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But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more than the remedy? And is not He who cures the soul, which is more than the body, greater?

Paracelsus

Medicine rests upon four pillars – philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
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Ethics Medicine Philosophy Pillar
Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.
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Dosage Drugs
All numbers are multiples of one, all sciences converge to a common point, all wisdom comes out of one center, and the number of wisdom is one.
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Mathematics Point Science Wisdom
Nothing is hidden so much that it wouldn’t be revealed through its fruit.
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Hide Result Reveal
Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
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Body Ingredient Name Science
Determined will is the beginning of all magical operations. It is because men do not perfectly imagine and believe the result, that the (occult) arts are so uncertain, while they might be perfectly certain.
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Arts Beginning Determination Imagination Man Uncertain Willing
The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
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Art Doctor Healing Mindset Nature
Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.
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Fools Fruit Imagination Oneself Time
That which lives on reason lives against the spirit.
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Live Reason Spirit
The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves.
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Leave Nature Reading Walk
Whether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage.
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Dosage Medicine Nourishment Poison Wine
All arts lie in man, though not all are apparent. Awakening brings them out. To be taught is nothing; everything is in man waiting to be awakened.
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Art Awakening Lying Man
When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven, as it were, and from it the work that he desires to create flows into him… For such is the immensity of man that he is greater than heaven and earth.
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Creation Earth Establishment Heaven Man Work
What we should be after death, we have to attain in life, i.e. holiness and bliss. Here on earth the Kingdom of God begins.
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Beginning Bliss Death Earth God Holy Kingdom Life
Nature is a light, and by looking at Nature in her own light we will understand her. Visible Nature may be seen in her visible light; invisible Nature may become visible if we acquire the power to perceive her invisible light.
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Herself Light Nature Understand Visible
Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements.
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Alchemy Fall Influence Judgement Past

But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more than the remedy? And is not He who cures the soul, which is more than the body, greater?

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