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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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The ultimate cause of human disease is the consequence of our transgression of the universal laws of life.
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Consequence Human Law Reason Ultimate Universe
Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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Amount Cure Poison Portion Remedy
In every human being there is a special heaven, whole and unbroken.
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Break Heaven Human
Fasting is the greatest remedy– the physician within.
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Cure Fast Greatness
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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Appearance God Goodness Himself
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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Appearance Dreams God Greatness Natural Predicament Reveal Send
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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Man Nature Reveal Statement
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
Nothing is hidden so much that it wouldn’t be revealed through its fruit.
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Hide Result Reveal
Be not another, if you can be yourself.
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Be Yourself Original
Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
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Acceptance Dreams Greatness True
This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.
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Alchemy Chemist Doctor Medicine Office
Medicine rests upon four pillars – philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
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Ethics Medicine Philosophy Pillar
The art of medicine has its roots in the heart.
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Art Health Medicine Root
I am different. Let this not upset you.
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Different Myself Upset Yourself
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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Country Different Earth Growth Thrive

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