On the Hyleal, or Prime-Material Universal or General Natural Chaos

Chapter VII, Section LXII, page 688, [Moller] conjectures he was the
brother of the well-known ChemiatristA physician who treats diseases with chemical and mineral preparations rather than traditional herbal remedies, Conrad Khun-
rath.

Regarding his studies, it ap-
pears he entered into alchemy very young (seemingly as early
as the 11th or 12th year of his age). In this art, he
subsequently received from God the spirit and gift
of discernment—as he mentions in Section VIII of the
following Preface original: "Præfation"—attained through prayer in the
OratoryA place for private prayer and meditation; in alchemy, this signifies the spiritual preparation of the soul and through work in the LaboratoryThe physical workshop; this pairing emphasizes the alchemical maxim "Ora et Labora," or "Pray and Work". Thus, in
this pursuit, he learned to reject the evil and the lies;
on the other hand, he learned to retain the good and the truth.

In this manner, alongside
medicine, he made a profession of the right chemistry;
and because the same had become very suspicious
and hated due to the common trickery of false alchemists,
he campaigned most vehemently against them and dis-
tinguished true science from the false quite precisely.
Indeed, in this confession original: "Confession," here referring to Khunrath’s public declaration of his philosophical and chemical principles, he composed the 10th Chapter
specifically against such deceivers, sorcerers,
and false Chemistsoriginal: "Chemicos"; also in