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APHOR

I

SIVI

CONC

ERN NG

THE UNTVERSAL SALT OF NATURE

Translated

from

BY:

SIGISI1OND

a German

BACSTRO|VI,

97

Manuscr ipt

lrlD,

17


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curj.ous

Aphorisns

concernlng the UHIVERSAL

SALT

of

NATURE.

copied

fron

a

snal l

octavo

Msc:

rnl

hout

}Iame

comQuaicated to me about 20 years ago

by

Mr,

F.

La

Fouatain.

translated

fron

the

Gernan

Ano.

1797.

l .

fhe

i lealer

of

al l

fnflrnittes

ls

a

Son of the

Sun aad

is

the

Salt

of

Li fe.

2.

lThen

a

pure

Matrix

becones

lnpregnated

wlth

the

prlnclple

of

Life,

tbe

Eealer

of al l

Infirnlt les

is brought

forth.

, .

Tbe

Vlr8lual

Matrlx

canaot

brlng

forth

the

healer

of

Diseases with-

out

tbe

Cei.estlal

prtnclple

of

Llfe.

4.

This

Work

ls

wonderful;

This

Blrth

ls

of a

heavealy

Orlg]-n, although

corporeal.


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5.

The

ch1ld

o'f

the

sun

contains

the

cause

Ileaven

and

Earth

are

enployed

in

lThosoever

knows

r

why

VfRGIN

Mary

fN

A

STABLE,

THE

},IYSTERY

OF

TEE

SOI-AR

aadVo

powers

of Heaven

and

Earth,

be-

i

t

s

pro

duc

t io l ts.

Chi ld,

he

conduc

t

to

6.

The

sweet

Centre

of

Life,

svreet

l ike

honey,

1s

hldd.en

i.n

the

Centre

of

the

subject.

7.

The

sweet

sulpbureous-r'L

of

l lature

is

the

centre

of

Life.

8.

The

Cll l ld

of tbe

Sun

aourlshes

itself

nagnetlcal ly

from

the

heavenly

principle

of

Lj ' fe,

and

is

increased

thereby

1n

power

and,

Virtue.

9.

lThoeoever

comprehends

perfectly

the

Blrth

of

the

sorar

nay

becone

a

happy

nan;

and

1f

he can

KiII,

resuscitate

and^

heavea he rilI obtai.n every .Bressin8 thi.s Life can give.

10.

lhe

soul

orJl-

of

tbe

Ki11ed,

resuscitated

and,

glori f ied

Cbj-ld

of

the

Sun,

is

the

bighest

Med1clne.

11.

The

Solar

Child

ouce

born

nust

be

fed

and

aourlshed,

uati l

he

puts

ON ETS PURPTEROBESANd A CROWN F O O}r EIS HEAD.

|

2.

Jesus

the

Savlour

of

the

world,

was

bora

of

TEE

knows

a

great

nysteryr

and,

nay

also

conprebend,

CHfLDT

which

possesses

the

powers

of

Heaven


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4

13.

Th.ere vas

a

Man who conducted

the

King

of Salts lnto

the

Bath, so

oftenr untl l

he

became

quite

clean,

then

he inclosed hinn

Naked

in a

transparent

Apartnentr

locked

the

Door, and heated the

apartnent

gently,

uatll

th.e

Klng begua

to sweat,

and

at last was

totally dissolved and

became

a

SallaeV and

d,ied.

r

A

aote

in

the nargln

,

viz,.

(process

O

14.

Thls

V

ty

contlnuing

a

gentle

Eeat

passed

through

Varlous

Colours,

untl.J. after a long tl-ne lt becane a flxt

^,

WEITE and RED.

T

15.

The

pure

i.nward

Centre

contains the

greatest

m,ystery;

fa

tbe

Centre

of

the

Eartb

is 1nclosed

the

Treasure

of

this

Llfe.

15.

The

pure

Centre

is

a

tooidng

Glass of

the Onnipotence of God,

there-

fore a true Philosopher does not rest bef,ore he has discovered the Centr

of al1. things.

17-

All

those

that

nake

profession

of,

Medlcine and

Chynistry

ought

to

study

TEE

CENTR

0F

IIATURE and

the operatlons

of Naturel how

tbe

Super-

lus

operates

1n the

fnferius,

and they vrould

attain the

Fouadatlon of

the

genulne

art of hea11ng.

18.

WboEoever

knows

to

open that

powerful

and vlrtuoua

Centre WITE

TEE

RIGET

KEYr {1111 flnd

and

obtaln the

sweet Kernel aad Treasure

of Llfe.


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19.

Xn order

to

obtain the

purest

Centre, l-t

j -s

necessary

to be

provi-

ded WITII TEE RIGET KEY.

Ars aurum

confic lendi .

Art

to

fabr icate

So1.

20.

It ts a very

easy

Thi.ng for

a

true

Phj-losopber

to

produc"

O

,

be-

cauae

he

knows

the

Spern, beginniag

and

generatlon

of@

.

21

O

aad

its.

Spern are

Cbildren

of tbe

Sun, and contaia

Solar

powers

22 .

Gotd, le

cal led

SOL

and

is

of

a. Solar orlgin, and

nust

be

exalted.

aad

brought

to

perfection

by

a

Solar

power.

23-

A true Philosopher knows the Mother of O , 1ts Spern and generation

aad

therefore

is able, by

a

genuine

i-nitatlon

of nature, to

prod,uce

@

in

quanti ty.

24.

Whea he

Sun ls

exalted,

in her

own llouse

(

O

f"

J-2

)

and vrhen he

weather

is

Serlne and

beautlful,

the

Sun slnks and

lnflLences her

power

and.

Virtue

lato a

pure

l,tatr lx,

then fine

@

is

generated.

25,

I f

you

sor the

Spern of

Sun aad

Moon lnto a

pure

Vor

natrlxr)

a

O

ls

generated,

therein.


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26.

rn order

to

generate

@,

a

pure

natrix

aad a

pure

spern or

solar

4 are lequired, aad a suff iclent Digestlon, Maturation and tlxation,

-r

27.

The-n-of

soI

aad

Luna

E calred

srtvER

and

GoLD,because,

n a

proper

subject,

that.JL-

beconee

Sllver

aad

Gold.

ag.

The

sun

geaerates,

by

his

rnfruence

r

29.

Gold

and

its

Sperm.

The

SulphureouE

flery-Gof

the

Stars ls tb,e

renote

Sp].rltual

Spern

of

Metals.

50.

All

Metale

proceed,

fron

oue

Root,

for

that

reason

all

planetary

colours

appear

1n the

g1ass.

31.

Nature

bas

ordalned

Salt

to

be

a

Spern

of metals,

for

that reason

the

Salt

of

Nature

ls called

nlaeral

and,

netalI lc,

becauee

1t contalns

netall ic

nature

1n

poteatla.

0

ls

the

Corporif led,

o f

Metals.

O

t" tbe

Body

of

the

stars,

whose

centrar

S

""A

t" catred

sol,.

,4.

The

purlf led

netall ic

salt caa

be

maturated

into

Gold.

32.

-A-

o the

Stars,

and

therein

is the

Nature

t3.


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t5.

After the

netal l ic

SaIt

has been

dlssolved

lnto

a

Julce, i t

becones

by a proper digest ion and Decoctlon f lna11y a Meta1.

t6-

f f

you

understand

bow

to bo1l

softly

and

naturate the

pure

julce

of

the

Earth,r

you

wil l

obtain

tbat whlch

lt would

have

becone

in

tbe

viens

of the

Earth,

i .u.

O

o"

)

,

but

the

philosopher

canies hls

aatural

process

beyond

that

of

Nature.

3?.

t iVhenever

lfature

desires

to

generate

)

o"

O

,

she nakes

use

of

the

purest

substance

of

l {ature.

38.

fhe

ti ,quo"

@t

AND

SILICUS causes

a vlslb1e

lncrease

to netals,

wher

fron

you

nay

conclude

safely

that

the

l,Ietals

have thelr

orl.gj.n

FROI'I

and

THE

PEBBLE

R FLTNT.

(nargtnal

note- see Grauber and rugll on

srr,rcus.)

Liq.

59.

fa

our

MINER-{L

SALT

ls netal l ic

nature,

therefore

lt caa be naturate

lnto

O

.

40.

The

artist

nakeE

use

of euch

a natter,

which

contains

i-n itself

a

generating

and

nultipryl lg power;

which

power

contron

@

has

not.

4l

.

Art cannot

create

O

r

it

can

only

pronote

the uarlpe

to

Maturation.


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I

42.

The

I' letal l ic

salt

of ,Iature

is

unripe

O,

beeause

it contains

the

J1-of o.

41

Alchynists

seek

ror

@

;

and they

find

$

only, because

they loose

the-*-

,

which

nust

tiage

the body

of

O

.

*

l{ote

-

accordlng

to

Basil lusr@1

is the true

mj.neral

Salt,

never-

th,eress

ia

(E

is

O

and

its-rr-

,

as the

hleroglyphic

charactor

(of

(Er

)

very curiously indicates. S.B,

44.

The-


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50.

Tbe

powers

of the whole

substance

aust

remaia

together,

and must

neither be separated.nor weakened.

51

o

Nature is exal ted

by i ts owa- .n-

o

5L.

If

you

wish to

see the

Body amellorat,ed

by the-n-, tbat-n-

nust not

be

expel led

or forced.

f ron

the

Body.

53.

The-


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58.

To

Bort

is the

wb.ole

Art;

Nature

Borts,

Art l.fusr

Bort

also.

59.

In

our

arti f lcal

boi l iag,

the external

b.eat must

not exceed

the

fn-

ternal.

50'

The

externar

Eeat must

neither

be too

strong

nor too

gentle.

able

The

to

51.

Ileat must be nanagednicely, in such a nanner, that one nay be

suffer

tbe

band

oa

th,e

glass

constantry,

with,out

burnlng

it.

$ature

and

Art eust

ates

without

and

Nature

62.

assist

each

other

to

perfect

tbe

lforks;

Art

oper

rl th1n

the

glass.

63.

The

preparation

ls

perforned

in

a close

Vessel,

that

nothlng

nay eva

orate.

64.

The

genuine

metal l lc

Sal t

can,

by

another

process,

be

perfected

fN

5

DAYS

ato

spirl tual

@

,

aad

be

nad,e

ato a

Tiacture.

(a

Eiat

confirning

l,tR.

GARDENS

peration

ln the

Y

.)

02.

rn

a

certaia

Thlng

is

wIrrrE

and

RED,

I

and

Q

splrltuarry:

turn

the

Ins'i de

out and

the

or.ltside

in .

66.

The

pure

Salt

of

Nature,

which

appears

under

A WHITE

SHINING

IORM,


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l l

is

by

the

sorar

power

brought

to

a

purple

corour,

under

wblch

becones

a

Tlacture

for

nen

and

netals.

67.

$lhosoever

cao

chaage

the

lflbite

into

Red,

dlgest,

boi.l

and

knous

the

Art.

59.

The

Body

of

the

Salt

1s

cold,

the-rr-

ls

flery.

59.

Whoeoever

can

cause

a

ine

Basis)

and

fl

ery

-.G_

,

Forn

it

maturate,

72.

the

External

Eeat

ceases,

the

operation

wlthin

but

wheaever

the

external

Eeat

1s too

great,

the

escape,

bursts

the

glass,

returns

to

the

A1.r,

and

@

le

a

Cold

A

(

atludiag to the COLD,Tranqull Elect: A or

.-5t-

susdj.,

in

the

aninated

Ar)

The_rr-is

flery

(when

noved

or agltated,

becouesd.

)

inclosed

in

the

urriversal

*

Hunidity.

)

70.

RADTCAL

llrON

between

the

cold.

Body

(

the

a1c41-

obtaias

a

nost

porrer

ul

Esserc

€

r

?1.

The

ascendiag--n-tn

the

Vessel,

exctted

by

Art,

le

the

laternal

agert,

who

does

all.

Obeerve

As

soon

as

the glass

ceases

also,

JL-

rithin

rrill

want

to

leaves

the

Body

dead.

75.

As soon

as

tbe

Wb'lte

has

appeared,

ln tbe

glass,

after

Blackness

is

pas

and

whea

you

8ee

that

1t

eubllnes

no

nore,

lncrease

tbe

Eeat

a l l tt le,

and

continue

the

Dlgestlon,

untl I

lt

ls

red.


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The

sureet

theJt-of Li fe

74.

in

the

Cure

of

Diseacesr

the hunan Body, by a pure

way

1n

i

s

,

to

c

oaf

ort

and

strengthen

celest ia l

O

o

sPrRrruAL,

voLATrL,

rlICORp0RrFrED

rrRE

AEREAL

,

which

has

not

yet

corporifed.

,

subl ines

then

into Vapours andA, to be lnpreg-

nanJ-fested

ln the

Splrl tual,

lncorporeal,

aerial

See

AIIREA

CATAITA

OpEnf

.

)

7r.

(thj-s

ls

exactlv

what

BEANME'

NDLAvorsrER

call

puRE

wrALA,

r

calr

it

PURE

A

or

ETIIER

AI\IMATED

that

I-s

ELECTRTA

INCLOSED

BY

rN

l tsel f

upon

an alcal lne

body.

A

deprlved.

of that

Vl ta lA

tnclosed

in

celestial

@ ,

becomes

EIII{rDrTY,

that

1s

sucu

V

m rs

DEAD

AI.ID

NANil4AT

and tberefore iacl ines to becorneputrid imned.iately for waat of t i .fe, l ike

a dead

aainal

Body.

But

ln

ny

opinioa

such

lnanitat"

A or

Eunldlty

is

sooa

lnpregnated

agaia

wj.th

A

,

by

neans

of the

Splrl tua1

Mediun,

tbe

Aerial

@

,

and

that

by

a

perpetual

Circulatioa

of

th.e

Elenents,

A

actlng

ecnstantly

upon

theA

,

and,

by

the

medlun

of

A

on the

V,

an4

by

z "oa

p

upon

the

V,

and

vice

versa

the

ceatra l

A

ln the

Earth

acts

upon

the

Subterraneous

V "

Eated

by

the

Jr-

nundl

O

or

un:Lversal-Jr-

.

Whosoever

has

1t

in his

power

to

strengthen

anlnal

l lature

by

a

pure

celestLaf

Q

r

lray

l ive

to

a

great

Age.

76-

Nothlng

in

llature

ls

so

proper

to cure

dlseases

with,

as tb,at

prlnciple

wblch

Le the

L5.fe

of

al l

things.


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13

77.

By means

of the

Astra1 SaIt,

al l things l ive

on Earth,

because al).

thtngs

receive

Li fe

from theA.

(sendlvogius

says

rr ln

the*

ls a

Secret Food

of

Ll fe.)

?8.

rn

theA

i" tbe-n-and

Food of t1fe, whlch

also d.esceads n Der and

Raln.

79.

The astral Sal t , which ls a heavenly Sal t l is very volat i l , sweet,

whlte,

brl l l iant

l ike

flne

I

,

and

is a sreet

raercurlalJr-.

80.

The

SaIt of

Nature

i-s above,

in the nJ.ddle

and

below;

lt

is 1n

the

zA

,

1o

v

r

in the

v

and

in

all

Things, as

IT CORPORTFIESTSETF WrTE

EUMIDfTY,

'nith

,

with aII

Vegetables,

and

ln

al l Things.

81.

One and tbe

sane

power

aouri-shes

the rhole world,

aad ISOM DEIII

al l

things

Sroirr

ou account

of l ts containlug

heavealy Sa1t, rhich

proceeds

fron

the

Sun and the

Moon.

82.

DEI{ ls a

Spirltual

inpregaated

wlth

Sol

and

tuaa.

gt.

IN DEW re tb,e

powers

of

So1

and

tuna.

(nl,ght

not

DEW

e th,e key

to

open the

@

,

to

putrlfy

and

to regeaerate

it?)

94.

A FIeII

dlgested,

DEW

s

deened,

the best

V

o


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l4

Bj.

TI{E SUPERIUS

E

the Llfe

and nouriebnent

of

the faferLus.

85.

The

Superlus

is

the Llfe,

the

Temestrlal

ls

tbe

Body,

rrithout

the

--6r-

th,e

Body

1s

dead.

8?.

Nothing

ls so

proper

to lnfuse

tbe

un{

versal-ttt-

lato

subJectst

as

the

lswhich

faI l

from

the heavens.

88,

The

celest ial

VS"""

ful I

of

heavenly

porefso

gg.

Tbe

heavenly

salt

in

the

terrestrlal

body

1s a

genulne

power

of

llfe:

the

Centre

o f

the

heavenly

[s"r"

the sa.Be

go.

r,Then

saw

that

tbe

p

lecarne

gradually

thlcker

and

harder,

I

reJolced

becauEe f

kaew

that

I

sbould

flnd

what I

looked

for.

92.

Wh,eatrs-tl-or

the

power

of

Nature

la

thep

ls

becone

a

e

t

1t

ls

already a

Med1cine.

fhe-cr-or

po.rer

in

the

\/

whlch is

a

subtl]

Q

,

ls

not

seen

unt1l

the

V

l-s

become

a sol ld

bodY.

91.

SaIt

ls

a

corpori

f led

-o-

o

gt.

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