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"The Book of Lamspring". A Noble Ancient Philosopher, Concerning the Philosophical Stone; Rendered into Latin Verse by Nicholas Barnaud Delphinas, Doctor of Medicine, a zealous Student of this Art. R.A.M.S. 1977. 29 pages. (LAMSPRING: .doc, .pdf)
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Preface p.2.
Figure I
BE WARNED AND UNDERSTAND TRULY THAT TWO FISHES ARE SWIMMING IN OUR SEA. p.5.
Figure II
HERE YOU STRAIGHTWAY BEHOLD A BLACK BEAST IN THE FOREST. p.7.
Figure III
HEAR WITHOUT TERROR THAT IN THE FOREST ARE HIDDEN A DEER AND A UNICORN. p.9.
Figure IV
HERE YOU BEHOLD A GREAT MARVEL – TWO LIONS ARE JOINED INTO ONE. p.11.
Figure V
A WOLF AND A DOG ARE IN ONE HOUSE, AND ARE AFTERWARDS CHANGED INTO ONE. p.12.
Figure VI
THIS SURELY IS A GREAT MIRACLE AND WITHOUT ANY DECEPTION - THAT IN A VENOMOUS DRAGON THERE SHOULD BE THE GREAT MEDICINE. p.14.
Figure VII
WE HEAR TWO BIRDS IN THE FOREST, YET WE MUST UNDERSTAND THEM TO BE ONLY ONE. p.16.
Figure VIII
HERE ARE TWO BIRDS, GREAT AND STRONG THE BODY AND SPIRIT; ONE DEVOURS THE OTHER. p.17.
Figure IX
THE LORD OF THE FORESTS HAS RECOVERED HIS KINGDOM, AND MOUNTED FROM THE LOWEST TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE. IF FORTUNE SMILE, YOU MAY FROM A RHETOR BECOME A CONSUL; IF FORTUNE FROWN, THE CONSUL MAY BECOME A RHETOR. p.19.
Figure X
A SALAMANDER LIVES IN THE FIRE, WHICH IMPARTS TO IT A MOST GLORIOUS HUE. p.21.
Figure XI
THE FATHER AND THE SON HAVE LINKED THEIR HANDS WITH THOSE OF THE GUIDE: KNOW THAT THE THREE ARE BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT. p.23
Figure XII
ANOTHER MOUNTAIN OF INDIA LIES IN THE VESSEL, WHICH THE SPIRIT AND THE SOUL - THAT IS, THE SON AND THE GUIDE - HAVE CLIMBED. p.25.
Figure XIII
HERE THE FATHER DEVOURS THE SON; THE SOUL AND SPIRIT FLOW FORTH FROM THE BODY. p.26.
Figure XIV
HERE THE FATHER SWEATS PROFUSELY, WHILE OIL AND THE TRUE TINCTURE OF THE SAGES FLOW FORTH FROM HIM. p.27.
Figure XV
HERE FATHER AND SON ARE JOINED IN ONE SO TO REMAIN FOREVER. p.28.