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.
PARACELSUSSome 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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The ultimate cause of human disease is the consequence of our transgression of the universal laws of life.
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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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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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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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Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new… but who can understand and measure its sharp breath, its mystery and its design?
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We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself.
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The dose makes the poison.
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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?
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Medicine rests upon four pillars – philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
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For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation.
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Since nothing is so secret or hidden that it cannot be revealed, everything depends on the discovery of those things that manifest the hidden.
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Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.
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Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.
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The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books
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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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Women’s regular bleeding engenders phantoms.
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I am different. Let this not upset you.
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Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new.
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The art of medicine has its roots in the heart.
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Consider that we shouldn’t call our brother a fool, since we don’t know ourselves what we are.
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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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Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
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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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Fasting is the greatest remedy– the physician within.
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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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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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