If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.

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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...

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;...

Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver....

Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver....

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...

What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered...

What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered...

Often the remedy is deemed the highest good because it helps so many.

Often the remedy is deemed the highest good because it helps so many.

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...

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.

For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones,...

For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones,...

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...

The interpretation of dreams is a great art.

The interpretation of dreams is a great art.

The dose makes the poison.

The dose makes the poison.

Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which...

Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which...

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,...

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...

Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either...

Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either...

The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is...

The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is...

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

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

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

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

The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly:...

The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly:...