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The Great Art page 90From this first sulphur one makes a second, which one can then multiply infinitely. One must thencarefully preserve this first mine of celestial fire, for the required use.The Elixir, according to d’Espagnet, is composed of a triple matter, namely, of a metallic Water, orMercury philosophically sublimated, of the white Ferment, if one wishes to make the White Elixir, orof the red Ferment, for the Red Elixir, and finally of the second Sulphur; the whole according tophilosophical weights and proportions. The Elixir must have five qualities; it must be fusible,permanent, penetrating, tingent and multiplying; it derives its tincture and its fixation from theFerment; its fusibility from the argent-vive, which serves as the mean to unite the tinctures of theFerment and the Sulphur; and its multiplicative property comes from the spirit of the Quintessencewhich it naturally possesses.The two perfect metals give a perfect Tincture, because they derive their tincture from the pureSulphur of Nature; therefore its Ferment must not be sought elsewhere than in these two bodies. Thuscolour your white Elixir with the Moon, and the red with the Sun. Mercury, first receives thisTincture, and then communicates it. Be careful not to be mistaken in the mixture of the Ferments, anddo not take one for the other, you would lose all. This second Work is made in the same VasPhilosophorum, or in a Vessel similar to the first, in the same furnace, and with the same degrees offire; but it is much shorter.The perfection of the Elixir consists in the marriage and perfect union of the Siccum and Humidum,so that they are inseparable, and so that the Humidum gives to the Siccum the property of beingfusible at the least heat. Proof of this may be made by placing a small quantity of it upon a heatedcopper or iron plate, if it melts immediately without smoke, you have obtained that which you soughtfor.