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
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.
Whether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage
This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.
A little bit of beer is divine medicine.
Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
The spirit is the master; imagination the tool, and the body the plastic material ...The power of the imagination is a great factor in medicine. It may produce diseases in man and in animals, and it may cure them ..Ills of the body may be cured by physical remedies or by the power of the spirit acting through the soul.
Medicine is not merely a science but an art. The character of the physician may act more powerfully upon the patient than the drugs employed.
The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books
The highest degree of a medicine is Love.
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
Then their imagination could work wonders upon wonders and invoke the shades of the philosophers, who would instruct them in their art.
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.
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.