Article: Preparation of a Powerful Spagyric Elixir Without a Laboratory by Jean Dubuis Reprinted from Issue 18 of The Stone

The tradition says that France was, in the pre-Christian era, inhabited by people

called the Gaulois. These Gaulois had priest-magi-healers called Druids.

It is said that in these ancient times, serious epidemic illnesses would decimate the

Gaulois. But one day, a druid prepared a remedy using oak mistletoe and this elixir

was able to miraculously heal the populace of that time. This was later celebrated in

feasts known as "Au gui, l’An Neuf" that could be translated as "New Year by the

Mistletoe".

One day, after I had given a lecture on Spagyrics in which I had mentioned

mistletoe, a man of respectable appearance came to see me and said: "Since you are

an alchemist, if you were given mistletoe, could you prepare its elixir? Our Druid is

very sick, but he doesn’t know how to make the elixir any more." My answer was: "I

think that I have some chance to succeed."

On Christmas eve, two people showed up at my place. They were carrying a big

parcel wrapped in a white sheet, containing about 200 liters of branches, leaves, and

fruits of oak mistletoe. They would not tell me where this mistletoe came from.

Oak mistletoe cannot be found in the French forests, and at the turn of the century,

botanical books stated that not more than 12 oaks were known to bear mistletoe in

the entire French territory. I thought afterwards that the oak this mistletoe came

from was located in a private park of a renowned French family.

I started working, but oak mistletoe is very hard to work on, especially because it

generates a gum that clogs the tubing (in soxhlets and other devices) and which

resists all kinds of acids.

After some two years of work, the elixir was almost ready and it performed miracles,

but not on the Druid who had died in the meantime.

Since oak mistletoe could not be readily found, I have tried to make the elixir with

mistletoe from other trees, such as that from apple trees and poplars, since this is

very common in France. But none of them has the remarkable properties of oak

mistletoe.

One day when I was looking at the front page of the book of the Alchemist

Urbigerus, the image presenting the "spring of life" issuing from the trunk of an oak

provided a revelation -- It is not the mistletoe that heals, but the vital energies of

the oak, accumulated by the mistletoe as a parasite of this tree. Thus:

Making the Elixir

If the vital energies that heal come from the oak, these are abundant in the fruits, in

the seeds of the tree.

During the gathering, the oak acorns are ripe and fall on the ground. They should be

gathered preferably before they have stayed a night on the ground and before any

rain. These are to be wiped dry. Place these in a glass flask and cover them with an

alcohol of the best possible quality, 90 percent minimum, but more is better. Seal

the flask immediately. Place the flask on a source of gentle heat. The incubator at 40

degrees Celsius is ideal, but above a refrigerator is enough. If the source of heat is

not continuous, things will still happen, but more slowly. Still, never exceed 50

degrees Celsius. Carefully avoid lunar light on the flask. After a few days, the

tincture becomes green-yellow, then yellow, then slowly turns to Red.

For a nice bright red, it takes between 6 to 18 months, depending on the conditions

of heat. When the bright red is reached, the elixir is ready. The dosage of the elixir is

of 10 to 20 drops in a glass of water the first thing in the morning for 1 month. Do not eat before.

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