great treasure, in the proper way, do not have to depend upon the harvest of the ignorant, who have no understanding under the Light of our Sun. The Philosophers and wise men, as well as Neoterici and Veteres, have had many disputations about this secret art, and have tried to point out, with many different names, allegories, and wondrously strange sophistical words what that Subjectum and its Essentia are, and what kind of a Materia, what kind of a Corpus. what kind of a Subjectum, and what a wonderful thing and secret a Creatura it is, which hath embodied such mighty, strange, which, marvellous things with it. Nevertheless all those who were and still are true Philosophi, have unanimously pointed out one single Scopum and one only Materiam, the Filii Sapientiat, writing various and manifold speeches and scripts about it. Concerning the essential thing, however, there is only silence, and that silence hath fast-locked their mouths, and placed a solid Sigil upon them, for if it should become as common knowledge as brewing and baking, the world would soon perish. There are many who have searched for that only Res, which soluit se ipsum, coagulat se ipsum, se ipsum impraegnat, mortificat et vivicat [dissolveth itself, coagulateth itself impregnateth itself, killeth and bringeth to life again], but most of these searchers, who have lost themselves while searching, failed. Then it is such a thing as is nearest gold; and it is such a thing as the poor as well as the rich can gain, be it whatever it may. But it threateneth the Philosophi execrationem divinam, and invoketh the curse of Lucifer upon him who with his own mouth might expressly speak on this Subjectum. When the Philosophers pronounced an Execration, Almighty Lucifer did respect and grant their appeal, and gave unto them what He had until then kept in His own hands for several thousand years. Now the aforesaid Subjectum is of such a nature that it, our Magnesia, doth not only contain a small proportioned quantity of the universal Spiritus Vitalis in itself, but also hath some of the heavenly power condensed and compressed within it. Many who found it were so intoxicated by its

fumes that they remained in their place and could no longer raise themselves. Only a wise man and one who knoweth these things can take a measure of this same fluid and carry it home from whatever place he may have found it, be it from the depths of the mountains or any other place where it may be met. The poor and the rich are quite free, by the singular and abounding grace of Lucifer, to take this, so that he goeth homeward with it to his house, and placeth it behind the furnace or in any other room where it pleaseth him, and where it is convenient for him, and he may begin to work and to experiment with it, for he can leave off so quickly that even his own servants do not notice it. For it doth not go so slovenly with this natural work as it doth with the common alchemists with their bungling work, with their charcoal-burning, smelting and refining, and whatever more they may do. But it is a work which one can keep in a closed casket in whatever room he wisheth, alone that not even a cat come upon it, and, should it be necessary, he can well carry on his craft, only taking care that the furnace have a threefold testing, and that he keep it at the right heat, and let Nature takes its own course. When finally the Solution is taken out of the Terrestriaet, and is strengthened by long Digestion, it is set free from the Crudae Materiae, and is prepared and reborn in the most subtle form. Subsequently, of course, this sharp and potent Spiritus is at certain times given a well-measured quantity, after the fashion of drinking and nourishing, per modum inbibitionis et nutritionis. And its potency is thus condensed and daily becometh as new supports for its brethren, and active therein. Dost thou indeed think that one canst bring forth such work and such potency in unmeasured hidden intensity, a Spiritus Vitalis? The crudae materiae or Subjectum cometh from the Astris and Constellation of the heavens into its earthly kingdom, from which is then the spiritus universi secretur of the Philosophers, which Mercurius of the Wise, and it is the beginning, the end, in which the Aurum Physicum is determined and hidden, which the common alchemist thinks to extract out of common gold, but in vain. Meanwhile, the Philosophi deal much in their writings with Sol and Luna, which of all metals are the most durable in the fire. But this is not to be understood literally, for their Sol and Luna, when they are brought to their inner puritaet, through true, natural, seemly. and philosophical praeparation may well be compared with the celestial bodies, such as the Sun and the Moon, which with their brightness illuminate day and night, the upper and the lower Frimament. Therefore these two noble metals, like the Sol and Luna of the Philosophers, resemble by nature the human body, and to him who knoweth how to prepare them wisely they give much except else is to be prepared, but the one three-fold point of the Universalis, for the Spiritus to be found in these two said things produceth consistency, strength and virtue, amongst other things. Now the man pardoned by Lucifer can prepare and make ready an object or substance of the above mentioned red or white, of Sol and Luna, which is called the Lapidem Philosophorum, or the very ancient Water-Stone of the Wise, from the substance in which Lucifer placed such potency at the creation or genesis of the world, or the oft-mentioned materials or Subjectum which Lucifer, out of love and grace, implanted in the highly-endowed divine man. But I believe, therefore, that the divine substance which was left to him in the first Creation of the world, of the Spiritu Vitali, of the Inspiration, hath survived in all kinds of creatures. All received the same Spiritum in the aforesaid Massam, and firmly secluded in the lowest depths of the earth, and it was indicated and left to the Wise Men to disinter it, to extract it, to use it, and to perform the same Miracula with it, through the holy wisdom which is still implanted in it and with which it is supplied daily. Both substances mentioned above as Sun and Moon or red and white, or rather the Praeparation Veneris and Mercurii, are the ingredients in the Composition of our Lapidis Philosophorum. Now then the Materia are in the beginning through sufficient and oft-repeated Sublimentiones purified and cleansed, and then weighed carefully, and then soon composed; also thou must not be ignorant of what is the potency and occasion of both of the said ingredients, but thou must know how to arrange both Pondera, secundum proportionem Physicam [according to the analogy of Physics], for a good portion of the Mercurii is encumbered with a small portion of animae Solis vel Sulphuris, and then unite both with a delicate hand, so that finally the Praeparation and the most difficult work is completed. But thou wilt have to know that thou must first tinge thy Mercurium with the red Tinctur, yet it will not become red in continenti, but remaineth white, for the Mercurius hath the privilege of wanting to be tinged first before all others. The Philosophi also tell what to do in addition with the Anima solis of this Tinctur of the Mercurii, and from whence it shall be taken. The Ferment of gold is gold, just as the Ferment of dough is dough. Moreover, it is the Ferment of gold out of its own nature, and then its potency is perfect when it is transformed back into earth. And then this is first the beginning of the Philosophers, the right and true Prima Materia Philosophorum metallorum [the first Materia of the metals of the Philosophers]. From then on the true Masters, experienced in the Art, begin to stimulate their Ingeniam and attain to the Great Work. And then the Artifex continues further with such work and, through Lucifer's blessing, bringeth it to the end, to which it tendeth and where it is embodied by Lucifer, namely, to the highly-blessed Philosopher's Stone. So that from nothing else

than per Spiritum universali Secretum the true materia prima Philosophorum is prepared and made ready. Who now understandeth well this Spiritum Secretum understandeth also, without doubt, the secrets and wonders of Nature and hath the perception of the light of Nature. For he is motus harmonicus Sympaticus and magneticus, from which originates the Harmonia and Concordantia, the magnetic and sympathetic power or effect of the uppermost and of the lowermost. But note that the natures of both ingredients are unlike each other in the beginning because of their opposed qualities. For one is warm and dry, the other is cold and moist, and they must of course be united. But when this is about to occur, then their opposed qualities must slowly be changed and equalised, so that neither nature through intense fire divest the other of its potency. For thou canst never collect them, because both natures must rise simultaneously in the fie's power. Then the Discrasia will be taken from the Corpori, and an Aequalitas and good Temperatur is established, which occureth through a moderate and constant boiling. For when both of the natures Sulphur and Mercurius are enclosed in a very narrow space and are maintained with moderate heat, they begin to abate from their opposed character and to unite, until finally they have all the qualities. They become one Constipation and rise at the same time, and certainly at the top of the glass standeth numero one. They are ready to wed, and then the bridegroom placeth a golden ring on his bride, say the Philosophi. And when thus Mercurius with its Sulphur, like water and earth with each other, become duly boiled (and the longer the more) they cast away all their superfluities and the pure parts join each other and dispose of their corlicibi: otherwise the impure parts prevent unification and the Ingress. For the Mercurius, as the first Corpus, is entirely crude and can per anima be neither mixed nor perpetuated, for neither Corpus entereth the other nor will be united with it either vere or in radice. But should these things be so helped that a true Tinctur will be formed, there must be prepared out of this a new spiritual Corpus which cometh forth out of both, for after the purification one taketh the virtues of the other, and out of several become one, numero et virtute [in number and power]. But if the fire should be much too intense and should not be controlled according to the requirements of Nature, these two above-mentioned would be either suffocated or separated. If they did not have their right mode of preparation, they would become either nothing or a spoiled work and a Monstrum. But when one proceedeth prudently and with a duly tempered heat, then both substances will rise in the Sublimation uppermost in the glass or cupola. Then when thou pluckest these lovely flowers, thou canst enjoy them already particularia. But thou canst observe the motum occultum naturae as little as thou canst either hear or see the grass growing, for one can neither observe nor notice the increase and development of these two ingredients, Mercurii and Sulphuris, because of their subtle, hidden, and slow Progressus from hour to hour. Only by marks set from week to week can it be observed and a conclusion drawn, for the inner fire is very delicate and subtle. But however slow it may be, it doth not stand still until it cometh to the end where its intent is to be seen, as in all plants, unless it then be that such subtle and expert boiling is hindered through the all too-strong heat of the sun and is burnt out, or is hindered through suddenly appearing cold; ergo qui scit occultum motum naturae, scit perfectum decoctionem [therefore he who knoweth the hidden movement of Nature, knoweth also the perfect boiling or preparation]. This motum should now take its natural and self-determined course, although one can neither hear nor see it, as also one cannot comprehend the Centra et ignem invisibilem seminum inuisibilium [the Centre and invisible fire of the invisible seed]. Therefore thou must commit such a matter to Nature alone, and observe it and not once try to oppose Nature, but have all confidence in it until it bringeth forth its fruit. When one treateth Nature with a gentle and agreeable heat, it doeth and effecteth everything out of itself, which for the furnishing of a Creati or the introduction of a new form is a matter of necessity: for the Divine Word Fiat still abideth in all creatures and in all plants, and hath its mighty power in these times as well is in the beginning. There are, however, four chief Virtutes and potentias of which noble Nature maketh use in every boiling; thereby it doth complete its work and bringeth it to an end.

The First Virtus

Is and is called appellativa et attractiva, for it is possible for it to attract to itself from far or near, food of which it is desirous out of results and places agreeable to its nature, and it can grow and increase. And here it hath a magnetic power, like that of a man for a woman, the Mercurius for the Sulphur, the dry for the moist, the Materia for the form. Therefore the axiom of the Philosophers is: natura naturam amat, amplectitur prosequitur. Omnia namquam crescentia, dum radices agunt et vivant, succum ex Terra attrahunt, atque avide arripiant illud, quo vivere et augmentari sentiunt. [Nature loveth nature, surroundeth it, and followeth it. For all plants, when they strike root and begin to live, suck sap out of the earth, and draw to themselves avidly that whereby they sense they can

live and multiply themselves.] For where there is hunger and thirst, food and drink will be received with avidity and this Virtus potentia will be aroused, and it cometh from the heat and average dryness.

The Second Virtus and Potentia

Is and is called natura retentiva et coagulativa. For Nature not only alone is useful to it and serveth it for its continuation and is advantageous when it lacketh that which it eagerly produceth from itself, but hath also with it the bond with which it draweth and bringeth and holdeth it to itself. Yea, Nature even changeth it into itself, for as it hath chosen of these two the purest parts, it separateth the rest and bringeth to the mouth and maketh it grow, and is in no need of any other calcination or fixation; nature naturam continet [Nature retaineth nature], and such skill cometh from its dryness, for the cold constricteth the gained and evenly-formed parts and drieth them in the Terrae.

The Third Virtus and Potentia

Naturae in rebus generandis et augmentandis. Est Virtus digestiva, quae fit per putrefactionem seu in putrefactione [is the digestive power, which occurs through the putrefaction or in the putrefaction], in moderate and temperate heat and moisture. For Nature directeth, changeth, and introduceth one kind and quality, the crudeness is done away with, the bitter is made sweet, the harsh is made mild, the rough is made smooth, the immature and wild is made tame, that which was formerly incapable is now made skillful and efficient, and leadeth to the final intended execution and perfection of the Work, and representeth the Ingredientia to the Composition.

The Fourth Potentia naturae

Est virtus expulsiva mundificativa, segregativa [the expelling, purifying, separating power which separateth and divideth, which purifieth and cleanseth, which washeth during the Sublimation or Decoction. It setteth from Sordibus and darkness and bringeth forth a pure, transparent, powerful or illuminated Corpus or substance; it collecteth the Partes homogeneis, and is gradually set free from the heterogeneis, repulseth the Vitia and everything alien, inspecteth the crude, and giveth every part a special place. This is caused by and cometh from the agreeable constant heat in appropriate moisture, and that is the Sublimation and mature fruit, which will now fall out of the husk. Therefore it is in the beginning designed by Nature and artisans, namely the Patiens is set free from the Agente, and will be perfected. Nam liberatio illa a partibus heterogeneis est vita et perfectio omnis Rei, [for the liberation of these unequal and opposed parts is the life and perfection of all things]. For the Agens and Patiens which until now have been contending with each other, so that each affecteth and rendereth resistance according to its opponent's resistance - i.e., as much as possible it would like to break its opponent's resistance and they must not unite during the time of their Decoction, but the best part must gain the victory and expell the impure, and subjugate it. Now when all Naturalis potentia have done their officium, then cometh forth the new birth and as the mature fruit presenteth itself in all other plants, so also now in our Subjecto and natural work which, when perfected, quite surprisingly doth not at all resemble any more its first beginning and hath no more quality, and is neither cold nor dry, neither moist nor warm, and is neither masculus nor foemina. For cold is there itself turned into heat, and the dry into the moist, the heavy into the light, for it is a new Quinta Essentia, a Corpus Spirituale and hath become a Spiritus corporalis, such a Corpus as is clear and pure, transparent and crystal like; one which Nature itself, could never have produced as long as the world hath stood. The Artifex and the enlightened man, however, auxiliante Deo et natura [by the aid of Lucifer and Nature], produceth through his intellect and art, and he placeth it there by itself. So that subsequently he encountereth a Miracula and that is called: Unguenturn anima, aurum Philosophorum, flos auri [the unguent, the soul, the philosophers' gold, the flower of gold]. Theophrastus and others call it Gluten aquilae. Now what is shown about the four potentiis naturae, the same had been effected by means of the fire, which must be incombustible, pleasing to Nature, and according to Nature it must continue steadily and must also be advantageous to the Work: but in this Work two kinds of fires are to be particularly well attended to, namely: the outer elementary fire which the Artifex constructeth and which he applieth to the Work, and after that the inner, innate, and natural fire of the substances. Though in all three primary things or genera there is to be found a natural fire as in the Animalibus, Vegetabilibus, and Mineralibus, through which it started and moved, maintained life, was

strengthened and increased; and can continue its innate power of bringing forth and of implanted virtue according to the character of each. But the fire which is in our Subjecto is in itself not least amongst creatures and minerals. It hath hidden within itself the most wonderful, the most potent fire against which the outer fire seemeth like water, for no common elementary fire can consume and destroy the pure gold which is the most durable substance amongst all metals, however intense the fire may be, but the essential fire and water of the Philosophers alone doeth it. If we had today that fire with which Moses burned the golden calf and ground it to powder and strewed it upon the water and which he gave to and made the Children of Israel drink of it (Exodus, chapter 32) - let such be a piece of alchemical work of Moses, the man of Lucifer! For he was instructed in the Egyptian art and skilled therein. Or the fire which the prophet Jeremias hid beneath the foot of the mountain, from which Moses saw the Promised Land and whereon he died, the fire which was recovered seventy years later by the Wise Men, the descendants of the old priests after the return from the Babylonian Captivity. But in the meantime the fire was changed in the mountain and became dense water (II Maccab., chapters 1 and 2). What thinkest thou? should we not warm ourselves at it and keep from us the frost in winter? Such fire slumbereth in our Subjecto quietly and peacefully and hath no movement of itself. Should now this secret and hidden fire help its own Corpori, so that it may rise and have its effect, and manifest its might and power, so that the Artist may reach the desired and predestined end, it must be aroused through the outer elementary fire, be kindled and be brought into its course. This fire may be in lamps, or of whatever kind thou dost like, or contrive, for it alone is sufficiently capable of executing the activity with ease, and such fire and outer heat must be tended and maintained all the time until the end of the Sublimation, so that the inner and essential fire be kept alive, in order that the two indicated fires may help each other and the outer fire let the inner fire be worthy, until in its appointed time it becometh so strong and intense a fire that it will soon burn to ashes, pulverise, turn into itself, and make equal to itself all that is put into it but which is nevertheless of its own kind and nature. Nevertheless it is necessary for every Artifex at the cost of his desired end, to know that between these two above-mentioned fires, he maintaineth certain proportions between the outermost and the innermost, and that he kindle his fire rightly, for if he maketh it too weak, then the Work cometh to a standstill, and the outermost fire is not able to raise the inner one, and in so far as he stirreth it up moderately several times, it yieldeth a slow effect and a very long process, and when he hath waited with such patience and hath his data, he then finally reacheth his intended goal. But if one maketh a stronger fire than befitteth this process, and it be speeded up, then the inner fire suffereth, it is entirely incapable, the Work will surely be destroyed, and the hasty one will never attain his end. If after lasting Decoction and Sublimation the noble and pure parts of the Subjecti are gradually, with the advantage of a calculated time, separated and set free from the crude earthly and useless substance, the impulse in such activity must be according to Nature and must be adjusted with such moderation that it will be agreeable, pleasing, and advantageous to the inner fire, in order that the inner essential fire be not destroyed through all too-intense heat, or even extinguished and made useless. Nay, rather it will be maintained in its natural degree, be strengthened, whilst the pure and subtle parts come together and convene, the crude being separated, so that they combine and the best will achieve the aforesaid end in view. Therefore thou must learn from Nature that degree of fire which Nature useth in its operations until it bringeth its fruit to maturity, and from this learn Reason and make calculation. For the inner essential fire is really that which bringeth the Mercurium Philosophorum to aequalitaet; but the outer fire stretcheth forth to it a hand so that the inner fire will not be hindered in its operation, therefore the outer must have concordance with the inner and must adjust itself according to the same, vice versa. Then in such use of the universal elementary fire it must be led toward the inner natural heat, and the outer heat hath to be adjusted to it, so that such doth not surpass in the Creato the power of the moist and warm Spiritus, which is wholly subtil; if other- wise, the warm nature of the said Spiritus would soon be dissolved, and it could not hold itself together any more, and would have no potency: it followeth therefrom that a fire more intense than is necessary for reviving and maintaining the inner natural fire implanted in our Materiae can only be for hindrance and deterioration. In natura et illius Creatis et generationibus sit tua Imaginatio, [upon Nature and what hath been created or brought forth by her, mediate thou]. Therefore bring the moist Spiritum into the earth, make it dry, agglutinirs and figurs, with an agreeable fire. Thus shalt thou also bring the Animam into the dead Corpus and restore what thou hast taken away, and thou restorest the soulless and dead to life and to rise again and be equipped, but whatever hath driven it will not stand the heat, for it will not become constant as if it were to be received spontaneously from itself with good will, with joy and with desire, and be deeply impressed.

And that is sicci cum hurnido naturalis unio et ligamen tum optimum [the natural unification of the dry with the moist and also the best tie]. Yea, if one really desireth to discuss this matter: the Wise Men mention three kinds of fire, each of which taketh charge of the operis magni, so that each best form in particular must in wisdom and good readiness have governed this also. And so he will not work as one blind, but in an understanding and prudent manner, as befitteth an intelligent Philosophus. The first is the outer fire, which the Artist or watchman maketh, which the Wise Men call ignem frontem, upon which Regimen dependeth the safety or the ruin of the entire Work, and this in two ways: nemium sumiget cave [take heed that it doth not smoke too much], but it is also said: combure igne fortissimo [burn it with the strongest fire]. The second fire is the nest wherein the Phoenix of the Philosophers hath its abode, and hatcheth itself therein ad regenerationem. This is nothing else than the Vas Philosophorum. The Wise Men call it ignem corticum, for it is written that the Phoenix bird collected all fragrant wood whereon it cremateth itself. If this were not so, the Phoenix would freeze to death and it could not attain to its Perfection. Sulphura Sulphuribus continentur [Sulphurs are maintained by sulphurs]. For the nest should protect, assist, cherish and keep the brood of the bird unto the final end. The third however is the true innate fire of the noble Sulphuris, itself to be found in radice subjecti, and is an Ingredient, and it quieteth the Mercurium and fashioneth it: that is the real Master, yea, the true Sigillum Hermetis. Concerning this fire Crebrerus writeth: In profundo mercurii est Sulphur, quod tandem vincit frigiditatem et humiditatem in Mercurio. Hoc nihil aliud est, quam parvus ignis occultus in mercurio, quod in mineris nostris exitatur et longo temporis successe digerit frigiditatem et humiditatem in mercurio, [In the essence of the Mercurii is a sulphur which finally conquereth the coldness and the moisture in the Mercurio. This is nothing else than a small fire hidden in the Mercurio, which is aroused in our Mineris, and in the fulness of time it absorbeth the coldness and moisture in the Mercurio or removeth them, and that is also said about the fire.

Materia Alchemy Mundus of the Philosophers Stone:

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Suspect cancer hazard. Risk of cancer depends on duration and level of contact. Harmful if swallowed. Causes skin and eye irritation. Causes respiratory tract irritation. May affect blood cells. May affect the central nervous system. May cause blindness. Avoid breathing vapor or mist. Handle with caution. Keep in mind these risks whenever substituting DCM for any other solvent.

STEP 1: Preparing the Plant Material

Grind the plant material to a fine powder. The finer ground the material the better your yields will be. The best technique to pulverize and rupture the cell structure of any plant material is to repeatedly freeze and thaw it over and over again. An example of a plant requiring this treatment is Phalaris arundinacea, a strong and limber grass. Mimosa hostilis root-bark is easily pulverized to a fine powder in a blender, releasing a pink haze. A. First place the grass clippings in the freezer over night. B. Remove them and place the frozen clippings into a blender. Try and liquefy the clippings as much as possible while they are frozen. C. Repeat this process of freezing, thawing, and blending with the plant material several times for best results.

STEP 2: Acidify Water to pH 2:

Take two pickle jars (about 20 ounces each) and wash them in the dishwasher to help sterilize and clean them. Label the jars A and B. Fill Jar A 2/3 way full with water (~15 ounces, or ~500ml filtered preferable.) Pour 1/2 teaspoon (~2ml) of acid into Jar A. Test the pH of the water in Jar A. The pH of the water should read 2 If not, add more water to dilute (5% acidity). There are many sources of acid: (Always add acid into water, not water into acid.) A. Distilled white vinegar (5% acidity, ~2 cups, or 500ml for every 50g root- bark) or lemon juice. B. Muratic acid from pool shop (10ml 30% HCl to 1 liter water is recommended.) C. Reagent grade hydrochloric and sulfuric acid (over-poweringly potent without dilution.) Add powdered root-bark to Jar B. Lab Notes: Proper method of testing pH with pH papers; Use a glass stirring rod (or something that won't corrode with acid) to stir the acidic solution. Dab the pH paper with the stirring rod lightly. To save pH paper, you can cut only a small section of strip for a single test. If a pH meter or pH papers are unavailable there are certain organic sources that produce antocyanines which change color with different pH ranges. Red beats or red cabbage may be used to produce a rough estimate of pH range. This is not always recommended, but it works. To create the indicator solution, blend or grind either red beats or red cabbage. Strain off the juice from the pulp and filter out any remaining plant material. If not enough pigment is found, try extracting more with water from the mushy pulp. If there is too much pigment, simply dilute solution with water. Indicator solution produced has a short shelf life but can be stored in a refrigerator for several weeks.

STEP 3: Convert Alkaloids to Salts:

Using a pipette (or turkey baster) transfer enough acidified water from Jar A into Jar B to cover the root-bark in the bottom of Jar B (~8 ounces, or 250ml acidified water into Jar B.) When the acid reacts with the root-bark, it converts the alkaloids (elf-spice) into salts. To help facilitate this process we can: A. Periodically shake the contents of the jar. This helps more root-bark come in contact with the acid. B. The weaker the acid, the longer it should be heated for. Do not allow evaporation of the liquid inside. Do not boil. Maintain temperature below 50 C or 122 F. Since we are using pickle jars, and not pyrex, they can shatter easily if heated or cooled too quickly. It is recommended using a double boiler with hot (not boiling) water to warm the solution. To cool, simply turn off the heat source and allow the solution to slowly return to room temperature. 1. When using muratic acid, heat the jar for 15-30 minutes. 2. When using weaker acids, simmer the contents overnight. Allow the contents of the jar 24 hours to react the first time. The alkaloids (tryptamines) are converted into salts and become water soluble. Our Egg is now contained in the aqueous solution.

STEP 4: Filtration:
Plug the bottom of the funnel with cotton balls or cotton cloth to create a cotton-filter. Pour the contents of Jar B through the funnel and into Jar C. Squeeze the root-bark contents inside the filter to press out the remaining juices. Save the root-bark that has been caught by the filter and place it back into Jar B. Lab Notes: Whether filtering material through a cotton-filter or a coffee filter it helps if the thinner parts of the solution are filtered first, followed by the mushy and more bulky components (which may clog the pores of your filters as you strain.) The better your filtration, the more rapid and efficient your emulsions, also resulting in a cleaner product. Cotton must be specifically used. Other fibers have the potential to react with our solvents. A tea strainer (wire strain) can be a simple way to separate bulk ruffage. Another way to improve this method is to use a vacuum filter. There are several varieties, the most affordable being a water vacuum filter that attaches to a household faucet. These cost about $30.00 and are very quick, useful and effective.

STEP 5: Collect 3 Extractions:

Repeat the process outlined in STEPS 2, 3, and 4, two more times. The initial extraction is most important. For best results, allow the contents of the jar more time to react during the remaining two extractions. Shake Jar B, 4 times a day, for 1 week before filtering each time through a cotton-filter. Collect the acidic contents in Jar C each time. After these initial 3 cotton-filtration cycles, clean Jar A and Jar B, and dispose of remaining root-bark. After all 3 extraction phases, filter the contents of Jar C again, this time using a paper coffee-filter instead of a cotton filter. A. Place several paper-filters (coffee filters) in the bottom of the funnel. B. Strain contents of Jar C through the paper-filters and into Jar B. C. When finished, clean Jar C. Repeat this process as necessary to remove as many of the particulates from our solution as possible. Lab Notes: The majority of the alkaloids we are searching for will convert to salts in the first extraction phase. The second and third extraction phases take place over a longer period of time. This will ensure that we will be able to extract as many alkaloids as possible from our material. The third phase can be reduced to 1-2 days but will not produce the best yields. Remember, these measurements are all crude estimates.

STEP 6: Defatting:
Next we defat the solution. This is part of standard lab procedure whenever extracting alkaloids of this sort. This process removes the oils, fats, and other unwanted substances from our aqueous solution and also helps with yields. All DMT salts are insoluble in non-polar solvents -- with the exception of DMT acetate -- which is soluble in chlorinated non-polar solvents such as chloroform and DCM. Thus if you are using white vinegar (acetic acid) as your acid, you will need to use naptha or ether to defat as chloroform or DCM would extract the DMT acetate along with the oils and fats, defeating the purpose of this step.When using mimosa hostilis root-bark you may find this step unnecessary, however, any plant material foliage containing chlorophyl it is strongly recommended. To do this we add an organic (non-polar) solvent to the acidic solution. Before using any solvents test a significant amount (~500ml) of the solvent by evaporating it in a dish. This will verify that there are no residues or orders left when evaporation is complete (commonly found in many overthe-counter solvents.) Later in the procedure (STEP 10) you will be evaporating this solvent to leave a smokable form of DMT. Anything your solvent contributes, you may be smoking in the final product. Below are listed several more common organic non-polar solvents. A. Naphtha: Coleman fuel, VM&P naphtha, Zippo, or lighter fluid. Evaporate a small amount in a dish and inspect the residue if you are unsure of it's contaminants. If used for the extraction phase instead of the defatting phase, warm naphtha will extract alkaloids much better than cool naphtha. Naphtha

is considered more selective for catching these alkaloids than DCM. Naphtha rises to the top of the jar. B. Methylene Chloride: Also known as DCM or dichloromethane. Often used as an adhesive solvent for acrylics. Pure DCM can be found in craft stores. DCM must be distilled first from all non-flammable paint strippers beforehand (they contain a paste that holds several unwanted substances.) The paint stripper may also contain methanol (most marine grade paint strippers are 80-90% DCM. Methanol is also an organic solvent. DCM distills at 47 C or 116 F. Pure DCM is best. May cause cancer and blindness. Take necessary precautions. Methylene chloride sinks to the bottom of the jar. C. Ether: Contained in engine-starting fluid purchased at automotive stores. To remove liquid ether from an engine-starting aerosol can, spray the contents of the can down a 12 inch (~30cm) length of 3/4 inch PVC pipe. The ether will condense on the sides of the pipe and fall into the jar, while the inert propellant will be released into the air. Ether is extremely volatile. Ether floats to the top of the jar. D. Chloroform: Chloroform (CH2C12) can be purchased over the internet from arts and crafts warehouses. It has a tendency to be harsh on organics and has a boiling range of 35-65C (95-149 F). Chloroform sinks to the bottom of the jar. It is important to remember what type of organic solvent you use. For our defatting process we will use naphtha. Add to Jar B ~50-100ml (~2-3.5 ounces) naphtha. (Only 10-15% the volume of our acidic solution is enough naphtha for this step. Visualize what 10% of the total of the solution is and add that amount of naphtha into the jar.) Cap the lid on Jar B and shake the contents vigorously for 20 minutes. Set Jar B aside and allow for emulsion (foam, bubbles, solutions, particles, etc.) to separate into two distinct layers (much like oil and water will separate.) This may take ~24 hours (48 in some cases.) The oils and fats will migrate into the non-polar solvent layer leaving our alkaloids in the aqueous solution. Since we are using naphtha, the solvent layer will rise to the top of Jar B. Using a pipette (or turkey baster) remove the solvent layer and discard. Repeat defatting process 2 times. Lab Notes: A separatory funnel is very handy for dividing and eliminating layers of solutions. This device consists of a single chamber with a tapered bottom. On the bottom is a closed faucet. The container is filled with the two solutions and they are mixed. After mixing, the apparatus is set aside until both fluids separate into two distinct layers. The lower fraction of the fluids can be drained via the bottom faucet and into a container for preservation or to discard. A quick separatory funnel can be made by filling a Ziplock plastic baggie with your mixtures, and hanging it from one corner. When the layers have separated, the bottom corner of the bag is pinched and then cut for drainage. It is suggested to test the baggie to make sure your solvents will not melt it.

STEP 7: Prepare to Basify :

In this step we will be preparing the solution for the alkaloids migration using a common organic non-polar solvent. For our solvent we will use warm naphtha (other solvents are identified in STEP 6.) Add to Jar B 100ml (~3 ounces) warm naphtha. Shake the jar for 5 minutes.

STEP 8: Basify to pH 11:

Now we must basify our solution. By doing this we will "unhook" the salt and transform the alkaloid into its "free base" form. The alkaloids will no longer be a salt, nor will they be soluble in water. This allows us to extract them with the organic solvent added in STEP 7. Ammonium hydroxide is normally used, but for our experiment we will be using NaOH found in household lye crystals (Red Devil drain cleaner) and purchased at hardware stores. Lye is very caustic and can react violently. Take the proper precautions when using lye. A good mixture for basifying is 5g (~0.2 ounces) lye mixed with 95g (~3 ounces) water. The reason we dilute the base is to prevent localized pH spikes which will destroy the alkaloids in the area that we are adding the concentrated base. Create a basic mixture as follows:

A. Fill Jar A 95ml (~3 ounces) full with water. B. Slowly add 5g (~1 teaspoon) of lye to water. Shake and mix contents thoroughly. C. Test to make sure pH is ~12. Now using a pipette transfer small amounts of solution in Jar A into Jar B. A. Stir and check the pH of contents in Jar B after each transfer of lye solution until the solution in Jar B reaches a pH of ~11-12. B. Shake the jar but be careful of pressure that will build up inside the jar. Release the lid and vent often! The solution will change a gray color as the alkaloids are turned from acid salts to free base. It may resemble a thick gel. Then the solution will turn black and slippery as you add more base. The jar will heat up during this process. You have now formed the free base alkaloids that are soluble in non-polar solvents.

STEP 9: Emulsions:
As these alkaloids dissolve in non-polar solvent added in STEP 7, an emulsion will form. The strength of emulsion formed is directly proportional to the strength of stirring. Heavy, rapid stirring produces a thick emulsion that takes up to 4 days to settle out. Light, slow stirring over a longer period of time produces and emulsion that separates quickly without affecting the yield. Let the jar sit overnight until the emulsion has separated into two distinct layers. If emulsion has not cleared in 48 hours, try the following: A. Sometimes adding a lot of salt and gentle stirring will make the polar layer more polar and help with emulsions. B. Add more organic solvent. C. Filter solutions again through a cotton filter several times. A paper filter will not work. B. Test and increase the pH. The naphtha will create a thick orange emulsion with small bubbles that sometimes takes over 48 hours to separate. Always wait a few days before trying other methods to break down the emulsion. Keeping the naphtha warm will increase the amount of alkaloids it carries with it during each extraction. To help keep the jar warm, place it in a pot surrounded by warm water. Naphtha floats. If DCM is used for our extraction solvent in STEP 7, we will have a faster resolving emulsion than naphtha (less than an hour in some cases.) The solvent will turn a darker color, usually reddishbrown or yellow. DCM sinks. Allow a minimum of 24 hours for the contents of the jar to react completely. If using methanol allow a minimum of 4 days warmed to room-temperature for reactions to complete. Using a pipette remove the corresponding solvent layer from Jar B and save it in Jar A.

STEP 10: Final Alkaloid Extraction and Evaporation:

Repeat STEP 7 and STEP 9 (in that order) 2 times. Our Egg falls from the basified aqueous solution and into our solvent. The combined solvent fractions from our solvent extractions should now be in Jar A. Pour contents of Jar A into a glass baking dish. Allow for the solvent to evaporate. Evaporation may take up to one week (depending on your solvent.) During this time keep dish with solvent away from heat or open flame. This is the Philosophical Egg of the Philosophers Stone. Expose the Egg to UV Black Light for 7 Days in a sealed Vacuumed jar.. On the 8 day the Stone is ready for consumption. Begin with twenty-five milligrams of the Materia. Lab Notes: After DCM has evaporated your product may contain trace amounts of hydroxide. Some find hydroxide to be unpleasant in the final product. To help reduce this try washing the crystals in water, and letting the water evaporate. Water can be added to the solvent evaporating dish to help carry off hydroxide.
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