Well said. You, i.e. your Body, and the heteroclite Materia Prima which is known as Persona, are in truth its ore.

The Seed of the Stone, the Mercurial Essence, is inside, trapped.

Just as in the Work with Plants, Minerals and Metals, the first task is to KNOW the materia prima (visit the interior…) and begin the LONG process of cleansing (rectificatio).

The first cleansing is with Water, that will wash away the dross.

But there are impurities that only scorching Fire will burn…