A nimalic R adical M enstruum:

Take a sufficient amount of urine from a healthy person, or as much as

thou willt (at least 2-3 liters?).Let this urine putrefy, at least 14 days, in a
closed essel. !fterwards it is thorou"hly filtered, and we sae the
precipitated #solids# seperately.
The li$uid is su%se$uently "ently distilled in &alneum 'arie, a few drops
of olie oil, or similar is added to preent foamin" and oerflowin".
(hrou"h the heatin", all %acteria are eliminated, sterili)in" the urine.
*irstly "oes oer the actual +pirit of ,rine. -n this stron"ly of ammonia
smellin" li$uid, resides the mikrokosmic mercury, for instance in the form
of the li"htly olatile #.arnsal)e# (+alis ,rinae, i %eliee?)
/e distill until apro0. half of the li$uid has "one oer, and sae our
+piritus ,rinae. -n former times, already this solution was used for many
diseases, internally and e0ternally. -t is to this that !ndreas 1loret)
writes2#+uch powers hide and reside in the human urine, as is hardly to %e
%elieed, nor descri%ed. *or the lun" and the lier, %y 3acheria(?) and
diseases where nothin" else will help, urine shows it wondercurious irtue#.
The receier is chan"ed, and we continue distillin", at a hi"her
temperature, until a%out a third of the remainin" li$uid has "one oer. (his
is our 4hle"ma, which we also sae.
Somewhat later, at een hi"her temperature, "oes oer a sharp li$uid, the
socalled #!cetum !nimale#, the animal ine"ar.
When the, %y now, almost dry residue, is distilled at een hi"her
temperature, one "ets a ery foul smellin" reddish %lack oil. (his forms the
+ulphuric part of the urine, to"ether with the !cetum. !s this oil usually
adheres to the cooler5receier, as a sticky mass, we use 6ust enou"h !cetum
to dissole these salty residues.
What is left in the essel, is now calcined, with the addition of the
precipitate we filtered out in step one.
The purified Salt is cohobated with the Oil, and left to digest in a
closed vessel, for a day, at modest heat.
Then we add the Acetum, and the Phlegma, and let it digest for a further
day.
At modest temerature, we now distill of about two thirds of the liquid.
Cohobate, and repeat.
After twice seperation and cohobation, we now add the Spiritus Urinae.
Finally, we seperatedistill of the liquid, and cohobate, until, ideally
spea!ing, no residue is left in the heated vessel. "ut it is no diaster, if,
after # to $% cohobations, some salt remains, that will not fly over. &o get
a complete volati'ation of the Salts, further artful manipulations are
needed, which will not be elucidated here.
It is recommended to let this (iquid circulate for a while.
&his )i!ro!osmic *uintessence is used dropwise for all internal and e+ternal
maladies, for which urine is indicated, and these are very many indeed.
,specially those, that Paracelsus designates tartaric.
-t is a very personal remedy, attuned to the person, whose urine was used.
-t can be added to other spagyric essence, thereby specificating them to the
user, and heightening their efficacy significantly.
Many Spagyric artist use this preparation daily. -t apparently is much more
efficacious, than unprepared urine.
.ing .halid said/ 0O )orienus, e+plain this still further to me0.
)orienus said/ 01hat more can - tell you2 3or this matter comes from you, who are
yourself its source, where it is found and whence it is ta!en, and when you see this, your
'eal for it will increase. Consider this, and you will find that it is true0.
.ing .halid said/ 0-s any other stone li!e this one !nown to you, by the power of which
the same may be accomplished20.
)orienus replied/ 0- !now no other stone li!e it nor having its powers. 1hile the four
elements are contained in this stone, it being thus li!e the world in composition, yet no
other stone li!e it in power or nature is found in the world, nor has any of the authorities
ever performed the operation other than by means of it. And the compositions attempted
by those using anything else in this composition will fail utterly and come to nothing0.
The Royal society of 1661 clearly relates Urine as the substance of the
Immortal Liqor and the Universal dissolvant.
COLLECT!E C"E#IC
THE SECRET OF THE LIQUOR ALKAHEST.
$uestion.%&hat is the al'ahest (
ns)er.% It is a Catholic and Universal Menstruum, and* in a )ord* may be called
+Ignis-Aqua, a -iery &ater* an uncom.ounded and immortal ens, )hich is
.enetrative* resolvin/ all thin/s into their 0rst Liquid #atter* nor can anythin/ resist
its .o)er* for it acteth )ithout any reaction from the .atient* nor doth It su1er from
anythin/ but its equal* by )hich it is brou/ht into sub2ection3 but after it hath
dissolved all other thin/s* it remaineth entire in its former nature* and is of the same
virtue after a thousand o.erations as at the 0rst.
$.% Of )hat substance is it (
.% It is a noble circulated salt* .re.ared )ith )onderful art till it ans)ers the desires
of an in/enious artist3 yet it is not any cor.oral salt made liquid by a bare solution*
but is a saline s.irit )hich heat cannot coa/ulate by eva.oration of the moisture* but
is of a s.iritual uniform substance* volatile )ith a /entle heat* leavin/ nothin/ behind
it 3 yet is not this s.irit either acid or al'ali* but salt.
$.%&hich is its equal (
.% If you 'no) the one* you may )ithout di4culty 'no) the other 3 see' therefore*
for the 5ods have made rts the re)ard of industry.
$. % &hat is the ne6t matter of the l'ahest (
.% I have told you that it is a salt 3 the 0re surrounded the salt and the )ater
s)allo)ed u. the 0re* yet overcame it not 3 so is made the .hiloso.her7s 0re* of
)hich they s.ea' 3 the vul/ar burn )ith 0re* )e )ith )ater.
$. %&hich is the most noble salt (
.% If you desire to learn this* descend into yourself* for you carry it about )ith you* as
)ell the salt as its 8ulcan* if you are able to discern it.
$.%&hich is it* tell me* I .ray you (
.% #an7s blood out of the body* or man7s urine* for the urine is an e6crement
se.arated* for the /reatest .art* from the blood. Each of these /ive both a volatile
and 06ed salt 3 if you 'no) ho) to collect and .re.are it* you )ill have a most
.recious 9alsam of Life.
$.% Is the .ro.erty of human urine more noble than the urine of any beast (
.% 9y many de/rees* for thou/h it be an e6crement only* yet its salt hath not its li'e
in the )hole universal nature.
$.% &hich be its .arts (
.% volatile and more 06ed 3 yet accordin/ to the variety of orderin/ it* these may
be variously altered.
$.% re there any thin/s in urine )hich are di1erent from its inmost s.eci0c
urinaceous nature (
.% There are* vi:.* a )atery .hle/m* and sea salt )hich )e ta'e in )ith our meat 3 it
remains entire and undi/ested in the urine* and by se.aration may be divided from it*
)hich +if there be no su4cient use of it in the meat after a convenient time, ceaseth.
$.%&hence is that .hle/m* or insi.id )atery humidity (
.% It is chie;y from our several drin's* and yet everythin/ hath its o)n .hle/m.
$.% E6.lain yourself more clearly.
.%<ou must 'no) that the urine* .artly by the se.arative virtue* is conveyed )ith
)hat )e drin' to the bladder* and .artly consists of a )atery Te1as +an
e6crementitious humour of the blood,* )hence bein/ se.arated by the odour of the
urinaceous ferment* it .enetrates most dee.ly* the saltness bein/ unchan/ed* unless
that the saltness of the blood and urine be both the same 3 so that )hatsoever is
contained in the urine besides salt is un.ro0table .hle/m.
$.% "o) doth it a..ear that there is a .lentiful .hle/m in urine (
.% Thus su..ose 3 0rst* from the taste 3 secondly* from the )ei/ht 3 thirdly* from the
virtue of it.
$.% 9e your o)n inter.reter.
.% The salt of urine contains all that is .ro.erly essential to the urine* the smell
)hereof is very shar. 3 the taste di1ers accordin/ as it is di1erently ordered* so that
sometimes it is also salt )ith an urin%aceous saltness.
$.% &hat have you observed concernin/ the )ei/ht thereof (
.% I have observed thus much* that three ounces* or a little more* of urine* ta'en
from a healthy man* )ill moderately out)ei/h about ei/hty /rains of fountain )ater*
from )hich also I have seen a liquor distilled )hich )as of equal )ei/ht to the said
)ater* )hence it is evident that most of the salt )as left behind.
$.% &hat have you observed of its virtue (
.% The con/elation of urine by cold is an ar/ument that .hle/m is in it 3 for the salt of
urine is not so con/ealed if a little moistened )ith a liquid* thou/h it be )ater.
$.% 9ut this same .hle/m thou/h most accurately se.arated by distillation* retains
the nature of urine* as may be .erceived both by the smell and taste.
.% I confess it* thou/h little can be discerned by taste* nor can you .erceive more*
either by smell or taste* than you may from salt of urine dissolved in .ure )ater.
$.% &hat doth .yrotechny teach you concernin/ urine (
.% It teacheth this* to ma'e the salt of urine volatile.
$.% &hat is then left (
.% n earthly* blac'ish* stin'in/ dre/.
$.% Is the s.irit )holly uniform (
.% =o it a..eareth to the si/ht* smell* and taste 3 and yet it containeth qualities
directly contrary to each other.
$.% &hich be they (
.% 9y one* throu/h its innate virtue* the >ulech is coa/ulated 3 by the other* it is
dissolved.
$.%&hat further (
.% In the coa/ulation of urine* its s.irit of )ine is discovered.
$.% Is there such a s.irit in urine (
.%There is indeed* truly residin/ in every urine* even of the most healthful man* most
of )hich may be .re.ared by rt.
$.% Of )hat e4cacy is this s.irit (
.% Of such as is to be lamented* and indeed may move our .ity to man'ind.
$.%&hy so (
.% -rom hence the >ulech* its most 0erce enemy* hath its ori/inal.
$.%&ill you /ive an e6am.le of this thin/ (
.% I )ill. Ta'e urine* and dissolve in it a convenient quantity of salt.etre. Let it stand
a month 3 after)ards distil it* and there )ill come over a s.irit )hich burns u.on the
ton/ue li'e a coal of 0re. ?our this s.irit on a/ain* and cohobate it four or 0ve times*
abstractin/ every time not above half 3 so the s.irit becometh most .iercin/* yet not
in the least shar. 3 the heat )hich /oeth out in the 0rst distillation of the liquor*
after)ards /ro)s sensibly mild* and at len/th almost +if not alto/ether, vanisheth*
and the second s.irit may be .erceived mild* both by the smell and taste* )hich in
the former )as most shar..
$.%&hat have you observed concernin/ the former s.irit (
.% If it be a little sha'ed* oily strea's a..ear slidin/ here and there* 2ust as s.irit of
)ine distils do)n the head of the alembic in strea's li'e veins.
$.% &hat 'ind of .utrefaction should the urine under/o that such a s.irit may be /ot
from it (
.% In a heat scarce to be .erceived by sense* in a vessel li/htly closed* or covered
rather 3 it may also be sometimes hotter* sometimes cooler* so that neither the heat
nor cold e6ceed a due mean.
$.% "o) may this )iny s.irit become most .ers.icuous (
.% 9y such a .utrefaction as causeth a ferment* and e6citeth ebullition* )hich )ill not
ha..en in a lon/ time if the urine be 'e.t in a )ooden vessel* and in a .lace )hich is
not hot* but yet 'ee.s out the cold* as* su..ose* behind a furnace in )inter* )here let
it be 'e.t till of itself a ferment arise in the urine and stirs u. bubbles* for then you
may dra) from it a burnin/ )ater )hich is some)hat )iny.
$.% Is there any other s.irit of urine (
.% There is 3 for urine* .utre0ed )ith a /entle heat* durin/ the s.ace of a fortni/ht or
thereabouts* sends forth a coa/ulatin/ s.irit* )hich )ill coa/ulate )ell recti0ed Aqua
Vitae.
$.% "o) is that s.irit to be .re.ared )hich forms the >ulech of itself )ith a clear
)atery stala/ma3 and also that )hich dissolves the same (
.% Urine .utre0ed for a month and a half in a heat most li'e the heat of horsedun/
)ill /ive you* in a 0t vessel* each stillatitious stala/ma accordin/ to your desire.
$.% >oth every s.irit coa/ulate the s.irit of )ine (
.% 9y no means 3 this second s.irit is observed to )ant that virtue.
$.% &hat doth urine* thus ordered* contain besides the aforesaid s.irits (
.% Its more 06ed urinaceous salt* and* by accident* forei/n marine salt.
$.% Can this more 06ed salt be brou/ht over the alembic* )ith a /entle heat* in form
of a liquor (
.% It may* but art and in/enuity are required.
$.% &here is the .hle/m (
.% In the salt 3 for in the .re.aration of .utrefaction* the salt* bein/ .utre0ed in the
.hle/m* ascends to/ether )ith it.
$.% Can it be se.arated (
.% It may* but not by every artist.
$.% &hat )ill this s.irit do )hen it is brou/ht to this (
.% Try* and you )ill )onder at )hat you shall see in the solution of bodies.
$.% Is not this the l'ahest (
.% This liquor cannot consist )ithout .arta'in/ of the virtues of man7s blood 3 and in
urine the footste.s thereof are observable.
$.% In urine* therefore* and blood the l'ahest lies hid (
.% !ature /ives us both blood and urine 3 and from the nature of these .yrotechny
/ives us a salt )hich art circulates into the circulated salt of ?aracelsus.
$.% <ou s.ea' short.
.% I )ill add this 3 the salt of blood ou/ht so to be transmuted by the urinaceous
ferment that it may lose its last life* .reserve its middle life* and retain its saltness.
$.% To )hat .ur.ose is this (
.% To manifest the e6cellency )hich is in man7s blood above all other blood
)hatever* )hich is to be communicated to the urine +after an e6crementitious liquor
is se.arated from it,* )hence this urine e6cels all others in a )onderful virtue.
$.% &hy do you add urine(
.%<ou must 'no) that to transmute thin/s a corru.tive ferment is required* in )hich
res.ect all other salts /ive .lace to the stron/ urinous salt.
$.% Cannot the .hle/m be collected a.art from the salt (
.% It may* if the urine be not 0rst .utre0ed.
$.% "o) /reat a .art of the )ater is to be rec'oned .hle/m (
.% !ine .arts of ten* or thereabouts* distilled from fresh urine are to be re2ected* the
tenth .art +as much as can be e6tracted in form of liquor, is to be 'e.t 3 from that
dried urine )hich remains in the bottom by a /entle 0re +)hich )ill not cause
sublimation,* let the salt be e6tracted )ith )ater* so that there be as much )ater as
half that urine )hence this feces )as dried 3 )hatsoever is imbibed by the )ater* let
it be .oured o1 by decantin/ 3 let it be strained* or .ur/ed* per deliquium 3 then 0lter
it throu/h a /lass. Let fresh )ater be .oured on* and reiterate this )or' till the salt
become .ure* then 2oin this vastly stin'in/ salt )ith your last s.irit and cohobate it.