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shows a modernized representation of an alchemical diagram from Paracelsus book 'De Secretis Creationis' (posthumously published in 1575). On the upper right the pages from the original book, on the lower left the translated schema with points and lines added (by Frater Archer (DE)).

Below are the four elements, and above one might say the spirit world, with below the formed lower spirit world (the three lowest layers sometimes called continents, ocean and atmosphere; for earth, water, and air), in the middle the warmth or creative akasha layer sometimes called secret or spiritual fire (see Spectrum of elements and ethers), and above the unformed higher spirit world containing the seeds of higher worlds.

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