This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.

Some children are born from heaven and others are born from hell, because each human being has his inherent tendencies, and these tendencies belong to his spirit, and indicate the state in which he existed before he was born.

Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new... but who can understand and measure its sharp breath, its mystery and its design?

This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.

Determined will is the beginning of all magical operations. It is because men do not perfectly imagine and believe the result, that the (occult) arts are so uncertain, while they might be perfectly certain.

The human body is vapor materialized by sunshine mixed with the life of the stars.

For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones, wines, bread, meat, and everything that grows and thrives in a specific region.