But adepts can only use the means of overthrowing the abysmal and the adhering (Li) when their purposes are sincerely in the work, otherwise a pure mixture is not produced.
The true purpose is subject to the Earth.
The colour of the Earth is yellow; therefore in books on the Life Elixir, it is symbolized by the yellow germ.
When the abysmal and the adhering (Li) unite, the Golden Flower appears; the golden colour is white, and therefore white snow is used as a symbol.
But worldly people who do not understand the secret words of the books of the Life Elixir, have misunderstood yellow and white in that they have taken it as a means of making gold out of stones.
Is not that foolish? ~The Secret of the Golden Flower, Page 69
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