A Story Worth Telling

It is in the interest of mortals to keep secrets, but it is not in the interest of secrets to be kept.

“The Furnace which is the Keeper of Secrets, is called Athanor, from the immortal Fire, which it always preserveth.”

“The matter of the Furnace is made of Brick, or of daubed Earth, or of Potter's clay well beaten and prepared with horse dung, mixed with hair, so that it may cohere the firmer, and may not be cracked by long heating; let the walls be three or four fingers thick, to the end that the furnace may be the better able to keep in the heat and withstand it.”

“Separate the Earth by Fire, the fine from the gross, gently and with great skill.”

“That which is Above corresponds to that which is Below and that which is Below corresponds to that which is Above in the accomplishment of the miracle of One Thing.”

Mercury, Sulfur, Salt