It is gross and porous, specifically heavy, but naturally light....

It receives all that the other three project into it, conscientiously conceals what it should hide, and brings to light that which it should manifest....

Outwardly it is visible and fixed, inwardly it is invisible and volatile." Of the element _Water_, Basil Valentine says:--"Outwardly it is volatile, inwardly it is fixed, cold, and humid....

It is the solvent of the world, and exists in three degrees of excellence: the pure, the purer, and the purest.

Of its purest substance the heavens were created; of that which is less pure the atmospheric air was formed; that which is simply pure remains in its proper sphere where ...