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liquid condition nor can it be coagu- 

 lated, unless there are added to it certain 

 other metallic spirits, infused by a wond- 

 rous process into the Mother of Saturn. 

 Without this, Mercury cannot be fixed 

 except by the Philosopher's Stone. 

 Through the mediation of the Stone, 

 indeed, its three principles are har- 

 monized, and it acquires a fusible and 

 malleable body. Only in this way can 

 the volatility of Mercury be permanently 

 removed. 



No animal or vegetable contains 

 anything that can avail to fix Mercury ; 

 the attempt to do this has always ended 

 in failure, because none of these sub- 

 stances have a metallic nature. Mercury 

 is both inwardly and outwardly pure fire ; 

 therefore no fire can destroy it, no fire 

 can change its essence. It flees from the 

 fire, and resolves itself spiritually into 

 an incombustible oil ; but when it is once 

 fixed no cunning of man can volatilize it 

 again. Then everything can by art be 

 made of it that can be produced from gold, 

 because after its coagulation it perfectly 



