The quintessence embalms forever
For the rose that bloomed on earth
Solve et Coagula operates
It's the dusk of the Dead Head!

The subtle is detached from the vulgar
Mercury and Sulfur remain
The body is ready for dissection
Calcination takes place

One burns the petals
The other the bones
They are bound, they are bound by an oath

They're the Red King and the White Queen together, allying
Glorious in a perfect wedding
Order substance, sublimate spirit, balancing

This is Nature, and its generous gift of a being
Like a drop of infinite power
Life, character and body bound to eternity

Salt shimmers with a thousand crystals
Water reveals the envelope
It communes with spirit and quicksilver
It ends like a scarlet birth!

It heals all cracks, resurrects the universe
For the glory of mankind
The Opus Magnum comes to fruition
Nourished by the celestial fire

The golden egg
Is in gestation stage, in gestation
For an embodied marriage

They're the Red King and the White Queen together, allying
Glorious in a perfect wedding
Order substance, sublimate spirit, balancing

This is Nature, and its generous gift of a being
Like a drop of infinite power
Life, character and body bound to eternity

Bound to Eternity

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