Conjunction
THE FOURTH TREATISE OF THE MEANS BY WHICH NATURE ATTAINS HER ENDS
ARISTOTLE in the Book of Origins speaks thus: “SUN and Man create a Man, for the Sun’s force and spirit give life, and the process has to begone through seven times, by means of the Sun’s heat.”
But as the Philosophers in their work have to aid Nature with Art, so have they also to govern the heat according to the Sun, so as to create the before-mentioned Stone, which as well has to undergo seven processes. For such a work requires:
FOURTHLY: The Heat cleanses that which is unclean. It throws off the mineral impurities and bad odours and nourishes the Elixir. In mention of which HERMES advises: Separate the gross from the Subtil, the earth from the fire. Whereof says ALPHIDIUS: The earth can be molten and becomes fire. Thereon says RHAZES: There are several Purifications preceding the perfect preparation, namely, Mundification and Separation.
sun/sol
Seven Stages
