76 The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 



resembles gold, seeing that it has grown 

 from the same root, and sprung from 

 exactly the same branch as that precious 

 metal. But just now I am not concerned 

 with Mercury. I have proposed to my- 

 self at present to describe the true origin 

 of Antimony. Nevertheless, what has 

 been said of Mercury is important for 

 the due apprehension of certain ulterior 

 considerations, and for the clearer under- 

 standing of the nature of Antimony 

 itself, which is sprung from the same 

 root as Mercury.* 



Let me tell you, then, that all 

 metals and all minerals grow in the 

 same way from the same root, and that 

 thus all metals have a common origin. 

 This first principle is a mere vapour 

 extracted from the elementary earth 

 through the heavenly planets, and, as it 

 were, divided by the sidereal distillation 



of the Macrocosmos. This sidereal hot 

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* The great question which vexes all the students of our 

 Art : "What is our Mercury?" is here clearly and lucidly 

 answered. Attend carefully to all that Basilius says. Any 

 light that I could add to his brightness would be darkness 

 indeed. 



