The Four Effects
Disintegration, Lavation,
Composition, and Stability
Four beautiful sisters of fine forms and equal fortune are portrayed to you.
They show you, in a pleasant way, what your work is like.
The first one tells you to disperse any part resulting from disintegration.
The other teaches you how you lave together such excellent materials.
The third advises you to put together separate parts.
And the fourth: how to stabilize the stone in the fire.
- The Alchemical Garden by Daniel Stolcius [1624]
