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.
PARACELSUSOnce a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.
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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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Let no one who can be his own belong to another.
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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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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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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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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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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Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.
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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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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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Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.
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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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A little bit of beer is divine medicine.
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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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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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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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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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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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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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Dreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from — from fantasy, from the elements, or from another inspiration.
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All drugs are poisons the benefit depends on the dosage.
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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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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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Fasting is the greatest remedy– the physician within.
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Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
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