Nicholas Flamel - The Breviary

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THE BREVIARYNicholas Flamel

That is done in the Name of God, Amen. The first step in Wisdom is the fear of God.

FOREWORD. THEORY

I, Nicholas Flamel, Clerk of Paris, in this year of 1414, of the rein of o!r "lessed prince Charles

#I, may God "less, and after the death of my faithf!l companion Perrenelle, remem"erin of her,

I am taken "y fantasy and $oy to %rite in yo!r fa&o!r dear nephe%, the %hole mastery of the

secret of the Pro$ection Po%der or Philosophical Tinct!re, that concede God to i&e for his

insinificant serf, that I did as yo! %ill do if yo! proceed as I %ill tell yo!. Follo%, therefore,

%ith art and !nderstandin the speeches of the Philosophers concernin the secret, "!t yo! don't

take their %ritins to the letter, "eca!se altho!h they can "e !nderstood accordin to the Nat!re,

they %o!ld not "e !sef!l to yo!. Therefore, don't foret to pray God that i&e yo! !nderstandinof reason, of tr!th and of nat!re, so that yo! see in this "ook, in %hich is %ritten the secret %ord

"y %ord and pae the pae, and as I did and %orked %ith yo!r dear a!nt Perrenelle, that I

remem"er so intensely. Th!s, I placed the mastery in this "ook, so that yo! don't foret of the

reat ood that God rants yo! and that (e fa&o!rs yo!. This is so that yo! don't foret, in its

memory, to sin and to psalmodies in yo!r praises and nothin can "e more ade)!ate to cele"rate

s!ch ood e&ent than e*alted sons. Th!s, I %rote this "ook "y my o%n hand, and that it had

destined to the +aint-ac)!es ch!rch, "ein of the said parish, after findin A"raham the -e% 's

"ook, I didn't %ant to sell this for money and I kept it %ith m!ch care to %rite in it the said secret

of the alchemy in letters and characters of my imaination, for %hich I i&e yo! the key. Take

care, therefore, of maintainin it secret and don't e&er foret to keep in silence and remem"er me,%hen I am in the s!dari!m, remem"erin that I prepared s!ch doc!ment, so that yo! "ecome

yo!rself a reat master in philosophic alchemy, "eca!se this is my pleas!re, desire, comfort and

fantasy to rant yo! s!ch secret.

Th!s, do like I did and make kno%n that I am of ad&anced and decrepit ae and e&erythin in

hono!r of God and Ch!rch helpin the poor needy %ido%s and orphans like I ha&e to this ho!r

fo!nded rents and hospitals and decorate d t%entyt%o ho!ses of God in loyalty and de&otion.

Th!s listen to yo!r doc!ment and place it deep in yo!r heart and do not di&ere from the path of

the tr!th. Th!s, keep secret this mastery, prey and in&oke the (oly +pirit enlihtenin o!r

intentions and o!r spirit in s!ch a %ay to %ork Alchemy in the path of Nat!re.

THEORY OF FLAMEL

I am oin, therefore, to "ein yo!r doc!ment "y clear and f!ll sermon so that it doesn't conf!se

yo!r !nderstandin, "efore tellin some thins on the practice of %ork. I %anted to "rin yo!,

thro!h the theory, to kno% %hat is the alchemy, that is to say, the science of con&ertin metallic


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"odies in old and perfect sil&er, &estin health to the h!man "odies and transformin rocks and

stones )!ickly in tr!e and precio!s /ems0. This kno%lede, has no other similar one that e*ist,

and "y it is constit!ted an art %itho!t parallel, that is to say, Philosophic, "y %hich is made a

!ni&ersal medicinal "ody con&ertin +at!rn, ars, -!piter, oon and erc!ry in p!re, clear,

"rilliant, limpid +!n and of the colo!r of this mineral, "!t still "etter than any metallic old and

that incl!de in itself the &irt!e and the po%er to heal all illness, ad&ance the de&elopment of any&eeta"les "efore its term and of transformin all stones in diamonds and r!"ies. +!ch art and

mastery is made "y the %ay of Nat!re, "y the appropriate reime of fire and "y the ind!stry of

the operator. Proceedin in e&erythin %ith the nat!ral reason of !nderstandin, little "y little

yo! %ill finish the %ork if yo! ne&er et tired of cookin %ith patience, %itho!t an*iety.

Th!s so that the philosophical %ork may "ein, %hich is on the co!rse of Nat!re, as an

!nderstandin man, yo! sho!ld seek t%o main intentions2 the first is the riht !nderstandin of

the thins that I %ill tell yo!. 3eca!se me, %ell "efore to %ork and to "ein the s!ita"le %ay, as

an !nderstandin man, had already the !nderstandin in the nat!re of merc!ry, s!n and the

sat!rnia, as I said in my "ook %here is enra&ed the ill!strations that yo! %ill see in the cemeteryarches. &en so, I %as retained for more than t%entythree and a half years in tryin to con$!ate

the moon, that is the )!icksil&er, %ith the s!n and to e*p!rate the dres of the s!n and the

seminal moon, a deadly poison "eca!se I didn5t kno% the aent or the medi!m to !se in

fortifyin the erc!ry, "eca!se, %itho!t this medi!m, it is as &!lar %ater, it cannot dissol&e the

moon, the s!n or, as yo! fortify %ater, this merc!ry is fortified in the same manner so that later,

"y force of manip!latin and %ork, finally I disco&ered in the fo!rth and fifth lea&es of my "ook

of A"raham.

For this reason, the second intention is to kno% ho% yo! sho!ld fortify this merc!ry thro!h the

metallic aent, %itho!t %hich is not possi"le, in another %ay, to reach the inner of the s!n and of

the moon, the ones %hich, "ein hard, they cannot "e open %itho!t the s!lph!ro!s spirit of the

old and of the moon. Th!s, it is necessary to proceed "y ha&in them "e toether %ith the

metallic aent, that is to say, the royal sat!rnia and then after, fortify the merc!ry "y the

philosophical art so that, then, this dissol&es in li)!e!r the s!n or the moon, remo&e the

sinificant dres of its p!trefaction. 6no% that no other form e*ist nor mastery of %orkin in this

art "esides the one that I i&e to yo!, %ord for %ord, %hose %ork is not easy to accomplish and

thorny in disco&erin, if it "e not ta!ht as I tell yo!, "eca!se the +!n and oon are &ery hard

"odies that cannot "e totally opened e*cept "y the merc!rial spirits fortified "y %ays and

philosophical proced!res. &erythin else is false and ind!ces to fail!re and deception as I

%orked in reat displeas!re, for a lon time, and %itho!t that proced!re, the merc!ry stays cold,

hydropic and earthy and is %itho!t plenty of force in that case to penetrate deep in the &iscera ofthe t%o perfect "odies +!n and oon. If the merc!ry is not pre&io!sly %armed !p %ith the

metallic s!lph!ro!s fire, its soft %ater o!t of its "ody and has not re$ected its faecal and "lack

earth, it is still &!lar merc!ry. In that state, penetratin in their %om"s and they in he5s, they

take in astral life, ro%th and &eetation, they "ecome ali&e, $!st as they %ere in the rocks of the

mines. 3y this %ay is made the con$!ation of the philosophical s!n, moon and of the merc!ry,

"!t not the &!lar ones and not in any other %ay. 3!t ho% can the merc!ry "e fortified like this7


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Ponders, in first place, that no other %ater, "esides the merc!ry, e*tracts the +!lph!r of the

metal's %om", in a %ay, that %itho!t it, in the "einnin, in the middle and in the end, none can

open nor do anythin that is ood, "eca!se it is the attracti&e &irt!e, made acti&e, that makes

e&erythin and "ecomes enross %ith the s!lph!r, $!st as the s!lph!r li&es of it.

What yo! see of the mines, %ater of dry s!lph!ro!s &apo!r and merc!rial %et &apo!r is made allmetals, "eca!se, one and other lo&e each other and attract a con&enient nat!re to itself, that is to

say, the nat!re p!rs!es its nat!re, and ne&er in another %ay do proceed the instr!ment of the

Nat!re, e&en in the art, "eca!se one lo&es its companion as the female attracts the male to

herself, re$oicin from time to time, as %hat yo! see in &ery clear and racef!l enra&in in the

imae of the Fo!rth ill!stration, %here I displayed the yo!n merc!ry %ith the cad!ce!s and the

horri"le serpents aro!nd the old stick that he holds in his hand2 "eca!se, %itho!t this, I ne&er

%o!ld kno%n the hermetic merc!ry, %hich %e compose "y the art and philosophical ind!stry of

the metallic s!lph!r and merc!ry, in the first preparation.

Take care in !nderstandin my %ords, %ritten %ith honesty and of oodfaith in yo!r intention,dear and lo&ed nephe%, so that yo! don't fail and "e to God for the sal&ation of my so!l and !se

it in the %ay of fairness of o!r ood God, to %ho I "e that, from no% on, rant yo! health of the

"ody, !nderstandin, intention, $!dicio!s %ill, rectit!de and heart loyalty. 3elie&es firmly that the

%hole art of the ind!stry resides in the philosophical merc!ry preparation, since in it is

e&erythin that %e intended and %hat intended the old saes and that !s, $!st as them, ha&e

nothin less to do than to prepare it %ith the s!n and the moon, "eca!se, %itho!t it, nothin

e*ists in the %hole m!ndane sphere that can prod!ce the said philosophical and medicinal

tinct!re. The nat!ral art is in learnin ho% to e*tract of it the li&e and spirit!al seed contained in

its &iscera and "o%els %hich seed is the matter so praised "y the saes in their %ritins and

"ooks, %hich affirm, %itho!t artifice or fallacy, that the matter of the m!tati&e tinct!re of the

metals in old is one and only and dissol&es tr!ly e&erythin %itho!t falsification or deception,

altho!h they say nothin of its preparation. This one lies in these three only, no%here else,

"eca!se in other metallic "odies it is not as ood, it is &itiated and spoiled, %hile, here, it is p!re,

a!thentic and tr!e.

8"ser&e then, that one thin doesn't i&e anythin if it doesn5t possess it, and "y conse)!ence,

seek only the s!n and the moon, as %ell as the merc!ry ela"orated "y the philosophical art,

daintily prepared, that doesn't %et the hands, %hich metal is in itself a s!lph!ro!s metallic so!l,

that is, the ineo!s liht and, so that yo! don't stray of the riht %ay, seek the metals, and there is

the said s!lph!r enclosed daintily indeed, almost similar to the s!n. 9o! %ill find it in to ca&es

and depths of the ones that are made of iron, of old and of "rass /is it "rass or copper0, that is tosay, the s!n almost p!rest from one to the other, and if yo! are a%are, s!ch s!lph!r has the po%er

to dye the h!mid and cold moon, that is fine sil&er, in p!re yello% and ood old, "!t it is

necessary that it "e done "y the spirit!al medicine, that is to say, the key that disco&ers and opens

all metals that I %ill tell yo!. No%, think a"o!t %hich mineral is a thief that eats e&erythin

e*cept the old and the moon, that t!rns ood this thief, "eca!se %hen it has them in its %om",

them it is ood and capa"le to prepare the )!icksil&er as I %ill teach yo! in its time.


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PRACTICE

Th!s, do not de&iate from the riht path and refer to my other e*planations. +oon after, %ork in

the practice that I %ill s!rrender to yo! on "ehalf of the Father, of +on and of the (olly +pirit,

Adora"le Trinity. Amen.

9o! %ill seek, first, to take the first"orn child of +at!rn that is not the &!lar, : parts, of the steel

sa"re of the %arrin God, 4 parts. akes these to r!"ify in a cr!ci"le. When it is red and melted,

po!r inside the : parts of +at!rn, as I told yo!. This %ill eat the other )!ickly2 clean &ery %ell the

faecal dres that arise to the top of +at!rnia %ith nitre and tartar, for fo!r or fi&e times. It %ill "e

ood %hen yo! see an astral sin like a star o&er the re!l!s.

Th!s, of old is made the key and the chopper that opens and c!ts all metals, "!t a"o&e all, the

s!n, the moon and merc!ry, all of %hich he eats, de&o!r and keeps in its %om". 9o! %ill ha&e

this %ay the riht enineerin and !nderstandin if yo! %orked as is riht, "eca!se this sat!rnineis the tri!mphant real her" "eca!se it is the moon, and the little imperfect kin that %e promote

to the deree of reat lory and hono!r and is also the )!een, that is to say, the moon and the

%ife of the s!n.

Th!s, it is male and female and o!r hermaphrodite, that is the merc!ry and is the real %ork in

imae of the se&enth leaf and first ift of -e%ish A"raham, %hich is t%o serpents aro!nd a stick

of old, as yo! %ill see in this "ook that I made myself in my fantasy, in the "est %ay that I co!ld

represent, for discernment and as philosophical doc!ment. Take care, then, in ettin a ood

s!pply and pro&ision, "eca!se it is necessary that yo! o"tain a lare amo!nt, 1; or 1< po!nds or

more, if yo! %ant to %ork in many operations.

9o! %ill marry, then, the yo!n merc!ry, that is to say, the )!icksil&er %ith the philosophical

merc!ry sat!rnial, so that, thro!h it, yo! can enco!rae and fortify the said common )!icksil&er

"y =, and e&en 1> to 11 times %ith the a"o&ementioned aent, called key or sa"re of sharp steel,

so that it c!ts efficiently and penetrate in the "ody of the metals. When yo! ha&e accomplish this

mastery, yo! %ill possess the do!"le or triple %ater, painted in the ?ose"!sh imae, of the "ook

of A"raham the -e%, %hich trickles from the "ase of an oak tree, that is to say, of o!r +at!rnia,

that is the key, and precipitate itself in the a"yss, as affirms the said -e%, meanin in the recei&er

that is attached to the retort throat, %here %ill fall the referred do!"le merc!ry, "y art of a

proportionate s!ita"le fire.

3!t here it meets a rie&o!s thorn, impossi"le e&en to %ork if God doesn't re&eal the referred

secret or a master doesn't transmit it, "eca!se the merc!ry does not con$!ated %ith royal

+at!rnia %itho!t a thin that is occ!lt in the riht art and to "e e*amined as to ho% it is made and

ho% it %orks, "eca!se if yo! don't kno% ho% is made the &alo!r and peace %ith the mentioned

)!icksil&er, yo! %ill find nothin that is %orth. Th!s, dear and "elo&ed nephe%, as I don't intend

to hide anythin, so I to tell yo! e&erythin %itho!t keepin anythin and to sho% yo! as yo!


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sho!ld disco&er correctly, step "y step, %hat is necessary in this philosophical mastery, therefore,

I %ill tell yo! that, %itho!t s!n or the moon, the said %ork %on't "e profita"le to yo!. 9o! %ill

make the old man or &oracio!s %olf, eat old or sil&er, in %eiht and meas!re, as I %ill tell yo!.

Pay attention to my e*planations so that yo! don't make mistake and fail as it happened me in

this task. (o% is it then that yo! i&e to eat the old to o!r old draon7 ?eflect on this %ith ood

sense, "eca!se if yo! i&e little old to the melted +at@rnia, it %ill open &ery %ell, "!t the)!icksil&er %on't take life here an inconr!o!s thin that it %on't "e !sef!l, in that I %orked

m!ch, f!ll of sadness, "efore findin the correct %ay of doin. +o, if yo! i&e it to eat a lot of

old, it %on't "e so open and disposed, "!t it %ill a"sor" the )!icksil&er soon and "oth %ill "e

con$!ated in paste. Boes as yo! sa% me do. Notice that it is necessary to handle e&erythin

accordin to the %eihts that I tell yo! "eca!se %itho!t that yo! %on't %ork in yo!r profit, "!t in

yo!r detriment, remem"er it. There is the fo!nd proced!re. +eal the secret, "eca!se it is

e&erythin and ne&er %rite it on paper, nor any other thin that one can see %ritten, "eca!se %e

%o!ld "e the ca!se for the damae of the profane !ni&erse. +o I transmit it !nder the riid secret

of the secret of the conscience, for the lo&e that I ha&e for yo!.

Take parts of fine clean and p!red old :, 1> to 11 times only "y the &oracio!s %olf and then

after 11 parts /;> in Alchimie de Flamel, +a&ary editions, p.;D0 of the +at!rnia, and melt it in a

cr!ci"le. When they are melted, po!r in the of fine old, melt "oth and stir %ith a "!rnin coal.

9o!r old %ill react a little. Po!r it on a mar"le, po%dered, %ith 1; of )!icksil&er. ake them as

"!tter or cheese "y mi*in and tossin one and another, here and there, from time to time,

%ashin %ith clean tap %ater, !ntil that the %ater comes o!t clear and the mass seems clear and

%hite /yo! %ill do like this %ith the melted moon0. Then is made the con$!nction %ith solar

+at!rnia. As soon as it is like "!tter, yo! %ill take the mass that yo! %ill dry slo%ly %ith a thin

cloth, %ith m!ch art. (ere is o!r lead and o!r mass of old and moon, not the common, "!t

philosophical. No% place them, in a ood refractory m!d retort, prefera"le of steel, after in an

o&en, and i&e it fire, heatin !p little "y little. Adapt a s!ita"le recei&er to the retort for t%o

ho!rs and &i&ify the fire so m!ch that the merc!ry passes to the recei&er. This is the merc!ry or

%ater of the "loomin rose"!sh, the "lood of the innocent ones in the "ook of A"raham the -e%,

"ein the %ater of the philosophical old and of the moon. 9o! can "elie&e that this merc!ry ate

a little of the 6in's "ody and it can dissol&e %ith m!ch more po%er the other, after it "e more

co&ered %ith the +at!rnia "ody.

9o! %ill ha&e, like this, one !p a step or echelon in the stair%ay of the art. Take the faeces o!t

of the retort, melt them in a cr!ci"le to stron fire, e*tractin the %hole sat!rnine smo, and

%hen the old melted is clean, inf!se inside, as the first time, t%o of +at!rnia. Then is the s!n I

inf!sed in the said faeces m!ch more open than the first time, and as the merc!ry is no% moreacid than "efore, it %ill ha&e ac)!ired m!ch more strenth and &io!r to scr!tinise and, so to

speak, to de&o!r it and to fill its %om" little "y little. Pay attention, dear nephe%, to the derees

of the art of Nat!re and of the ?eason, so that yo! arise "y the echelons at the hihest le&el of the

Philosophy, that is on all the co!rse of Nat!re and that %o!ld ha&e ne&er fo!nd if I didn't

transmit to yo! this mastery. Therefore, "less the Eord for he ranted me to i&e yo!, "eca!se

%itho!t this, nothin %o!ld ser&e yo! to %ork, as some do %ith damae of sa&ins, infinite


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sorro% and %orks, an*io!s &iils and depressin concerns. Bo then, as from the first times,

marry the e*tracted merc!ry already mentioned, ro"!st in rad!ation, rindin and mi*in, so

that it e*tracts the %hole "lackness, and dry as I told yo!. P!t e&erythin in the retort as a"o&e

and do no more or less as yo! ha&e done, d!rin t%o ho!rs to entle and appropriate fire, after

stron and ood to force the merc!ry o!t and to the recei&er. 9o! %ill ha&e the merc!ry m!ch

more ac!te and yo! %ill ha&e reached at this moment the second step of the philosophicalechelon.

Contin!e to %ork as yo! ha&e "een, thro%in the sat!rnine +on in con&enient %eiht, little "y

little, handlin %ith discernment, no more or less, as yo! did in the "einnin, !ntil yo! reach the

tenth step of the stair%ay. ?est then. 9o! already possess the said ineo!s and ac!te merc!ry,

f!lly enrossed of male s!lph!r and of the &io!r of the astral salt that proceed of the deepest

ca&es and &iscera of the old and of o!r sat!rnine draon. 3elie&e that I %rite yo! thins that no

Philosopher ne&er said or %rote "efore. It is the %onderf!l cad!ce!s of %hich all +aes talk

a"o!t in their "ooks, affirmin that he alone has the po%er of accomplishin the %hole

philosophical %ork. Their statements are tr!e, as I disco&ered alone %hen %orkin %ith thismerc!ry, $!st as yo! can et, if it is yo!r fantasy, "eca!se this one and no other, constit!tes the

close nat!re and the root of the all metals. It is a"o!t possessin this merc!ry, and no other

li)!e!r, as think some inorant and fools that don5t reflect that these metals are made of the

li)!e!r that the referred merc!ry red!ces, dissol&in in li)!e!r the s!n and the moon, in order to

prepare nat!rally and simply the philosophical tinct!re or the pro$ection po%der, capa"le of

transm!te all metals in s!n and moon, that some think ha&in mastered %hen they possess this

proper celestial merc!ry, "!t fail reatly in this, facin displeas!res "efore pickin the rose, for

lack of !nderstandin.

It is tr!e that if they kne% correctly the proportions and the fire reime, they %o!ld not ha&e a lot

of effort and they co!ld not o %ron, altho!h they %anted it, "!t in this art it is like this the

%ay of %orkin. Eisten and try to do as I teach yo!. 8n "ehalf of God yo! %ill take, then, of

yo!r animated merc!ry ; or 4 parts as yo! %ant, p!t in alone into a closed matrass or %ith t%o of

solar +at@rnia, "ein one of old and t%o of +at@rnia, e&erythin amalamated as "!tter,

caref!lly and %ith de*terity, %ash, clean and dry. Close the top %ith ood %a*, that is to say, the

l!te /+AE0 of %isdom. Place this confection, as does the sittin hen o&er its es. Eea&e the

merc!ry like this prepared to follo% its co!rse for some days, that is, d!rin 4> or D> days !ntil

yo! see formed %hite or red s!lph!r of philosophical s!"limate in the &ase, %hich comes from

the rays of the said merc!ry. We pick this %ith a feather, "eca!se they are the li&in old and

sil&er "orn o!t of the merc!ry itself.

TURN OF WHEEL

Take no% the %hite or red s!lph!r, rindin it in a lass or mar"le mortar, %ettin it %ith the

third part of its %eiht of the merc!ry, from %here it %as e*tracted "y s!"limation, said s!lph!r

ha&in arise from the p!trefaction of the merc!ry. ake a paste of "oth like "!tter, po!r this


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mi*t!re in a closed matrass on the o&en, %ith appropriate and entle fire of ashes, as the

philosophical !nderstandin, cook !ntil the merc!ry has transformed in s!lph!r. B!rin this

coction, yo! %ill o"ser&e a s!rprisin thins in yo!r &ase, all of the colo!rs of the %orld, %hich

yo! cannot admire %itho!t ele&atin yo!r heart to God, in action of thanks to s!ch hih ift.

When yo! arri&e to the red p!rple, har&est it, "eca!se the alchemic po%der is ela"orated no% andcapa"le of transm!tin any metal in fine, p!re and limpid old, that yo! can m!ltiply "y %ettin,

as yo! did, rindin %ith ne% merc!ry, cookin in the same &ase, same o&en and same fire. It

%ill "e a m!ch shorter operation, ho%e&er, its force %ill ha&e ten times more po%er. (ere it is

the complete mastery to the merc!ry, that some don't "elie&e to "e tr!e "eca!se they are deaf and

im"ecile and !na"le to prod!ce s!ch %ork.

If yo! %ant to %ork "y other %ay, take fine old, three parts in fine po%dered or in &ery %ell

laminate sheets, prepare a paste %ith = parts of yo!r philosophical merc!ry, %hich is o!r moon.

Place it in an o&al matrass to the o&en, &ery %ell closed, and apply &ery stron fire, as to keep

the lead in a li)!id state %itho!t to sit or to coa!late, "eca!se then it is the riht %ay ofre!latin the fire reime, and yo!r merc!ry, that is yo!r philosophical %ind, it ascend and oes

do%n on the "ody of the old, that de&o!rs little "y little and that transports in its %om".

Cooks so m!ch that the old and the merc!ry don't ascend and o do%n anymore and stay "oth

cop!lated and ha&e cons!mmated the peace and the areement amon the t%o draons, that are

fire and %ater !nited. No%, yo! %ill ha&e in yo!r &ase a "lack face, as dissol&ed pitch, %hich is

the mark of death and p!trefaction of the old and the key of the %hole mastery. ?es!scitate and

reenerate these t%o "y cookin for 4> days, and don't "e annoyed soon their %ill appear se&eral

m!tations, s!ch as the colo!r "lack, rey, reen, %hite, orane colo!r and, finally, a red like

"lood or of crimson poppy. Worry only a"o!t this last one, "eca!se it is the tr!e s!lph!r, finished

and yo! possess the alchemic po%der. I %on't tell yo! the $!st term, "eca!se it is a f!nction of the

%ork of the la"o!rer, ho%e&er, yo! cannot fail if yo! do %hat I teach yo!.

MULTIPLICATION

If yo! desire to m!ltiply the stone or po%der, take one part of it and soak it %ith t%o parts of

yo!r animated merc!ry, cook as yo! did in the matrass after yo! ha&e done a soft paste %ith

them, in the same o&en and in the same fire. In less time the second term of the philosophical

%heel %ill "e accomplished and the po%der ac)!ires ten times more po%er than in its first "irth.

ake it t!rn aain or as m!ch as yo! %ant, and yo! %ill ha&e concl!ded the treas!re %itho!t price, the "est that e*ist in the %hole %orld, "esides %hich yo! cannot aspire more. 9o! possess

health and %ealth if yo! !se it as yo! o%e. 9o! ha&e the treas!re that rants all the m!ndane

happiness and that me, poor r!ral nati&e of Pontoise, did and accomplished "y three times in my

ho!se of the street of scri&ains, &ery close to the chapel of +t-ac)!esdela3o!cherie and that

me, Nicholas Flamel, rant yo! for the lo&e that I for yo! and in hono!r of God, for its Glory and

praise of the Father, of the +on and of the (oly +pirit, and the sacred Trinity, to %ho I "e that,


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startin from this moment, ill!minate yo! and lead yo! on the %ay to the tr!th and of the liht as

%ell as of the sal&ation %ay. Amen.

THE FERMENT

Pay attention, no%, in the ood form of %orkin, to raise or ele&ate the philosophical paste and to

force and increase it "y means of the s!ita"le and philosophical ferment. 9o! %ill take three parts

of fine po%dered old and si* parts of animated merc!ry %ith a part and half of red s!lph!r.

ary these inredients toether, rind them in a lass mortar like "!tter or cheese, place this

composition in a closed matrass to the fire like the hen heat. B!rin the cookin, don't et tired

and yo! %ill see a %onderf!l thin, that the h!man comprehension is s!rpassed and cannot ar!e

nor deny, s!ch is "ea!tif!l the %ork of the nat!re %ith its m!tations %hich re&eals itself in all

colo!rs that dale as they o"sc!re the handler's eyes so intensely that there is nothin in this

%orld that can do the same. Then, in s!ita"le time, yo! %ill o"ser&e that yo!r &ase %ill contain

red in&iorate po%der, of like "lood colo!r $!st as p!rple. (ere it is complete the art of the philosophical alchemy, indeed, s!ch a rand miracle that is incredi"le. Bon5t h!rry to say that

yo! possess this m!ndane treas!re and kno% that it c!res all diseases see e&en all infirmities that

can5t "e c!red "y any doctors e*cept "y the philosophical doctor. Th!s, it %ill transm!te any

melted metal in the cr!ci"le, "y the in$!nction of it e&en on "oilin merc!ry, in fine, p!re, clean

and colo!red old and resistant to the %hole $!dement of men, of the fire, e&en of the lead and

of the &oracio!s %olf, a thief that snatches e&erythin "esides it, "!t still "etter, it transforms

stones and mineral crystal or rocks in fine r!"ies.

TO PRODUCE FRUITS OF THE SPRIN IN THE WINTER

9o! can still make another thin, this is, if yo! %ant flo%ers and fr!its in the cold of the Winter,

dissol&e rains of the referred red po%der %hen it comes o!t of the &ase in 1> pints of %ater of

l!ke%arm de% and %ater s!ch tree or flo%er that yo! %ant, placin them inside yo!r home or

co&erin them %ith stra% or hay and yo! %ill see, in little time, a s!dden and %onderf!l

&eetation and ro%th %hich %ill s!rprise yo! &ery m!ch.

WAY TO USE THE MEDICINE

In order to inform yo! as ho% yo! sho!ld !se this medicine for the health of yo!r "ody and ofyo!r memory, notice that %hen yo! ha&e the po%der o!t of the &ase it is crimson red, yo! sho!ld

dissol&e some rains in %hite %ine or a)!a&itae, !ntil that the %ine is colo!red, $!st ilded,

"eca!se it is the riht mark. Bon't fear to i&e it to the sick 1; or 1D drops in %ine, "roth or other

li)!e!r and they %ill "e c!red as "y miracle. Bon't e&er "oast of ha&in done that, "eca!se men

are e&il and en&io!s, %hen !na"le of doin the same as others. Th!s, so that yo! maintain the

daily health, take : drops of it, dissol&ed and ilded, in fo!r seasons of the year, that is to say, in


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;; of arch, -!ne ;;, +eptem"er ;; and Becem"er ;;, in the li)!e!r that yo! prefer. Hsin it as

I teach yo!, yo! %on't ne&er s!ffer of illnesses and yo! %ill en$oy a happy life, f!ll of health and

of %ealth, yo! %ill "e master of the %hole nat!re, "eca!se yo! %ill possess more precio!s

stones, old and sil&er than princes and kins.

HOW TO MA!E THE PRO"ECTION POWDER

STARTIN FROM THE ELI#IR

(ere in this proced!re. elt in a cr!ci"le 1> o!nces of fine old and thro% in it, on the melted

old, one o!nce of the red po%der. Eea&e in &ery stron fire for t%o ho!rs, remo&e the cr!ci"le,

let it cool, "reak it and yo! %ill see in the "ottom a red lass, that is the e*alted old, tr!e and

royal po%der capa"le of transm!tin all metals in p!re old, "etter than the one fo!nd in the

mines. 9o! can, like this, dispose of reat fort!nes, that e&en the kins cannot et %itho!t

ac)!irin it from other. Proceed, therefore, dear nephe%, like me, "y helpin the poor, o!r

"rothers in God, to ornament o!r ?edeemer's temples, to free of the prisons many capti&edetained for money, and the ood and loyal !se that yo! %ill do %ith it %ill lead yo! on the %ay

to lory and eternal sal&ation, in God's mansion, that I, Nicholas Flamel, %ish yo! on "ehalf of

the ternal Father, of ?edeemers' +on and of the (oly +pirit Ill!minator, (oly sacred and

adora"le Trinity, Amen.

Grind the red lass and po!r it in a kept closed in matrass and %hen yo! %ant to make ood old

startin from the lead, tin, "rass, sil&er or merc!ry, make them to melt in a cr!ci"le and p!res

them there, e*cept the moon and the merc!ry $!st as soon as they smoke, thro%s on or 4>

po!nds of this merc!ry, or of the others that I spoke to yo!, D or rains of m!ltiplied po%der

and %rapped !p in %a*. 9o! %ill "e s!rprised to find them transm!ted in old. The faeces iss!ed

aside from the said metals, pass e&erythin to the ashes, place it on the f!rnace and, if they are

too red and po%dery, melt sil&er and thro% on the red mass rinded, or, if yo! prefer, marry it

%ith the merc!ry, place e&erythin on the f!rnace, and +at!rn, -!piter, ars or +!n, erc!ry and

oon %ill "e fine, soft and colo!red as s!its. ?emem"er to i&e thanks to God.

There is the %hole mastery that I release to yo! %itho!t omittin anythin, my dear and "elo&ed

nephe% of my so dear %ife Perrenelle "lessed in God. Amen.

Note that the first im"i"itions of the red po%der, one part transm!te a h!ndred parts. 8ne second,

tho!sand parts2 of the third, ten tho!sand2 of fo!rth, a h!ndred tho!sand, al%ays stroner, thin

that cannot "e !nderstood if yo! don5t see it %ith yo!r o%n eyes.

+o, if yo! intend to make a lot of old, dear nephe%, %hich is ne&er ad&isa"le "eca!se it can

"rin incon&enience and damae, p!t a one h!ndred tho!sand o!nces of )!icksil&er in a reat

iron ca!ldron to stron fire. When it is hot to smoke, ha&e already prepared one o!nce of scarlet

po%der of the fo!rth im"i"itions, %rap it %ith %a* as a small "all and thro%s it on the said

)!icksil&er smokin. The smoke %ill disappear )!ickly. Acti&ate the fire and soon it %ill chane,


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part in mass and part in po%der of yello% old that yo! %ill melt in a cr!ci"le and yo! %ill drain

in mass or inot and yo! %ill e*tract of this %hole merc!ry a"o!t ::,1=> o!nces of p!re old, of

!n"eata"le )!ality, that %ill !se as yo! find "est. (ere yo! are, dear nephe%, m!ch richer than all

the kins, "eca!se yo! %ill ha&e more than they and than they can dispose in entire m!ndane

kindom. 3!t yo! make old little "y little, %ith pr!dence, %itho!t re&ealin anythin to

any"ody and %itho!t e&er tr!stin anyone.

+o it is that I !nmasked yo! the treas!re of all the treas!res of this %orld that I had and made

%ith my o%n hands %ith my so dear and "elo&ed companion Perrenelle. Hse, therefore, of this

treas!re on "ehalf of the Father, of +on and of the (oly +pirit, so that yo! li&e %itho!t concerns,

rich in this %orld, and ha&e the palm of lory in the 6indom of God, that I %ish yo!. Amen.

NB

LOSSARY

A+H?+ 8F WIG(T

Sc$%&le 8ld %eiht meas!re correspondin to 1,;:.

$ai' Weiht meas!re correspondin to >,>4.

$os eas!re of e)!i&alent %eiht for

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