The works of the highly experienced and famous chymist, John Rudolph Glauber

by Johann Rudolf Glauber

37. Man, Beasts, Fish and Fowl, and all that lives and grows, draw their life from the Air, onely the Salamander draws his life, and has his Body from the Fire, wherefore also in power and strength he excells all living Creatures.

38. The secret Fire of the Chaldeans, which at all times draws Fire out of the Air, wherewith the Jewish Priests kindled their Sacrifice, as may be seen in the Maccabees, is made of Steel, Niter and Sulphur.

39. When we abstract an Aqua Regia wherein Sol is dissolved from the Butter of Antimony, the Soul of Sol and Antimony comes Bloud-red over the helm, which poured upon a Solution of Lune, the Lune falls to the bottom, and draws the Tincture of Sol and Antimony to its self out of the Water, and the Lune by this means becomes red, and is a Tincture and Universal medicine for humane and metallick Bodies. N. B. The remainder of the Sol and Antimony that did not come over is wholly fixt, and a good Diaphoretick, thus the Souls of the dead, i. e. of Sol and Lune are brought up from Hell. See Nuisement de spiritu & sale Mundi.

40. When in the manner now said with the Butter of Antimony, we bring over the Soul of Mars we get a much higher Tincture than from that of Sol, and in coming over becomes wholly fixt. See my Treatise de 3 principiis Metallorum.

41. In like manner may from the Butter of Arsenick and Lune a white Tincture be brought over the helm, tinging Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn into Lune. N. B. These Tinctures in coming over are fixed by Plato’s Stygian Water, so as to need no further fixation.

42. But if we precipitate these Tinctures of Mars and Antimony with the Solution of Sol, and then edulcorate and dry the same, we by this means do obtain a dry graduating Water, which being molten with any white or red metals makes them yield good Gold, and Lune on the Cupel to the great profit of the Artist.

43. Oil of Vitriol mixed with Sal Armoniack, is also of good use to bring over Tinctures, but not in that quantity as Butter of Antimony.

44. Our dry, sweet universal tinging water dissolves white Pebbles and Crystals, and changeth the same into precious Stones of several colours, excepting onely their hardness, which it cannot communicate.

45. The easiest way to get the Sol or Lune that is in Jupiter, is by casting it upon molten Venus, which draws the Sol and Lune to it self out of the Jupiter.

46. In like manner doth the Regulus of Antimony when in flux readily draw to it the Sol and Luna in Jupiter, and then washing the Regulus with Niter we get the Sol and Luna contained in Jupiter.