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

Quote by Paracelsus

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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,...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

The dose makes the poison.

The dose makes the poison.

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...

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:...

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:...

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

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

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...

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...

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...