The Secret Recipe - Don't Tell !

The following is a recipe that is usually kept secret, but it's such a delicious treat I thought I'd share it with those on the journey. Taken from a very old cookbook, Tractatus Aureus de Lapidus Physici Secreto, I'm sure you'll find it easy to prepare.

To prepare the philosopher's stone, we have merely to—

"Take of moisture, an ounce and a half; of meridional redness, that is the soul of the sun, a fourth prat, that is, half an ounce; of yellow seyr, likewise half an ounce; and of auripigmentum, a half ounce; making in all three ounces. Know that the vine of wise men is extracted in threes, and its wine at last is completed in thirty."

How About an Alchemical Riddle

How about an alchemical riddle, could you recognize the true Prima Materia?

Hint: It is to be found everywhere; but if you do not find it in your own house, you will find it nowhere. It is a living substance that can be discovered only in places inhabited by man. It is the only substance from which the Philosopher's Stone can be prepared, and without that substance no genuine silver or gold can be made. In thirty pounds of ordinary mercury, there is usually not more than one pound of the true substance; and a hundred pounds of ordinary sulphur usually contain not more than one pound of that which is useful. It can only be found above the earth, but not below it. It is before everybody's eyes; no one can live without it; everybody uses it; the poor usually possess more of it than the rich; the ignorant esteem it highly, but the learned ones often throw it away. The children play with it in the street, and yet it is invisible. It can be perceived by the sense of feeling, but it cannot be seen with the material eye.