“Its father is the Sun; its Mother is the Moon. The Wind has carried it in his Belly. Its nourishment is the Earth. It is the father of every completed thing in the whole world. Its strength is intact if it is turned towards the earth. Separate the earth by fire:

the fine from the gross, gently and with great skill.

It rises from Earth to Heaven, and then it descends again to the Earth, and receives power from Above and from Below. Thus you will have the Glory of the whole world. All obscurity will be clear to you. This is the strong power of all power because it overcomes everything fine and penetrates everything solid.”

Hermes Trismegistus