Human sciences dissect everything to comprehend it, and kill everything to examine it.

In the holy science of our order all is one, all is known in its entirety and life.

The Trinity--the three elements of matter--are sulphur, mercury, and salt.

Sulphur is of an oily and fiery nature; in combination with salt by its fiery nature it arouses a desire in the latter by means of which it attracts mercury, seizes it, holds it, and in combination produces other bodies.

Mercury is a fluid, volatile, spiritual essence.