Paracelsus
Paracelsus
Paracelsus, born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, was a Swiss German philosopher, physician, botanist, astrologer, and general occultist. He is credited as the founder of toxicology. He is also a famous revolutionary for utilizing observations of nature, rather than referring to ancient texts, something of radical defiance during his time. He is credited for giving zinc its name, calling it zincum. Modern psychology often also credits him for being the first to note that some diseases are rooted in...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth11 November 1493
CountrySwitzerland
That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing about it.... We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself. - The Dream Game
Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new.
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?
Often the remedy is deemed the highest good because it helps so many.
This means that each country, in addition to the general properties common to the whole world, also has its own specific properties.
Then their imagination could work wonders upon wonders and invoke the shades of the philosophers, who would instruct them in their art.
And since the fit manner of preparation is not to be found in pharmaceuticals, we must explore further; that is to say, we must learn from alchemy.
The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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.
Women's regular bleeding engenders phantoms.
The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly: they are nothing but His angels, His ministering spirits , who usually appear to us when we are in a great predicament.
The interpretation of dreams is a great art.
Then God sends us such a messenger who appears to us in spirit, warns us, consoles us, teaches us, and brings us His good tidings.
Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.