A quantity of powdered lead chloride was added to a beaker along with a specific quantity very pure ammonium chloride. These two compounds were intimately mixed. This compost was then heated to dehydration to remove all moisture, and then subjected to slow, careful, sublimation on a hotplate.

The seventh image shows what the sulphur/sal ammoniac looks like when boiled down to wet salts. A few drops of distilled water was added to dissolve everything, and obtain a very dark red oil/sulphur.

The third from last image shows the caput mortuum that was left over after the sublimation process. There was still quite a bit of sal ammoniac that had not sublimed, but this is of no concern. I'm wondering if the dark black/red liquid on top is a more impure version of the same sulphur/sal ammoniac that had not sublimed fully. The bottom salt layer is also interesting. Sparkling crystals are seen. They are dark gray/white. Probably lead chloride.

I didn't start from lead/silver nitrate as Fulcanelli suggested. I started with lead acetate made by boiling lead in hydrogen peroxide + acetic acid. The soluble lead acetate was precipitated with ferric chloride (was very messy). I washed it a number of times, but still ended up with an impure product. The red/brown contaminate was iron (III) acetate. I wish I would've used NaCl to precipitate the lead chloride, but that's experience for you.

I think this particular process is only really worth carrying out on a large scale. Microscale quantities like I'm working with doesn't yield very much.

This work completely destroyed the beaker I was using. The bottom of the beaker was cracked & broken. A probable cause might be related to heat stress, but maybe this was due to another force. The lead chloride/sal ammoniac that touched the sides of the beaker was almost impossible to remove. It was almost as if it had fused with the glass to form a sort of cement. This process is definitely hard on the glassware.

In the last few images we see the caput mortuum. There appears to be a black layer of dark silt like material that somewhat resembles black oil, lead dioxide, or possibly colloidal lead.

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Here follows the second tract of my testimony. It is dedicated to all humanity, but especially to those children of the Son of Man, and those of the Living God that uphold the Word of the True Doctrine of the LAMB.

In the doctrine of the Tree of Life there exists a sephira called Binah. She is the first sephira on the left column ("Din"). Binah gives birth to the lower seven sepiroth.

Binah is akin to Eve. Eve is the mother of all "living." She is the originator of original sin. Eve is the first that consumed the accursed fruit from the tree of great deceptions on the testimony of that accursed serpent the enemy of mankind. The serpent was the first that Eve knew, and she thus was impregnated by time (Saturn).

In the doctrine we understand that Binah possesses the following attributes:

1. Associated name of God is Jehovah Elohim.

2. Associated astrological/mythological planets/gods are Saturn, Mars, and Sol.

3. Associated astrological attributes are Cancer, Libra, Aries, and Capricorn.

4. Her colors are black, and red.

5. Her names are BABALON, and the Virgin Mary.

6. Vegetable intoxicants are Belladonna, and Soma.

7. Metallic attributes are silver [1], and iron.

8. Associated attributes with magick & mysticism are thus: root of water (element); yoni, the cup, and the shining star (magickal weapons); oval, circle (geometry); chakra is vishudhi (throat chakra); vision of sorrow & wonder (magickal visions).

Eve first gave birth to Cain, and it was thought that Cain was the son of Adam. Cain is the Beast, and the Son of Satan. He is a tiller of the ground, and associated with the rule of this universe.

After her first conception she gave birth to Abel. Abel is the firstborn Son of ADAM. He is called the Son of MAN, the Son of ADAM, the Son of THE LIVING GOD, the Son of the LIGHT OF LIFE. He is a keeper of sheep (shepherd). Abel is Jesus Christ. Is Jesus Christ not our savior? Does he not keep his sheep?

The bounty of Abel was praised more than the bounty of Cain. This is the first case of jealousy. Out of jealousy Cain slew his brother Abel. Thus have we Jesus Christ the crucified/slain Son of MAN.

Cain was cast forth to the land of the East of Eden (NOD). Thus have we the varied races of non-Caucasian descent. Cain was cursed greatly for this act. He had a mark given to him, and this accursed mark was the mark of death. It is the cross (+). This is the lineage of Saturn.

For a second time Eve knew Adam, and conceived Seth. It was thought that this lineage would produce the savior of MAN, but this hath already been decided above (AB-EL - Father God - August God - Lion of God). They seek a savior without recognizing the one that watches over his sheep. Seth is the lineage of Mars (West of Eden). Abel is the SUN, and the only SUN.

To be continued...

[1]: Does not Luna have a body of black with a white veil that perishes in Light?