Geheimnisse einiger Philosophen und Adepten, aus der Verlassenschaft eines alten Mannes, c. 1780
"It is a hidden stone, buried at the bottom of the fountain,
Vile and cast out, covered in filth and dung."
"The Philosopher’s Stone is a certain Mother of many daughters, one of whom, namely the sixtieth-born, if the Grandfather takes her as his wife and places her at his right hand, will bear a Son, most rich in the Dew of Heaven and the Fatness of the Earth.
Reflect carefully upon this description in your mind."
Emblemata nova, das ist, New Bilderbuch, c. 1617, by Andreas Friedrich
"Lux lucet in tenebris At non vi detur omni"
"The bee diligently seeks honey,
For the benefit of its keeper and as its own food.
But the lazy bumblebees, alas, do not.
Light helps little to the blind."