“Let the body of the King be very pure, and let it join the purest, and let the Lion be cleansed of the blood of the Wolf, and the nature of the Lion delights marvelously in the tincture of the Wolf, for there is a great affinity and kinship between the blood of one and the other. When the Lion is thus cleansed, and its spirit fortified, its eyes will shine and be as bright as the Sun, and its inner strength will be great and of great benefit and utility for whatever you wish.” - Les dovze clefs de philosophie de frere Basile Valentin, c. 1660