12 The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 



age, but of future generations, when we 

 shall be in our graves, and when of our 

 contemporaries, neither king nor peasant 

 will be surviving. This object I pursue 

 not only for the honour and glory of the 

 Divine Majesty, but also in order that 

 men may render to God implicit obedi- 

 ence in all things. 



I have found that in this Meditation 

 there are five principal heads, which must 

 be diligently considered, as much by all 

 who are in possession of the wisdom of 

 philosophy as by all who aspire after 

 that wisdom which is attained in our art. 

 The first is the invocation of God ; the 

 second, the contemplation of Nature ; 

 the third, true preparation ; the fourth, 

 the way of using ; the fifth, the use and 

 profit. He who does not carefully attend 

 to these points will never be included 

 among real Alchemists, or be numbered 

 among the perfect professors of the 

 Spagyric science. Therefore we will 

 treat of them in their proper order as 

 lucidly and succinctly as we can, in order 

 that the careful and studious operator 



