Essence and spirit

The accomplished man (zhiren) turns his essence and spirit back to what has no beginning, and pleasantly rests in the territory of what has no existence. Like water running into the formless, he overflows into the Great Clarity. Zhuangzi, 89/32/20-22)... 

Man is the most perfect of animals in man there is a union of three parts, these are body, soul, and spirit. Metals also may be said to have a body, a soul, and a spirit there is a specific bodily, or material, form belonging to each metal there is a metalline soul characteristic of this or that class of metals there is a spirit, or inner immaterial potency, which is the very essence of all metals. 

Lavoisier made many more experiments on combustion, and proved that in every case the component of the atmosphere which he had named oxygen combined with the substance, or with some part of the substance, which was burned. By these experiments the theory of Phlogiston was destroyed and with its destruction, the whole alchemical apparatus of Principles and Elements, Essences and Qualities, Souls and Spirits, disappeared. 

ELEMENTUM PARACELSI — is the corruptible and transitory Essence of the World and all therein, which all suffer mutation and are a prey to anxiety and necessity, even until the last day and final consummation of the world. There is also the Essence of Spirits subsisting in a concealed manner in the elements and these are the stars thereof... 

Lemery s chemistry in essence went back to the iatrochemistry of Sylvius. He defined the active principles, i.e. salts, sulphurs and spirits, according to the figure and shape of their particles. Moreover he divided the salts into acids and alkalis. Acids consist of pointed particles set in motion. Alkalis have porous parts so that the acid points can enter the composition and divide whatever opposes their motion. As a result of the acids breaking the resistance of the alkalis a violent ebulhtion occurs. This means that they can indicate each other s presence when combined together. Gradually Lemery s theory was widely accepted and it was beheved that all substances, even the metals, were composed of acids and alkahs. 

These are simultaneously assistant and messenger medicinals. As a whole, this formula is able to supplement the kidneys and boost the essence, astringe the essence and stop loss. It is also able to supplement the heart and nourish the spirit, connecting the kidneys and heart above and below. 

Cholera Tincture. Tinctures of rhubarb, cayenne, opium, and spirits of camphor, with essence of peppermint, canal parts of each, and each as strong as can ue made. Dose, m 5 to 30 drops, or even to CO, and repeat until relief is obtmned, every 5 to 30 minutes. Many lives have been saved by the timely use of this valuable medicine. 

Racheli Yes. This was a fun lecture. You also argued that knowing chemistry is also a journey of Mankind into his material essence, and a process whereby we learn to appreciate the limitations of matter and become its benevolent master, in the spirit of Primo Levi, the chemist and writer. 

Paracelsian alchemists such as Fludd and Franckenberg were the spiritual descendants of the radical Spirituals of the 1540s—1560s who had placed more importance on the Christ-essence in the individual soul, than on the historical Christ. It was the Holy Spirit that had created the new man of St. Paul, through the gift of a state of... 

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