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Kofski, Vinzenz · 1699

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Report on the first Tincture
And that is also the true key to all vegetables and minerals, just as they have been called and named by our predecessors, such as Morienus, Aristotle, Raymundus Lullius, and many others, Lapis Philosophorum Philosopher's Stone, or the Stone of the Wise.
Now, where you remove the darkness from your eyes, and understand me correctly, you will find clearly revealed in this, my following chapter, our true unique Materia matter, as true as GOD is, and as I wish to be saved. Therefore, be tireless, and read with diligence because of great compassion, as I have not been able to refrain from sharing it from an eager Christian heart. And know this, that our matter is a single entity, just like everything that is unspeakable, which before the creation of heaven and earth was hidden, invisibly and incomprehensibly, in such a small substance, which is to be considered nothing. Thus, this is and can do, this our matter, which is true, as other philosophers also write about it: The appearance is small, but the hidden nature, which acts upon everything that is in it, which grows up like a large mountain, and all sorts of colors and kinds grow green out of it, for it has in it all vegetables, minerals, and metals with their power and property, also in the complexion. Just as immediately through our putre-