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collections of Chemistry original: "congeriis Chymiæ" in chapters 7 and 8, he testifies by warning us, and Bernhardus Trevirensis Bernard of Trevisan, a legendary alchemist and others confirm this. They did this so that such a sublime arcanum secret would not fall into the hands of the wicked. Instead, their Cabala secret tradition or oral transmission and Enigmas are understood only by those enlightened by God. Without a master experienced in this art, these things are unperceivable, which is why so few Adepts those who have mastered the Great Work are found in the world. Therefore, believe that there is as much difference between the frenetic chemistry of the common chemists and the true theosophia divine wisdom or theosophy of the adepts as there is between fire and water. In truth, the common chemists understand nothing. They do not know what they are doing in gender, number, or case, nor in the beginning, middle, or end. They disagree on both the matter and the practice, wandering as far from the truth and the right path as the sky is from the earth. Your Excellency will be able to clearly grasp this from this letter, as experience teaches. Because the Philosophers named their matter, and especially this salt, with every name in the world, the common people imagine there are many simple matters. Hence Pythagoras says in the Assembly of the Philosophers original: "Turba Philosophorum" discourse 31: The wise have called that Salt by the names of all the bodies in the world: and they have hidden it under the name of Money, or Copper, Tin, or Gold, Iron, or Lead, and so on, until in its preparation it is moved from that color.

Regarding these innumerable names imposed by the Philosophers specifically on both the body and the spirit, please see the Treatise whose title is: A Methodical Explanation of the Three Medicines of Geber original: "Enarratio methodica Trium Gebri Medicinarum"