The blessed Ramón Llull says: “Thus,

you will have a perpetual treasure that

you can increase indefinitely and with

which you will carry out the Work to

infinity.”

And now behold the grand mystical

page, which those who have not

completely freed themselves from

concerns about contingencies and the

noise of men's opinions cannot read

or understand.

Have you driven from your soul all

sensations that could introduce imbalance and disturb your astral

serenity?

Are you sufficiently prepared to begin acting effectively in the

immaterial?

If so, train yourself to gather your animic and psychic forces. Coagulate

them, give form to each of your thoughts, strengthen them by precisely

shaping them and making them concrete in your spirit.

They are numerous, but they escape you because you do not know how

to master them.

Guard yourself from losing your head, from letting this precious

substance flow, from scattering it on useless and vain notions.

On the contrary, determine exactly the thoughts on which you want to fix

your attention: eliminate and reject all the others.

Then gather, like a bundle, your voluntary thoughts, and consecrate them

verbally, with energy and will, and you will accomplish great things.

Arnau de Vilanova calls this process the angle of the Work. Therefore,

collect carefully the Pelidor water, which is of a budding green color.

Transmute the Dead Waters into Living Waters, prepare the resurrection

of Hermes’ bird.

At this point, above all you need to purify your intentions and your heart:

that your will be directed only toward good.

Be on guard, my Disciple, in this phase you face a very great danger. Any

evil desire you emit will turn against you; do not spare yourself the

impediments by uttering the formula of cursing against those who are

the cause, because their vow is sinister, irreparable, and once spoken, it

always comes to pass.

Power is not given to you for vengeance. Do not go astray: remain on

the Royal Way, the Way of the Absolute, and not the dark path.

Suppress the unhealthy eruptions of your agitated mind; do not pact with

the Malign. Reject infernal daydreams and morbid cogitations.

What you ardently seek is the Philosopher’s Sulfur, the Sulfur that

illuminates all bodies because it is light and dye; beware that you do not

find yourself where Asmodeus seduced Aisha.

But I have said enough: I cannot disciple, reveal the whole of the

hermetic arcana; it is sufficient that I indicate the Path that leads to this

arcana Your will and your intelligence, with the help of the Creator, will

crown the Work. Do not doubt it ever.

Grillot de Givry

COAGULACIÓN