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A81166	Mr. Culpepper's Treatise of aurum potabile Being a description of the three-fold world, viz. elementary celestial intellectual containing the knowledge necessary to the study of hermetick philosophy. Faithfully written by him in his life-time, and since his death, published by his wife.	Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.; Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654. Mr Culpepper's Ghost.	1657 (1657)	Wing C7549A; ESTC R231704	57,249	219

intends to imploy his Naturall Philosophy this way namely for the preservation of life and health go learn it of Nature her selfe and not of Aristotle lest he beshrew himself for his pains Let him take notice that the most high Creator of all things hath given commission to Nature to be Princesse both over the Coelestiall and Terrestriall words for as there is a Trinity in Unity in the Godhead and a Unity in Trinity so is there a triplicity also to be found in all his works therefore consider that God hath created a threefold world First Elementary which is lowest in dignity Secondly Coelestiall which is next above that Thirdly Intellectuall which is the highest of all and thrice happy is he that attains unto it 2. Consider that of these three worlds the eternall and onely wise God hath so ordered it by his eternall and unsearchable decree that every inferiour should be governed by its superiour and receive its influence and virtue therefrom For God the first Being and chief Worker of all things governs the Coelestiall world namely the Sun and Moon and Stars and all the hoste of heaven by the Intellectuall world namely the Angels and the Elementary world and all Elementary bodies namely Minerals Animals and Vegetables by the Coelestiall world namely the Stars 3. As there is a Unity in the Godhead so is there also one intire Unity in every one of these Worlds For First in the Intellectuall world there 〈◊〉 one Arch-angel Michael the supreme 〈◊〉 all the Angels Secondly in the Coelestiall world ther● is one Sun the giver of life light and motion to the Creation Thirdly in the Elementary world ther● is one Philosophers stone the Epitome o● all Naturall virtues Fourthly there are three Arts for t● finde out these three Unities their mysteries and divisions 1. Naturall Philosophy 2. Astrology 3. Divinity 1. The Naturall Philosophy seeks after the virtues of the Elementary world and the various mixtures of Natural things in Minerals Animals and Vegetables and here by the way take notice that when at any time we mentio● Animals we do not include Man the ridiculous description of whom was give● by Plato Homo est animal bipes sine plumis A Man was an Animal withou● feathers that went upon two feet fo● which Apish definition he was sufficiently laughed at by Diogenes we account man to be of a far nobler nature the naturall Philosopher moreover inquires into the causes effects times places fashions events the whole and every part of the whole in the Minerall Animall and Vegetable Kingdome and how Nature produceth them by the Elements 2. The Astrologer is or at leastwise ought to be very well versed in every part of Naturall philosophy or else he will hang betwixt heaven and earth as the Papists say Erasmus doth between heaven and hell being not able to reach the one nor get sure footing upon the other from thence he enquires and searcheth the motion and course of the Coelestiall bodies and what effects such motions must naturally produce upon Minerals Animals and Vegetables 3. Then in comes the Divine who being admirably skilled in both these Arts else we conceive him unfit to be a Divine and unfitter to receive tithes and he teacheth what God is what the spirit and soul of man what an Angel is and wh●● Religion is and how a man should glorifie God in his life and conversation Here by the way you see the first reason of the institution of Universities for the first institution of most thing was good corruption came in by time it was questionlesse that people might b● studious in these Arts that so they migh● the better teach others Thus you have in generall what knowledge is requisite for him that intends th● study of Hermetick Philosophy whic● that we may declare more cleerly we sha●● branch it out into particulars and shew how far an Hermeticall Philosophe● ought to be skilled in the knowledge o● these three worlds and let each stand in a Section by it self Of the Elementary World SECT I. HE that would attain to these Arts must first begin at the lower end of the Ladder and so climbe up to the top but let him be sure one foot be fast before he remove the other let him take heed of building his foundation upon falsehoods let him not stick to the Letter what we or others write but let him consider whether it be possible in or agreeable to Nature or not if not there is some mysticall meaning in it which he must diligently search out Also he that would attain the true knowledge of the Elements must begin at generals and afterwards come to particulars and so shall we at this time therefore consider in the generall First that there are four Elements viz. Fire Earth Water and Air by which all things in the Elementary world are generated not by beating o● them together as men beat clay to mak● Tobacco-pipes but after another mos● secret manner as we shall shew you by and by 2. Consider that pure Elements are invisible not subject to our sight that water which we see and that fire which we see is far enough off from being pure but are more or lesse mixed and are often changed into one another by Nature as the Fire is changed into Smoak the Smoak into Air the Air into Water c. as we shall shew you more anon it is but the garment of an Element that is to be seen by a vulgar eye pure Elements are onely to be seen by Philosophers and that by Art 3. If we may make bold a little to deal with Aristotle and his followers in folly they held themselves and also taught others that every Element had two specifical qualities as the Fire was hot and dry the Water cold and moyst the Air hot and moyst and the Earth cold and dry so the Fire was inimicall to the Water and the Air to the Earth but if you are minded to finde the truth you must look for it far another way for these qualities are no way inherent in the Elements themselves but accidentall to Elementary bodies for he that hath but half a grain of Philosophy in him must needs know that pure Elements are temperate else how could they be pure 4. We told you before there was a Trinity in the Deity and if so there must needs be a Trinity in all his works and because there is a Trinity in the Godhead therefore is the number Three a most powerfull number a number of perfection all creatures both in the Vegetable and Minerall world consists of three principles Sulphur Mercury and Sal nay Man himself which is an Epitome of the Creation and bears the image of the Creator consists of three essences Spirit Soul and Body as the Apostle Paul witnesseth in these words That your spirits souls and bodies may be kept blamelesse at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. These three essence● in man answers to the three worlds

and she can add nothing to the food of life if she could a man might live for ever she onely adds to the increase of the body 9 As mans body lives by food so doth the spirit also and consumes the radicall moysture which is indeed its proper food and when it hath consumed that sometimes it consumes the body also as is evidently seene in Hectique Feavers 10 To make this evident by an example No longer then you add combustible matter to the fire no longer will that burn but goes immediately out so soon as that is consumed even so the fine Aetheriall spirit of man feeds upon that fine fatnesse which is indeed its food and in truth his tye to the body of man which is commonly called radicall moysture and when he hath consumed it away flies he as fast as be came and leaves his old Host at six and seavens 11 Then we intreat you to consider and so we have done that if the vitall spirit be not great a little radicall moysture will serve the turne for its food and out of the slack working of them small store of refuse breath and smoke ariseth to make any great need of fresh and open aire to cleanse ●●d feed them as it appears in Flyes which live all the winter without aire but if the vitall heat be great and lively great store of radicall moysture is required to feed it 12 Thus you have the reason as we conceive why Mars was at the first accounted a malignant because he increaseth the violence of the vitall heat and thereby the sooner consumeth radicall moysture to which he is inimicall and so causeth death But to proceed 8 Mars hath also his faults in all Philosophicall preparations and those not a few we shall give them Phisically as we did the former and leave every man to be his own Interpreter and we shall be pretty large in them because they are more subject to Philosophicall operations or at least Philosophicall operations are more subject to them then to the faults of all the rest of the Planets for by his intemperate heat and torrid drynesse he causeth many vices both to the body and mind of man as also to Hermeticall operation which you may easily perceive by what followes 1 Warres 2 Brawling 3 Contention 4 Violence 5 Enmity 6 Disgrace 7 Banishment 8 Losse of Virginity 9 Adultery 10 Sodomy 11 Incest 12 Abortion 13 Perfidionsnesse 14 Anger 15 Rash actions 16 Breaking of Vessells 17 Over heat 18 Impatience 19 Thest 20 Perjury 21 Wounds 22 Mutilation 23 Slaughter 24 Rapine 25 Barrennesse 26 Torments 27 Feavers 28 Wounds 29 Vlcers 30 Burnings 31 Danger by Fire Iron Pride Prating 32 Sentence of the Judge 33 Precipitations 34 Hurt by foure footed Beasts If you doe but consider That Mars can operate no otherwise in the Microcosm then he doth in the Macrocosm the meaning is easily understood CHAP. VI. OF VENUS THe chief operation of Mars in the Common-wealth of Nature is by his heat to prepare and calcine matter for seed which Venus comes afterwards which by her kind moisture makes fruitfull and this is the Morall of those Poeticall Fables of the adultery of Mars and Venus because they are both so infinite necessary both for the making of seed and Generation of man for as Mars by his exceeding heat and dryness tends but little to Generation but burnes rather than cherisheth calcines rather then quickens so Venus being cold and moist tends not at all to Generation without the help of Mars for all Generation is performed by heat and moisture Let us now see a little Philosophically how we can make Mars and Venus agree in Philosophicall preparations and we will give it you onely by a parallel taken from our own bodies therefore be pleased to consider 1 All the quoile and fighting in a mans body which causeth him sometimes to be merrie sometimes sad sometimes loving sometimes hating somtimes joyous somtimes grievous sometimes angry sometimes pleased sometimes sick and sometimes in health together with all the other changes in a mans life proceeds from the fighting and quarrelling of those foure first knowne enemies within him viz. Heat Coldnesse Drinesse and Moisture and he that knowes how this comes to passe in man who is a perfect and compleat Microcosm may easily know how this comes to passe in the world and what the reason is that men fall out and fight and kill one another whereas nature teacheth men to love preserve one another and he that knowes it in the Microcosm or Macrocosm and knoweth it not in Philosophy is not like to be taught by us 2 These foure first Principles or noted Enemies which you will which can never be reconciled if the strength of one of them be never so little greater then the strength of his fellowes he subdues digesteth and turneth them into his owne Nature he eats them up and is strengthned by them 3 But if his unlikes and contraries be equall in power with him and so prove his matches then neither devoureth each other but both stand amazed and dulled and this is that they call an equall mixture of the foure first Principles and by this equall mixture our life and health is maintained 4 For example Fire which is very hot and something dry withall and water which is very cold and moist withall if both these be in equall power in mans body they dull the violence of one another but neither of both can be lost or destroyed but if this water by heat of the fire it being too strong for it be turned into aire then it is partly like the fire and if it be not friendly to it yet at least-wise it is its weaker foe and so yields to it and strengthens the nature of the fire for all Alchymists know that the more aire you give the fire the more fairer it burns but if this aire gets more watery moisture and coldnesse as is clearly seen in misty and foggy weather it will easily overcome the fire and eat him up and that 's the reason foggy weather makes men cough by breathing in a moist aire 5 Now the harmony of the world consists by a consent or dulling of the foure first famous Enemies even as Musick is a harmony made by consent of concords and discords for when this harmony between the foure first Principles is in the least broken they begin to stir and fight and strive for superiority till at last one conquers the rest this is that which in our bodies we call paine and disease 6 At last when one first Principle gets the Lordship and dominion over all the rest he turns them all into his own nature and then the old consent and knot of life is broken lost and spoyled and still goes downward till man return to the earth from whence he came 7 To give you an example of this in a dead man 1 When the breath is out of the body the naturall fire waxeth

World the heavyest of the Elements full of unctious flegm cold and moyst and well tempered with Air. Secondly it is divided into 1. Pure 2. Lesse pure 3. Grosse 1. The most pure Water is Coelestiall yea above the heavens as w● shall shew you more at large in th● third Section 2. The lesse pure Water remains i● the Air being dissolved or distille● into Air by the heat of the centra● Sun 3. The plain and grosse Water remains in its sphere and makes one glob● with the body of the Earth and according to the will of God by th● operation of Nature preserves an● keeps every thing that is subtil the particular way How it doth it we sha● shew you in the third Section Having thus shewed you what Wate● is we come now to shew you wha● its operations are and therefore consider 1. That it is the Menstruum of th● World which penetrating the Air b● reason of the continual distillation of th● central Fire draws along with it a war● vapor which causeth a naturall generation of those things which the Earth as a Matrix is impregnated with for he that is well skilled in the generation of Man cannot be unskilled in the way how Nature generates all things else it is impossible he should because himself is an Epitome of them all for when the Earth as a Matrix receives a due proportion of Seed mixed proportionally with Sperm be the Seed of what kinde soever it matters not Nature presently begins the conception and proceeds without intermission till she hath brought it to perfection and when she hath brought it to perfection she nourisheth it and cherisheth it even to its utmost period 2. The remaining moisture or sperm which is not fit for any generation that is excellent Nature expells to the sides or superficies of the Earth where the heat of the centrall Fire putrefies it and by that putrefaction is generated small vermine and worms 3. We desire you would diligently heed this that the Earth is easily dissolved and purified in the Water ever one that hath but the least skill in A●● chymie knows how to do it but th● Air is congealed in it and radicall● joyned with it but how this is done onl● Philosophers know 4. He that is a reall student in Philosophy may easily see divers wonder of Nature in this Element as it were i● Sperm but it is the best and safe●● course to take that Sperm in whic● the Astrall Seed by the influence 〈◊〉 the Stars is already proportioned b● cause Nature produceth pure things b● the first putrefaction but far mo●● pure and noble by the second These things we thought good 〈◊〉 inform you of concerning the Elementary world wherein you may see First that the Fire preserves th● Earth that it be not drowned and di●solved Secondly the Air preserves the Fir● that it be not extinguished Thirdly the Water preserves the Earth that it be not burnt And thus much for this Section OF THE CELESTIALL WORLD SECT II. Proemium BEfore we begin we desire to premise these few things to all such as are studious in Philosophy and indeed they shall finde them very necessary 1. That these inferiour Elemen● which we have treated of in the former Section have a mutuall sympath● with the Coelestiall bodies viz. th● Sun Moon and Stars and must need have because they are all made out 〈◊〉 one and the same Chaos 2. That they are governed by th● superiour as the more worthy and th● we prove by this argument becau●● this thing which we call obedience is to be found onely in the Elementa● world 3. We desire you to consider ser●ously that motion is the cause of a change both of growing and with●ring both of being born and dying and although the action of movin● shall continue in the generall yet ev●ry particular motion begins and en● in its proper time 4. We also finde out and it is a truth that time it selfe is measured out by motion and that the originall of all motion is in the Heavens and particularly in the Sun by which motion in the Heavens the constant change and conversion of all things out of one thing into another proceeds he hath not lived a Philosopher a Summer and a Winter nay indeed not a day and a night which ignorant of this 5. Consider also that there is no way from the beginning to the end without a mean for there is no passage from Spring to Autumne but by Summer nor from Winter to Summer but by Spring and if you heed it by the eye of reason you shall finde that all changes follow these conversions of time and yeers these conversions of times increase heat and drynesse coldnesse and moysture and both life and death generation and corruption increase and decrease of living creatures comes by reason of heat cold nesse drynesse and moysture 6. If you consider it well you sha●● finde that the Coelestiall bodies tal● them quatenus bodies are not change● nor capable of change till the fina● dissolution but these Elementary b●dies are alwayes changing continually either increase or decrease and neve● stand at a stay and if so as is mo●● certain then of necessity the Coelesti●●● bodies are by nature active and the●● Elementary bodies by nature passive●● and it is that which is active whi●● causeth or produceth alterations in th●● which is passive then it will follo●● the Coelestiall bodies give the form 〈◊〉 all things the Elementary world su●●● ministers matter for this form 7. The truth of this will appear 〈◊〉 we may make such a comparison 〈◊〉 all Handy crast Trades in a Carpe●ter in building houses a Brick-mak● in making bricks a Tailor in stitching garments the Carpenter by his motion hews the timber-log into its proper form the log subministers matter for the Carpenter to work upon the Brick-maker makes the clay into the form of a brick the clay subministers matter to this form the Tailor cuts out and sows the cloth into the form of a garment the cloth administers matter to this form Just so for all the world it is between the Coelestiall and Elementary bodies and can be denyed by none unlesse any be so frantick to deny that to be in the Heavens which is conspicuous upon the Earth or that to be higher in dignity which God hath made higher in place We cannot but admire to see any should be so sottish to deny it as ever saw it rain or knew that the rain which comes from above made the Earth fruitfull 8. All things are moved by the Sun who by moving his owne body moves the Creation and thence comes a continual acting and procreating faculty from thence comes that inbred he●●● both in Animals and Seeds and cause●● them to produce their like which production is either good or bad pure o●● impure small or great according 〈◊〉 the Luminaries receive good or bad● friendly or inimicall Aspects or Raye● from the five Planets for as a Key

luke-warm presently and in a short time is devoured by aire 2 The aire presently waxeth thick cold and watrish putrifies and by putrifaction breeds a Generation of Vermine and presently vanisheth in a watry filth 3 The water waxeth dry and heavie and still dryer and dryer till it be all devoured by earth from whence man set forth at beginning We have now shewed and we hope sufficiently too the Reasons of the opposite qualities of Venus and Mars seeing unlesse they were opposite and equally opposite in the acting and generating of things here below the world could not multiply Come we now particularly to show you what the Office of Venus is in this our Hermeticall medicine 1. We desire you to take notice that you here have the reason why Venus being a cold planet should be the A●●hor of g●ne●ation seeing all generation i● caused by heat and moistu●● The heat of Mars fitteth the Elementary world for her cold and moist influence that so the second production of things by nature might be better then the first 2. As the Celestiall Sun makes use of the heat of Mars to calcine things and fit● them for procreation so the Celestiall moon in like manner makes use of Venus to moisten them that so they may be fitt to generate and that 's the reason the Poets faigned V●nus to be born in the Sea because the Ancients held the Centrall or Terrestiall Moon to be there 3. Considering what an antipathy there is between Mars and Venus and yet what a simpathy they hold one with another in generation you may easily find out the reason of that simpathy and antipathy of things generated 4. If you take notice how all things are bettered by a second Generation and that so palpably or else what need a woman boyl water and Oat-meale to make Pottage what need any man question but that Aurum Potabile yea and the Phylosophers Stone also is attainable 5. As there is one sort of heat wich cherisheth and another sort or measure whch burneth so there is one certaine measure of moisture also to be observed both in generating and nourishing for too much moiture in hermeticall preparations will spoile all for Omne nimium vertitur in vitium this just and certaine meaof moisture Venus by most held to give to the world and therefore she obtained the name of a fortune 6. But as great a fortune as she is held to be she may doe mischeifs enough if not heedfully looked too for she makes mens bodyes very voluptuous cowardly immode●● much given to women and alwayes averse to study unless it be in such bookes as are in sheet● 7 If she must be a fortune because she furthereth Generation then is Mars a fortune as well as she for he adds heat as well as s●e adds moisture he tempers her moisture as well as she tempers his heat 8. However this is true enough that as Magistrates in a Common-wealth leave inferiour businesses to be acted by their Substitutes of which they have divers in Authority under them so in matters of procreation and increase the Sun leaves the matter of heat to Mars and in matter of moisture the Moon leaves it to Venus He that is a Philosopher knowes well enough how by the Sun and Moon to rectifie the errors or neglects of either Substitute and can goe boldly to the Sun and Moon at any time for redresse and shall never be ●enyed Justice 9 And here by the way you may see in what an equal ballance Nature governs things and from thence you may sore a little higher and know what Government is best pleasing to the God of Nature If Kings and Magistrates would Governe so what gallant lives might men live upon Earth But the contrary appearing bids the Sons of wisedome expect and hope for Heaven where all shall be amended To proceed 10 As the Sun gives vitall heat to the Creation which stirres up to action in Generation and the Moon moistens the rayes of the Sun least he should burne rather then comfort end again the Sun heats the rayes of the Moon least they should conjeale rather then moisten Just so for all the world it is betwixt Mars and Venus in respect of multiplication for just as the Sun and Moon generate so Mars and Venus multiply and that Mars and Venus have this multiplying quality appeares in this in that their bodies are nearest the Earth amongst the other Planets And thus much may suffice for this Chapter CHAP. VII OF MERCURY WEE are now come to treat of Mercury and having looked up ●nd downe for him we could not find him which made us think at first he was run away from us as he did from the Alchymist but after we had made a little more diligent search after him we quickly discovered him and then we found he was every where 1 We found him in Gold and then he was ●ure Sol. 2 We found him in Luna and there he was pure Silver 3 We found him in Lead and then he was pure Saturn 4 We found him in Jupiter and then he was pure Tyn c. Whilst we were admiring at his versattill Nature and how volattill he was and yet we had read long agoe in the works of many Astrologers that Mercury assumed the nature of every Planet he was joyned wi●h or aspected to and we understood the letter of it well before but never the mysticall meaning till now which made us conceit that many Histories had Philosophicall mysteries in them But whilst we were deeply considering this in came a company of Philosophers and their businesse was to seek Mercury as we did and because he was so volattile and unconstant making fooles of such as are fooles but alwayes obedient to the Sons of wisedome we resolved to take diligent notice how they caught him and what they did with him after they had caught him And here we saw most wonderfull strange and mysterious things such as it is not lawfull to speak plainly at leastwise till such times as plaine dealingcomes again to be in fashion Yet we shall relate very truly what we saw if they seem Riddles look after the meaning of them as we did you have the same means we had and if you are no idler in Hermeticall studies th●n we have been there is no question but you may as easily catch him as we have done But let us return again to the Philosophers whom we saw searching for Mercury 1 We saw them search for him in the fire and there they found him and calcin'd him with his like and fixed him neither did he once offer to fly away but followed read●ly and did whatsoever they comm●nded him because they went to work with him in a naturall way 2 We saw them search after him in the aire and there also they found him and mixed him with his like in equall weight and proportion there also they fixed him with ease and without any relunctancy and put him in