A Brief Guide To The Celestial Ruby: Concerning The Philosopher's Stone And Its Grand Arcanum

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It is easier to make gold than thus to destroy its form; he who so dissolves it may be said rather to coagulate it-for dissolution of the body and coagulation of the spirit are coincident in it. We see, then, that these black and fetid ashes are not to be despised, since they contain the Diadem of our King; your substance will never be white, if it has not first been black. Those foolish sophists who seek it outside the domain of metals will never arrive at any satisfactory conclusion.

Nearly Finished Nearly Finished: This item isn't quite finished, but it's only a step away from completion. A reproach is sometimes levelled at our Art, as though it claimed the power of creating gold; every attentive reader; of our former tract will know that it only arrogates to itself the power of developing, through the removal of all defects and superfluities, the golden nature, which the baser metals possess in common with that highly-digested metallic substance. The time during which this blackness is developed is very long, and so is the time during which it disappears; but it is only for one moment that the blackness neither increases nor decreases: for things find rest only in that which is the end of their being, but blackness is not the end of our substance.

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One of alchemy’s key objectives was the creation of the Philosopher’s Stone, a legendary substance capable of turning base metals into gold or silver. A few of them also indicate that it came in two varieties—a white stone for the purpose of making silver, and a red stone for making gold.But as soon as the highest degree of intense blackness has been reached (there being no idle intervals in our work), that colour begins little by little to yield to another. Sellingantiques have now partnered with Stripe card processing to give you a seamless purchase experience of antiques on sellingantiques. It follows, then, that you must look for the substance of our Stone in the precious metals, since the required combination of elements is not found anywhere else. Please create an account or log in to build a reputation and unlock more editing privileges, and then visit DDO wiki's IRC Chat/Discord if you need any help! Hence all other metals may be perfected into gold, by the aid of our Divine Magistery, which, being projected upon imperfect metals, has power to quicken the maturing process by as much as itself exceeds the standard maturity of gold.

If we say that its nature is spiritual, it would be no more than the truth; if we described it is as corporeal, the expression would be equally correct; for it is subtle, penetrative, glorified, spiritual gold.

But in grade 10, I focused on getting good grades and completing all my maths and sciences to get a good job. It may be objected that the black tincture begins to be extracted as soon as the inward heat is roused, and that, therefore, the colour which appears must be, from the very first, an intense black.

The more you digest the substance at first, the more you subtilize the gross, and blacken the compound. It was also believed to be the elixir of life, and in mystical circles it symbolized wisdom, perfection, and enlightenment. For when the embryo is being formed, great winds arise, which must not be allowed to escape-or else our labour will have been all in vain. This is done in a very short time, on account of the spiritual nature of the agent; it is the true metallic fire, and as a common fire warms even those parts of any object which are not in immediate contact with the fire, so this Elixir penetrates dissolved and melted metals in a moment of time-just in the same way as the virtue of leaven or yeast is brought to bear even upon those parts of the meal which it never reaches.Intelligence +13 Intelligence +13: This item focuses the power of the wearer's mind, granting a +13 enhancement bonus to Intelligence. A body cannot enter a body so as to cause dissolution; but a spirit can enter it, attenuate and rarefy it; and as you seek water, you need water to bring it to light; for every Agent has a tendency to assimilate to itself that which it acts upon, and every natural effect is conformed to the nature of the efficient; hence water is necessary if you would extract water from earth. It dissolves gold without violence, is friendly to it washes away its impurities, and is white, warm, and clear Without our Mercury, Alchemy could not be a science, but only a vain and empty pretence. The true calcination is by means of Mercury, which (being added to gold in due proportions) softens and dissolves the gold, and, by its inward heat, united to outward heat, stirs into action the native heat of the gold, and thus causes it to dry up its humidity into that fine, viscous, black powder.