Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new.
PARACELSUSMagic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just as reason is a great public folly.
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It is said that a wise man rules over the stars, but this does not mean that he rules over the influences which come from the stars in the sky. It means that he rules over the powers which exist in his own constitution.
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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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I am different. Let this not upset you.
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Whether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage.
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Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
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He who knows nothing, loves nothing. He who can do nothing understands nothing. He who understands nothing is worthless.
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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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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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A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
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Thoughts give birth to a creative force that is neither elemental nor sidereal. Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven.
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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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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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Men who are devoid of the power of spiritual perception are unable to recognize anything that cannot be seen externally.
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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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