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I am typing this treatise in from 'In Pursuit of Gold' by
'lapidus' (Neville Spearman Limited, 112 Whitfield Street,
London W1P 6DP, ISBN 0 85435 043 8), without permission.
This treatise describes the entire process of preparing the
philosopher's stone. There are three seperate operations
described here: the preperation of the 'secret fire' (the
catalyst or solvent which is used throughout the whole work,
without which nothing can be achieved, but which is seldom if
ever mentioned in any alchemical treatise), the preperation
of 'mercury' (a metallic vapor made from antimony and iron,
said to resemble vulgar mercury (Hg) in appearance, necessary
in the preparation of the stone) and the preperation of the
stone itself.
These operations are not presented in sequence. The reader will
note that the language is allusive and recondite, that several
names are used to refer to the same thing and that one name is
used to refer to several things. This is, however, an exceptionally
c . . .
