254 PARACELSUS 



The Electrum Magicum 



The electrum magicum is prepared as follows : — 

 "Take ten parts of pure gold, ten of silver, five of 

 copper, two of tin, two of lead, one part of powdered 

 iron, and five of mercury. All these metals must be 

 pure. Now wait for the hour when the planets Saturn 

 and Mercury come into conjunction, and have all your 

 preparations ready for that occasion ; have the fire, the 

 crucible, the mercury, and the lead ready, so that there 

 will be no delay when the time of the conjunction arrives, 

 for the work must be done during the momenta of the 

 conjunction. As soon as this takes place melt the lead 

 and add the mercury, and let it cool. After this has 

 been done, wait for a conjunction of Jupiter with Saturn 

 and Mercury, melt the compound of lead and mercury 

 in a crucible, and in another crucible the tin, and pour 

 the two metals together at the moment of such con- 

 junction. You must now wait until a conjunction of 

 the sun with either one or both of the above-named 

 planets takes place, and then add the gold to the com- 

 pound after melting it previously. At a time of a 

 conjunction of the moon with the sun, Saturn, or Mer- 

 cury, the silver is added likewise, and at a time of a 

 conjunction of Venus with one of the above-named 

 planets the copper is added. Finally, at a time of such 

 a conjunction with Mars, the whole is completed by the 

 addition of the powdered iron. Stir the fluid mass with 

 a dry rod of witch-hazel, and let it cool." ^ 



" Of this electrum magicum you may make a mirror 

 in which you will see the events of the past and the pre- 

 sent, absent friends or enemies, and what they are doing. 

 You will see in it any object you may desire to see, and 

 all the doings of men in daytime or at night. You will 



^ All the above-mentioned conjunctions take place in our solar system 

 in the course of thirteen successive months, but the directions refer to 

 conjunctions of principles contained in the Microcosm of man. 



