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s own purposes, theliving soul. l7 This killing of the outward natureof material things was to^ be brought about by theprocesses of putrefaction and decay ; hence the reasonwhy such processes figure so largely in alchemisticrecipes for the preparation of the Divine Magistery. 16 See Benedictus… … SYMBOLICAL ILLUSTRATION Representing theCoction of Gold Amalgam in a Closed Vessel.
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