What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?
PARACELSUSIt 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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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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Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.
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Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
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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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He who knows nothing, loves nothing. He who can do nothing understands nothing. He who understands nothing is worthless.
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Once 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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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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Whether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage.
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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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Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new.
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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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All things are poisons. It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a poison and a remedy.
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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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It should be forbidden and severely punished to remove cancer by cutting, burning, cautery, and other fiendish tortures. It is from nature that the disease comes, and from nature comes the cure, not from physicians.
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