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40. The Coelum majus of Parisinus. In Apertorio.
TAke B, that is, red Wine putrify'd, as you know how, put it in a Glass Cucurbit, with its Alembick, and Receiver well luted, and set it in Balneo, wherein must be so much Wa∣ter, as to swim two Fingers above the said Lunaria, and distil gently, and forthwith you will see Veins appear in the Alem∣bick; continue the distillation so long as they appear, and these Veins will be like Tears clear as Cristal, and when Death (Phlegm) comes, which kills the Spirit, the said Veins or Tears will cease, and appear round as Pearls: then take away the Re∣ceiver, stop it, that the Spirit may not evaporate, and set it in a cold place, and so have you separated the Soul (Spirit) of it, tho' it contains a little of its Death yet in it, and thus continue the distillation (the Receiver being now changed) till all the odorife∣rous Phlegm is ascended, and the matter remains like melted pitch, black and thick, which observe not to dry overmuch, but according to the said Signs only: And thus will you have two ferments from our B. beware of revealing to any one this Practice, which we communicate to you under the peril of your Soul, for you would be the cause of much Evil in this World, to be committed by the Sons of Iniquity: put it there∣fore into the hands of Almighty God, who knows the Will of those that live according to his Will, and the triumphant Gos∣pel, for the Glory of which you have extracted the Form out of B, and the same way you may extract from all Individuals Ani∣mal and Vegetable. Cap. secundum significatum, per C.
Take the Soul (Spirit) of it reserved in the cold place, and di∣stil half of it in Balneo, or till the precious Veins cease from as∣cending, rectify yet twice, observing the same Rules, but the third and fourth time, so soon as the Veins appear, leave off di∣stilling, and try whether it will burn a linnen Cloth, if not, re∣peat the distillation till it doth: then cohobate by it self four or six times in Balneo: And thus have you acquired a way fit for the rectifying of the said Matter or Soul, (Spirit) which is of so great Virtue, as not to be expressed by any Tongue, or the Se∣crets,