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https://ia903202.us.archive.org/33/items/TheBookofAquarius/The Book of Aquarius.pdf

 In Chapter 5 titled The Powers of the Stone

"let not him who desires this knowledge for the purpose of procuring wealth and pleasure think that he will ever attain to it. [...] Those, therefore, that desire this Art as a means of procuring temporal honour, pleasure, and wealth, are the most foolish of men; and they can never obtain that which they seek at so great an expense of money, time, and trouble, and which fills their hearts, their minds, and all their thoughts. For this reason the Sages have expressed a profound contempt for worldly wealth (not as though it were in itself a bad thing, seeing that it is highly commended in Holy Scripture as an excellent gift of God, but because of its vile abuse). They despised it because it seemed to hinder men from following the good and the true, and to introduce a mischievous confusion into their conceptions of right and wrong."

The Sophic Hydrolith, Or, Water Stone of the Wise, by Anonymous, 17th

Chapter 6 Disbelief

"doubt is the first stage of knowledge"

A Subtle Allegory Concerning the Secrets of Alchemy, by Michael Maier, 1617 AD (?)

"6. Disbelief

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doubt is the first stage of knowledge

A Subtle Allegory Concerning the Secrets of Alchemy, by Michael Maier, 1617 AD (?)

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The Art of Alchemy has been a secret since the beginning of our recorded history, and so there have always been many people who simply don't believe in it. This is of course made worse by the obscure way in which the alchemical books are written and the fact that the alchemists have wanted to remain hidden, and so never openly revealed themselves or their works to the world. This book is the first exception in probably 12,000 years. Disbelief stems from not understanding (ignorance). Anything which is not true cannot be understood, that is, it does not make sense. All true things must make sense. All true things must be in accordance with what we know about Nature and the universe, that is to say that they are natural. Nothing true can be unnatural, because Nature is everything, and so nothing is outside of Nature. Things that cannot be understood do not exist, they are lies, and therefore against Nature. All things that exist are in accordance with Nature, so all things that are true are in accordance with Nature."

"There are people who can read this book and not understand it, but the reason for this is not that what is written here is too complicated for these people, but that it is too simple for these people. The disbelievers are so inflated with their own egotistic vanity that they are unable to see truth even when it walks right up to them and slaps them across the face. These are the same people who walk around claiming to understand quantum theory, string theory, etc. even when the inventors of those theories claimed not to fully understand it themselves (they are models - not truths.)

The only argument against alchemy is therefore ignorance. But whatever you believe, it doesn't change the truth."

"Seneca (De Moribus): "You are not yet blessed, if the multitude does not laugh at you." "