Basilius ValentinusThinkers

The Earth (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a dead body but inhabited by a spirit that is its life and soul; she hatches the minerals in her womb as a mother her unborn child.

Gold (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠flawless like Christ and need not die, yet for the sake of its sick brothers and sisters it dies and rises again glorious, tincturing them to eternal life.