Notice, no date (1559), Adam von Bodenstein to the Reader (BP.Bod.1559-03)
| Author: | Adam von Bodenstein |
| Recipient: | Reader |
| Type: | Notice |
| Date: | no date [1559] |
| Place: | Basel |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Quote as: | https://www.theatrum-paracelsicum.com/index.php?curid=2645 |
| Editor: | Edited by Julian Paulus |
| Source: | Adam von Bodenstein, Isagoge in excellentissimi Philosophi Arnoldi de Villa Nova, Rosarium Chymicum, Basel: Gabriel Ringysen 1559, p. 62 [BP.Bod.1559-03]
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| Translation: | Raw translation see below |
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Lectori.
Animus mihi erat scribendi ac huic libello adijciendi extractionem quintæ essentiæ ex Luna, ut nonnihil exercitatis Chymistis, qui hanc summoperè affectant, satisfieret maiori ex parte: uerùm quum nunc philosophorum lapidem, ut reuera est, manifestè descripserim, arbitratus sum, rem satis magnam hac tempestate à me detectam & patefactam esse in communem usum, Et animæ extractionem in aliud tempus differendam.
English Raw Translation
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To the Reader.
My intention was to write and add to this little book the extraction of the quintessence from the Moon, in order to satisfy, to a great extent, the highly interested alchemists who pursue it. However, since I have now clearly described the philosopher's stone as it truly is, I believed that a significant discovery had been made by me at this time and revealed for common use, and that the extraction of the soul should be postponed to another time.
