64 The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 



the Sun) is infinitely greater. For it 

 concentrates within itself all the quick- 

 ning power of the Sun, which is the life 

 of Nature. It is the Soul of Gold, and 

 the generative principle of all minerals 

 and metals. I will say more about this 

 wonderful astrum solis in its own proper 

 place. 



In the same way, we must treat 

 Antimony, which has the like operative 

 qualities as the body of gold. I do not 

 now speak of the Star of the Sun. 

 "For," says Antimony, " I know that I 

 must quake and tremble exceedingly 

 before it, and though I greatly excel it 

 in many principal respects, yet, on the 

 whole, I can effect none of those things, 

 which the Star of the Sun, strengthened 

 by heavenly testimony, is able to accom- 

 plish. I do not speak either of the star 

 of Mercury, whose parentage is the same 

 as mine. But as to intense penetrative 

 virtue, I must yield the palm to the 

 Star of the Sun." 



My books and sayings are related to 

 each other by experience, like the metals, 



