The ways of alchemy within alchemical manuscripts themselves can be confusing and arcane. Here, in a work attributed to Paracelsus, (although it was manufactured later and merely retains his tradition of work) it is explained in some depth, in a more compact manner. The creation of the philosophers' tincture, as a form of medicine, continues to mostly elude the modern day occultist. Here then are references to its manufacture, the process involved, and a lengthy and acerbic refutation of the critics of the mystic world.