1 84 The Triumphal Chariot of A ntimony. 



his burning heat, and I fell headlong into 

 the sea ; then, in answer to my prayer, 

 God sent an angel to help me, who bade 

 the waves be still, and caused a great 

 mountain to arise in the midst of the 

 water. I ascended it to see whether 

 there really existed that correspondence 

 between things below and things above 

 of which so much has been said, and 

 whether the stars possess the power of 

 producing things resembling them on 

 earth.* As the result of my investiga- 

 tion I found that what the ancient Doc- 

 tors have delivered to their disciples was 

 God's own truth. Therefore I rendered 

 profound thanks to the Lord of Heaven 

 and earth for His wonderful works. 



To put the matter briefly, I find 

 that all that is dug up from the bowels 

 of the mountains is infused by the stars 

 and celestial bodies, and derives its 

 origin from a certain aqueous vapour, 

 which, after being nourished by the 

 stars for a long time, is reduced to a 



* This correspondence exists, and no one who has the 

 Jeast Alchemistic experience can be disposed to deny it. 



