On Occult Philosophy or the Secret Miraculous Birth of the Seven Planets and Metals

They both remained silent. Then he called out three times: May the light of wisdom be with me and Eurimone. Then a great wind came, in which a human person flew quite nimbly and quickly. He was a servant of the monster, carried two hard stones in one hand, and a torch in the other. He struck the stones together so that pure fire came out; into this he blew with his sharp breath so that the fire gave a flame and could ignite the torch. As this had happened, they made the fire ever greater and blew into it freshly, set a pot made of glass to the fire, and cooked the milk and the honey, and brewed red wine from it. It was so sweet that nothing could be compared to it. With it they fed the goddess Vestæ, and they kept her warm and well covered until her birth. Her body they anointed all around with squill juice juice of the sea onion, which was prepared with vinegar, and they placed a wreath of many colors upon Cœlo, which he wore in honor of the goddess. And as the goddess Vestæ [tasted] the food