Of the

HYLEAL,

That is /

Tri-material

Catholic In this context, "Catholic" does not refer to the religious denomination, but to the original Greek meaning of "universal" or "general."

General Natural

CHAOS,

Of Nature-conforming ALCHEMY

And ALCHEMISTS,

A Repeated, renewed and well-

augmented Nature-conforming ALCHEMICAL

and orthodox Philosophical

CONFESSION

Profession

OF HEINRICH KHUNRATH OF LEIPZIG.

Lover of Divine Wisdom / and Doctor of both

Medicines. original: "beyder Artzney Doctoris." This likely refers to Khunrath’s status as a physician trained in both the physical medicine of the human body and the "spiritual" or alchemical medicine of the greater world.

O WISDOM OF GOD! original: "O HHOCHMAH-EL!" This is a hybrid phrase using the Hebrew words "Chokmah" (Wisdom) and "El" (God).

To which is added a Heartfelt

Warning / Admonition

To all true ALCHEMISTS,

to guard themselves against the deceptive

pseudo-chemists. original: "Arg-Chymi-sten." Khunrath uses this punning term—combining the word for "wicked" (Arg) with "chemist"—to mock fraudulent alchemists who sought only to make gold through trickery.

A decorative horizontal divider consisting of a row of repeating ornate typographical fleurons.

Frankfurt /

Published by Georg Heinrich Oehrling.

In the year 1708.