Spekülatif Meseleler: İnsanın Birliği ve Maddenin Ruha Dönüşü

But in the former, no more than in the latter, a true union cannot be achieved unless the corruption of the said parts is first removed before their conjunction. Therefore, you must create peace among enemies so that friends may come together as one. In all imperfect bodies—those falling short of their ultimate perfection—friendship and enmity are innate together. If this enmity is removed by human wit or industry, it is necessary for the other to return to its ultimate perfection through the art, which we have explained in the union of man. Separate therefore the parts of each body by fire; cleanse the impure ones; those that are pure do not need cleansing. Mix pure with pure, yet first sublimate the heavier things with the lighter ones; thus will happen what was said above: the fixed becomes volatile, and the bodily also becomes spiritual.