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The Philosophical Egg of the Second Perfection is formed from 8
drachms (28.8ml) of Azoth in a 100ml flask, which should fill the flask to
¼. 811 The flask should have a thin narrow neck about six fingers high.
The neck of the flask is hermetically sealed with a rubber bung because if
something has to move the bung will be forced out.
The Azoth, which is analogous to the Compost of the first
Perfection, is made from a mixture (called a Hermaphrodite) of leaf Gold
and Regulus, with the Secret or Sophic Fire of Antimony Trichloride.
The Red Man of the second perfection is Gold. The ratio of the
Hermaphrodite is Gold, 3 drachms (10.8ml), which is 2¼ teaspoons, with
Regulus, 1 drachm (3.6ml), which is ¾ teaspoon.
The alchemist forms the Azoth by adding 4 drachms (14.4ml),
which is 3 teaspoons or 180 drops, of the Secret or Sophic Fire, liquid
Antimony Trichloride from the 1st Perfection (remember, do not add
Nitre to Antimony Trichloride!)
A period called the Rule of Saturn takes 46 to 50 days to form the
Black mass. In the period the alchemist repeatedly dissolves and
coagulates ‘Solve et Coagula’
The alchemist keeps the Azoth at blood heat until it sweats and
there is circulation. Always keep the heat moderate at say 37ºC to 41ºC
but make sure the reaction actually starts. The Azoth of this phase sweats
and the vapors or exhalations rise and fall (i.e. sublimates). When the
sweat returns to the Azoth as rain, it perforates it and the Azoth desiccates
or bursts in a bloody broth. With time, the moist slime changes to a dry
coagulated substance. The alchemists term this ‘Cold plus Dryness’ as
‘Earth’. The Lyon or Toad’s exhalations are the vapors seen in the neck
of the flask. It is at first white, then yellow, bluish and blackish. Yellow
represents the copulation of the man and woman. Some alchemists
visualized the changing colors as a battle between the vapors and the
Earth. They often compared it to two fighting dragons, one with wings
and the other without. It is also likened to the two snakes of Hermes,
which are the conjunction of opposites. Seven or eight successive
volatilizations are necessary. Each follows sublimation.
Some alchemists call the volatilizations Eagles. These Eagles
feed on the Lyon and drip back down on the Earth as dead eagles. In
addition, it is symbolized as a pelican feeding its young with its own
blood. Eventually the Earth puffs-up, fully putrefied.
A phase of calcination begins, which to leads to the black or
Nigredo. The fumes cease. The Earth bursts and reduces into a into a
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