Basil Valentine Revived or the Shining Star of Alchemy

HERMES TRISMEGISTUS, PYTHAGORAS, PLATO, HIPPOCRATES, AVICENNA, LUCIANUS, LONGANUS, RHASIS, ARCHILAUS, BASIL. VALENT[INE], THEOPHRAST[US], RUPESCISSA, AUTHOR OF THE MAJOR ROSARY, ALBERTUS MAGNUS, ARNOLDUS DE VILLA NOVA, GEBER, REINMUNDUS LOLLIUS, ROGGERIUS BACO, ALANUS, THOMAS AQUINAS, SENDIVOGIUS, TREVISANUS COMES, and many others.

Should all these have painted a blue mist before the eyes of posterity; which is in no way to be believed. Regarding the praise and worthiness of the art, Dinheim writes: Whoever has this secret (meaning Alchemy) has an eternal treasure, and there are three things herein to be primarily considered and observed. The unity and steadfastness of the artist, the manual labor, and the freedom of reason, etc. From which one can conclude only that Alchemy is a true art, since it prescribes a certain method and rules to be observed, which GEBER reinforces with the following: The true alchemy of the dear ancients consists not in mere words, nor in knowledge of the letter, or...