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The Seek for Al·ka·hest Alchemists claim that the primordial or pre-adamic Earth, when reduced to its first substance, is in its second stage of transformation like clear Water, the first being the Alkahest proper. This primordial substance is said to contain within itself the essence of all that goes to make up man; it contains not only all the elements of his physical being, but even the "breath of life" in a latent state, ready to be awakened. This it derives from the incubation of the "Spirit of God" upon the face of the Waters -- Chaos. In fact this substance is Chaos itself. From this it was that Paracelsus claimed to be able to make his Homunculi; and this is why Thales, the great natural philosopher, maintained that Water was the principle of all things in nature. The medieval Alchemists presented these ideas to the world in the form of symbols. Paracelsus declared that man and the universe are composed of "Three Substances" -- Salt, Sulphur and Mercury. Salt referred to the physical form, Sulphur symbolized the inner, energizing principles, while Mercury represented the spiritual essence above the other two. When the medieval Alchemists spoke of the four elements they were really describing the four planes of being -- physical, psychic, mental, and spiritual. When they spoke of transmutation they meant the process by which the lower nature of man may be transmuted into the pure gold of the Higher Trinity. Their Alkahest was the Higher Self, their Philosopher's St
