Der gülden Gesundbrunnen

root of the metals, this author treats and reveals the following in his writings on German natural and supernatural things, in the second chapter on page 28: Know that the Tincturwurzel tincture-root and seed of the metals is a supernatural, fiery, volatile spirit of the world. It is a mist, smoke, or cloudy air of a twofold nature, both colored and uncolored mercurial types. This is the primum ens first essence, dedicated and sent down from above. It seeks rest and stillness in the Minera mineral kingdom, where it may cling, rest, and work. When it takes up its seat in the middle vein and is accepted into the powers of the middle property, the formless spirit becomes formal Quecksilber mercury in the first Sphæra sphere. However, the two heavenly substances of fire differ according to their properties. In the second Sphæra Saturni sphere of Saturn the sphere corresponding to the metal lead, the two substances are already formal and can be separated through art, a task entrusted to the intelligent artist. For this reason, the old Philosophus philosopher Isaac Hollandus A famous 15th-century Dutch alchemist. obtained his universal universal medicine from Saturn, in the form of red and white Paradißwasser paradise water. Others have also worked from the Sphæra Jovis sphere of Jupiter tin, from the Sphæra Martis sphere of Mars iron, from the Sphæra Veneris sphere of Venus copper, from the Sphæra Lunæ sphere of the Moon silver, or the sphere of the