Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.

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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.

This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.

The interpretation of dreams is a great art.

The interpretation of dreams is a great art.

Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig...

Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig...

But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more...

But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more...

Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it:...

Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it:...

From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in...

From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in...

Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the...

Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the...

We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and...

We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and...

Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist...

Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist...

This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and...

This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and...

The dose makes the poison.

The dose makes the poison.

Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.

Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.

If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of...

If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of...

What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy;...

What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy;...

Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or...

Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or...

However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak...

However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak...

For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants...

For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants...

That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man,...

That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man,...

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I...

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I...