We will pause on the alchemical problem, as here there are delicate things to explain. The names of these elements do not mean their aspects. If we want a relatively correct picture of these elements, we must consider the sunlight. It seems white, and when it comes down through the rain or a prism it's a new color. The elements are colors of the primary unity and are included in it - there is an order of power in the elements.
Fire is the strongest and in every initiatic or alchemistical process - Fire sets things.
This concept appears again in the lecture on 'Mendeleiev Table of Elements' and in discussions on 'The Secret Fire'. What is said now will be right for man, for the vegetable, for mineral. This may seem far from real alchemy but we will try to show you by experiment that it is possible to have the elements go up step by step. I will now come to a practical aspect. We had a little problem with the 6000 documents.