The transmutation of base matter into gold was never, for the adepts, merely a chemical ambition; it was a figure for the perfection of the soul itself. The laboratory and the oratory were, in the end, one room.
The transmutation of base matter into gold was never, for the adepts, merely a chemical ambition; it was a figure for the perfection of the soul itself. The laboratory and the oratory were, in the end, one room.