Paracelsus, Archidoxis magicae Liber II.
(excerpts)
The English translation is from Robert Turner's edition (1656), however I have replaced Turner's drawings of the seals with those in the printed edition of Sudhoff.
Paracelsus
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Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim a.k.a. Philippus Aureolus Paraclesus ...
Paracelsus was a medical reformer who introduced a new concept of disease and the use of chemical medicines. He studied at several Italian universities and began to practice medicine and surgery in the 1520s.
Paracelsus Paracelsus who was born Philippus Aureolus (1493-1541) took the pseudonym of Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim. He became a renown physician, alchemist and occultist.
PARACELSUS OF HOHENHEIM
The most famous of alchemical and Hermetic philosophers was Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim.
Paracelsus was a great observationalist, and those who knew him best have called him "The Second Hermes" and "The Trismegistus of Switzerland.
Paracelsus
"Paracelsus, a Swiss alchemist who died in 1541, is also regarded by some as the real founder of Rosicrucianism."
- Encyclopaedia Britannica ...
Paracelsus finds it natural that man and woman seek each other when they once formed a singular body: "because they are of one flesh and one blood, it follows that they cannot let go of each other.
According to Paracelsus, the Ens is among the most powerful medicines, and yet one of the easiest to make. The ens, or entia (plural), is an influence, or principle that effects us, and is a definite spiritual , psychic, or physical thing.
Every great intuitional soul, as Paracelsus, Boehme and Swedenborg, has adhered to it. The Italian luminaries, Giordano Bruno and Campanella, embraced it. The best of German philosophy is enriched by it.
Great Theosophists--Paracelsus: Physician (21 of 29)
Jacob Beohme: The Supersundual Life (William Law)
Mysticism 9: Heretical Mystics
Jacob Boehme And The Secret Doctrine- A Theosophical Article by William Q. Judge (seven principles) ...
He also read the works of Jacob Boehme, observing in Psychology and Alchemy that 'Boehme's mysticism is influenced by alchemy in the highest degree' and 'Paracelsus and Boehme between them split alchemy into natural science and Protestant mysticism.
 See also: Spirit, Philo, World, Ritual, Magic
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