The meaning of that principle is too wide and elusive for it to be given any one name, so in the terminology of ancient science it was given a number, 1,080. “The water beneath the Temple was both actual and metaphorical, existing as springs and streams, as spiritual energy, and as a symbol of the receptive or lunar aspect of nature. Mercurius: The Marriage of Heaven and Earth Enslave me and I am a dangerous enemy command me and I will make you mad give me life and you will die.” Obey me and I will be your servant free me and I will be your friend. If you find the way to raise me up again, you will find the philosophical sulphur, that is, the Red Stone and Elixir of Life. If you find the way to slay me you will find the philosophical mercury of the wise, even the White Stone beloved of the Philosophers. I am the spirit of metals, the fire which does not burn, the water which does not wet the hands. I am the one thing necessary for the whole Opus. For I am the watery venomous serpent who lies buried at the earth’s centre I am the fiery dragon who flies through the air. But I give you fair warning that unless you seek the true philosophical gold and not the gold of the vulgar, unless you heart is fixed with unbending intent on the true Stone of the Philosophers, unless you are steadfast in your quest, abiding by God’s laws in all faith and humility and eschewing all vanity, conceit, falsehood, intemperance, pride, lust and faint-heartedness, read no farther lest I prove fatal to you. “Know this: I, Mercurius, have here set down a full, true and infallible account of the Great Work.
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