Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.

Quote by Paracelsus

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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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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;...

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,...

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 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,...

The interpretation of dreams is a great art.

The interpretation of dreams is a great art.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...