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Turba Philosophorum

The Sixty-Sixth Dictum
Alchemical trans. Arthur Edward Waite • c. c. 12th century (Waite translation 1896)
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Eximiganus saith: Thou hast already treated, O Lucas, concerning living and concealed silver, which is Magnesia, as it behoves thee, and thou hast commanded posterity to prove jor to experiment] and to read the books, knowing what the Philosophers have said: Search the latent spirit and disesteem it not, seeing that when it remains it is a great arcanum and effects many good things.