The OPENING of SOL and LUNA.
XXXVI. TAke of the Red Lyon twelve parts, pulverize it well, and grind it with one part of the Calx of fine Gold or Sil∣ver: Put all into a small Bolt-head, set it in Sand to the Neck, which Neck must be very well Luted; give the first degree of Fire for a Week; the next Week the second degree; the third Week the third de∣gree; and the fourth Week the fourth and last degree, to a hissing, so that if a drop of Water fall upon the Sand it may hiss.
XXXVII. Then let the Fire go out, and cut the Glass with a Ring; take the Crystalline Matter, (like a Ring near the Neck of the Glass,) pulverize and grind it with its weight of the Calx of fine Sol, or Lu∣na, as aforesaid; pass the afore-mentioned four de∣grees in eight Hours, to a hissing; open the Glass as before, and take the starry Crown, which is the living Gold or Silver.
XXXVIII. This Living Gold or Silver augment by digestion, with a twelfth part of fine Sol or Luna at a time, as often as you please, or till you have a sufficient quantity of the same: Take of this Living Sol or Luna a small quantity, digest it in Ashes till it changes Colours, viz. towards Red or White Earth: Take then this Red or White Earth, Amalgamate it with Living Gold or Sil∣ver, and Calx; digest again in a Glass Hermitically Sea∣led, till it comes to a per∣fect Redness or Whiteness.