"A Definition of the True Philosophy Our work is one, though it appears as three, for all things arise from a single root and return again to the same source. This art is not achieved by force or haste, but through patience, understanding, and harmony with Nature. The Sun, the Moon, and Mercury are joined in one body, not as separate substances, but as different aspects of the same essence. He who understands how to unite the fixed with the volatile, the body with the spirit, and the visible with the invisible, holds the key to this wisdom. Nature rejoices in Nature, Nature overcomes Nature, and Nature perfects Nature. Thus the work is completed not by many things, but by one; not by confusion, but by order. This is the true path, hidden from the ignorant yet clear to those who seek with humility. Three are One."
