Alchemy, ancient and modern . nces,and they were wont to repeat the same operation(such as distillation, for example) on the same mate-rial over and over again ; which demonstrated theirunwearied patience, even if it effected little towardsthe attainment of their end. They paid much atten-tion to any changes of colour they observed in theirexperiments, and many descriptions of supposedmethods to achieve the magnum opus contain de-tailed directions as to the various changes of colourwhich must be obtained in the material operated uponif a successful issue to the experiment is J9 The
Alchemy, ancient and modern . nces,and they were wont to repeat the same operation(such as distillation, for example) on the same mate-rial over and over again ; which demonstrated theirunwearied patience, even if it effected little towardsthe attainment of their end. They paid much atten-tion to any changes of colour they observed in theirexperiments, and many descriptions of supposedmethods to achieve the magnum opus contain de-tailed directions as to the various changes of colourwhich must be obtained in the material operated uponif a successful issue to the experiment is J9 The Book of the Revelation of Hermes^ interpreted by Theo-phrastus Paracelsus^ concerning the Supreme Secret of the World.(See Benedictus Figulus : A Golden Casket of Natures Marvels^translated by A. E. Waite, 1893, pp. 33 and 34.) 20 As writes Espagnet in his Hermetic Arcanum^ canons 64 and 65: The Means or demonstrative signs are Colours, successively andorderly affecting the matter and its affections and demonstrative PLATE I
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