"This is the Lapis that creates a Quintessence from animals, plants, or minerals. It is the source of all things, as the sages say: "In the beginning, everything was one."
The ancients said that the Lapis comes from Chaos, where all things lay hidden until fire ordered and shaped them. Thus, the Lapis gains its true life through the power of the sun, for light grants it perfection. In this stone lies everything: the four elements and their transformation.
The philosophers state that the Quinta Essentia is the ultimate goal of all art. For it unites the material with the spiritual and grants life. The Lapis itself manifests as something fluid and solid. Born of the union of opposites, it embodies harmony.
Its transformative power is drawn from fire and the heavens. Its origin lies in Chaos, where all things were one. It is said that the Lapis is the bridge between the earthly and the divine.
Connecting matter with the purest essence of spirit. In it, all natural properties are united:
The powers of creation and destruction, growth and decay. The sages state that its essence is the secret of true transformation.
A symbol of rebirth and the eternal cycle. Thus, the Lapis holds the key to the Philosopher's Stone. The source of wisdom and the path to enlightenment. The ancients and later scholars confirm: The Quintessence is in everything, from the elements to the spirit of life."
— Sammelhandschrift mit alchemistischen Texten, Mscr.Dresd.J.345
"This enigma, extracted by the Arab Hamuelide Sadid from Egyptian monuments, presents itself as follows: A man of great age is seen sitting on a raised throne in a temple, surrounded by a crowd of Philosophers, demonstrating two tablets resting on his knees with both hands. In the first tablet are seen three Moons, two of which are full, with two birds between them; the lower bird is without wings, while the upper is conspicuous with expanded wings, leaning over the other and biting its tail, while the lower bites the tail of the upper. In the second tablet are seen three Suns shining with a diffusion of rays, two of which at the top are connected to the one below by their rays. On the sides, ten eagles are seen in the act and habit of flying. The temple or house in which the pictures are seen denotes nothing other than the Hermetic or Mineral World, in which all things are enfolded as if hidden in a certain chaos. The old man, full of majesty and sitting on the throne, denotes Hermes Trismegistus, the first explorer of the Mineral World and the parent of all Philosophers. The crowd of men surrounding the throne on the right and left denotes Philosophers of a dual condition; those on the right denote those who are sufficiently instructed in the knowledge of science and the notice of things, and proceed to the scrutiny of the Hermetic art they proceed indeed, but have not yet reached its perfection due to the difficulty of the work; driven by curiosity, they demand instruction from Hermes so that they may finally arrive at that which they so greatly desire. Those who stand on the left denote those Philosophers who, while not provided with a sufficient store of knowledge, attempt to enter the sublime inner sanctums of such things with their hands, as they say; it is certain that these will never complete the work." - Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Iesu Oedipi Aegyptici. Tomi Secundi. Pars Altera complectens sex posteriores classes, c. 1653