Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
PARACELSUSAll 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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Fasting is the greatest remedy– the physician within.
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Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
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All that man needs for health and healing has been provided by God in nature, the Challenge of science is to find it.
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I am different. Let this not upset you.
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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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If we want to make a statement about a man’s nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.
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Medicine is not merely a science but an art. The character of the physician may act more powerfully upon the patient than the drugs employed.
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Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.
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Then God sends us such a messenger who appears to us in spirit, warns us, consoles us, teaches us, and brings us His good tidings.
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However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream.
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Dreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from — from fantasy, from the elements, or from another inspiration.
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It would be an error to try to build the Kingdom of Heaven upon envy. For nothing that is founded on envy can thrive; it must have another root.
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Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
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From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.
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All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison.
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The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly: they are nothing but His angels, His ministering spirits , who usually appear to us when we are in a great predicament.
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Man is ill because he is never still.
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And it is true, best is nothing concealed which shall not be discovered; for which cause a marvellous being shall come after me, who as yet lives not, and who shall reveal many things.
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For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones, wines, bread, meat, and everything that grows and thrives in a specific region.
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Some children are born from heaven and others are born from hell, because each human being has his inherent tendencies, and these tendencies belong to his spirit, and indicate the state in which he existed before he was born.
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All drugs are poisons the benefit depends on the dosage.
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Women’s regular bleeding engenders phantoms.
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What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.
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Men who are devoid of the power of spiritual perception are unable to recognize anything that cannot be seen externally.
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