That which lives on reason lives against the spirit.
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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The human body is vapor materialized by sunshine mixed with the life of the stars.
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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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In every human being there is a special heaven, whole and unbroken.
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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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Nothing is hidden so much that it wouldn’t be revealed through its fruit.
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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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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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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Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements.
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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 beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power.
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As you talk, so is your heart.
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Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.
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Women’s regular bleeding engenders phantoms.
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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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Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.
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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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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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The main reason for healing is love.
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Man is ill because he is never still.
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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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The dose makes the poison.
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The art of medicine has its roots in the heart.
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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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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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