Emerald Tablet - volume I
Tis true without lying, certain and most true.
That which is below is like that which is above
and that which is above is like that which is below
to do the miracles of one only thing
And as all things have been and arose from one by the mediation of one:
so all things have their birth from this one thing by adaptation.

Emerald Tablet of Thoth
The necessity of concealing the Art is one
of the chief anxieties of alchemists.
We are sworn to secrecy by heaven and earth
and hell, by the four elements, by the height
and the depth, by Hermes, by Anubis, and by the
howlings of Kerkoros. An oath has been required
of us to reveal nothing clearly to any
uninitiated being.

Emerald Tablet - volume II
Thence is born a spirit white as snow,
and another spirit red as blood, which two
spirits are contained in a third hidden thing.

Emerald Tablet - volume III
Heed my warning or death and decay will follow.

Emerald Tablet - volume IV
The definition of death is the disjunction of the composite,
but there is no disjunction of that which is simple, for it
is one. Death consists in the separation of the soul from the
body, because anything formed out of two, three, or four
components must disintegrate, and this is death. Understand,
further, that no complex substance which lacks fire eats,
drinks, or sleeps, because in all things which have a spirit
fire is that which eats.

Emerald Tablet - volume V
And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt
thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt
thou count to three. No more. No less.
Three shalt be the number thou shalt count,
and the number of the counting shall be three.
Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou
two, excepting that thou then proceed to three.
Five is right out. Once at the number three,
being the third number be reached, then, lobbest
thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards
thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall
snuff it.'

Emerald Tablet - volume VI
Some Alchemists fancy that the work from beginning
to end is a mere idle entertainment; but those who
make it so will reap what they have sown -- nothing.
We know that next to the Divine Blessing, and the
discovery of the proper foundation, nothing is so
important as unwearied industry and perseverance in
this First Operation. It is no wonder, then, that
so many students of this Art are reduced to beggary;
they are afraid of work, and look upon our Art as
mere sport for their leisure moments. For no labour
is more tedious than that which the preparatory part
of our enterprise demands.

Emerald Tablet - volume VIII
Woe unto all ye fools!
How ignorant are ye of this Art, for which ye would die if ye knew it!
I swear to you that if kings were familiar with it,
none of us would ever attain this thing.
O how this nature changeth body into spirit!
O how admirable is Nature, how she presides over all, and overcomes all.

Emerald Tablet - volume IX
In this way, then, Nature generates by means of
this sulphur the different kinds of metals in the
veins of the earth, according to the diversity of
degrees and alterations.

Emerald Tablet - volume X
Take, he tells us, the stone of gold, combine with humour which is
permanent water, set in its vessel, over a gentle fire until liquefaction
takes place. Then leave it until the water dries, and the sand and
water are combined, one with another; then let the fire be more intense than
before, until it again becomes dry, and is made earth. When this is done,
understand that here is the beginning of the arcanum; but do this many
times, until two-thirds of the water perish, and colours manifest unto you.

Emerald Tablet - volume V
The gods appreciate abnegation of rewards when bringing tribute to them.
THE END

Tabula Smaragdina
If all the mountains were of silver and gold, what would
they profit a man who lives in constant fear of death?
Hence there cannot be in the whole world anything better than our
Medicine, which has power to heal all the diseases
of the flesh.

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