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Paracelsus: Medicine, Magic and Mission at the End of Time
Theophrastus von Hohenheim (1493–1541), better known as Paracelsus, was a physician, natural magician, radical activist of the early Reformation, and commentator on the social and religious issues of his day. This elegantly written book is the defining account of the man known as “Paracelsus the Great.” Drawing on the whole range of relevant manuscript and printed sources, Charles Webster considers Paracelsus’s life and works, explores his advocacy for total reform of the clerical, legal, and medical professions, and describes his precise expectations for the Christian church of the future, focusing on his affinity with the spiritualist Anabaptists. The author concludes with the apocalyptic speculations of Paracelsus, who vividly portrayed the sense of endtime crisis that constituted one of the defining characteristics of his era. .
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The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, who called himself Paracelsus, stands at the cusp of medieval and modern times. A contemporary of Luther, an enemy of the medical establishment, a scourge of the universities, an alchemist, an army surgeon, and a radical theologian, he attracted myths even before he died. His fantastic journeys across Europe and beyond were said to be made on a magical white horse, and he was rumored to carry the elixir of life in the pommel of his great broadsword. His name was linked with Faust, who bargained with the devil.
Who was the man behind these stories? Some have accused him of being a charlatan, a windbag who filled his books with wild speculations and invented words. Others claim him as the father of modern medicine. Philip Ball exposes a more complex truth in The Devil's Doctor—one that emerges only by entering into Paracelsus’s time. He explores the intellectual, political, and religious undercurrents of the sixteenth century and looks at how doctors really practiced, at how people traveled, and at how wars were fought. For Paracelsus was a product of an age of change and strife, of renaissance and reformation. And yet by uniting the diverse disciplines of medicine, biology, and alchemy, he assisted, almost in spite of himself, in the birth of science and the emergence of the age of rationalism.
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The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus (Forgotten Books)
Book Description:This is a collection of five alchemical tracts written by one of the most famous alchemists who was said to have discovered the Philosopher's Stone. In these writings Paracelsus attempts to educate the reader about the nature of the Philosopher's Stone and the scientific principles from which we can be assured of its existence and understand how it works. Like all alchemical tracts, the language is very cryptic and allegorical so as to be unintelligible to the unworthy. Table of Contents:Publisher’s Preface; Preface; Coelum Philosophorum By Paracelsus; Part I.; Concerning The Nature And Properties Of Mercury.; Concerning The Nature And Properties Of Jupiter.; Concerning Mars And His Properties.; Concerning Venus And Its Properties.; Concerning The Nature And Properties Op Saturn.; Concerning Luna And The Properties Thereof.; Concerning The Nature Of Sol And Its Properties.; Part ii.; God And Nature Do Nothing In Vain.; Note On Mercurius vivus.; What Is To Be Thought Concerning The Congelation Of Mercury.; Concerning The Receipts Of Alchemy.; How To Conjure The Crystal So That All Things May Be Seen In It.; Concerning The Heat Of Mercury.; What Materials And Instruments Are Required In Alchemy.; The Method Of Seeking Minerals.; What Alchemy Is.; The Book Concerning The Tincture Of The Philosophers By Paracelsus; Preface.; The Book Concerning The Tincture Of The Philosophers.; Concerning The Definition Of The Subject And Matter Of The Tincture Of The Philosophers.; Concerning The Process Of The Ancients For The Tincture Of The Philosophers, And A More Compendious Method By Paracelsus.; Concerning The Process For The Tincture Of The Philosophers, As It Is Shortened By Paracelsus.; Concerning The Conclusion Of The Process Of The Ancients, Made By Paracelsus.; Concerning The Transmutation Of Metals By The Perfection Of Medicine.; Concerning The Renovation Of Men.; The Treasure Of Treasures For Alchemists By Paracelsus; Concerning The Sulphur Of Cinnabar; Concerning The Red Lion.; Concerning The Green Lion.; The Aurora Of The Philosophers By Paracelsus; Wherein Is Declared That The Greeks Drew A Large Part Of Their Learning From The Egyptians; And How It Came From Them To Us.; What Was Taught In The Schools Of The Egyptians.; What Magi The Chaldeans, Persians, And Egyptians Were.; Concerning The Chief And Supreme Essence Of Things.; Concerning The Different Errors As To Its Discovery And Knowledge.; Concerning The Errors Of Those Who Seek The Stone In Vegetables.; Concerning Those Who Have Sought The Stone In Animals.; Concerning Those Who Have Sought The Stone In Minerals.; Concerning Those Who Have Sought The Stone And Also Particulars In Minerals.; Concerning The True And Perfect Special Arcanum Of Arsenic For The White Tincture.; General Instruction Concerning The Arcanum Of vitriol And The Red Tincture To Be Extracted From It.; Special Instruction Concerning The Process Of vitriol For The Red Tincture.; Concerning The Secrets And Arcana Of Antimony, For The Red Tincture, With A view To Transmutation.; Concerning The Projection To Be Made By The Mystery And Arcanum Of Antimony; Concerning The Universal Matter Of The Philosophers’ Stone.; Concernlng The Preparation Of The Matter For The Philosophic Stone.; Concerning Instruments And The Philosophic Vessel.; Concerning The Secret Fire Of The Philosophers.; Concerning The Ferment Of The Philosophers, And The Weight.; Alchemical Catechism; A Short Catechism Of Alchemy; Endnotes About the Publisher:Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Esoteric and Mythology. www.forgottenbooks.org Forgotten Books is about sharing information, not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans-serif font, which is proven to make the text easier to read and put l.
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The Way of the Crucible
Our first book, Real Alchemy, provides a glimpse into the general theory and practices surrounding the Art of Alchemy as handed down in the Western World. This second work delves more deeply into "the why of the how" behind laboratory alchemy and elaborates greater detail on some of the mineral works of Alchemy both ancient and modern. Herein you will find a wealth of information concerning the practical art and science of alchemy that makes this arcane subject accessible to the modern student..
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Paracelsus
The enigmatic sixteenth-century Swiss physician and natural philosopher Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus, is known for the almost superhuman energy with which he produced his innumerable writings, for his remarkable achievements in the development of science, and for his reputation as a visionary (not to mention sorcerer) and alchemist. Little is known of his biography beyond his legendary achievements, and the details of his life have been filled in over the centuries by his admirers. This richly illustrated anthology presents in modernized language a selection of the moral thought of a man who was not only a self-willed genius charged with the dynamism of an impetuous and turbulent age but also in many ways a humble seeker after truth, who deeply influenced C. G. Jung and his followers..
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Paracelsus, His Mystical and Medical Philosophy
A discussion of the life and teachings of Paracelsus, considered the outstanding medical therapist of his time and greatest mystic in the history of Western medicine. His lifelong devotion to research in the healing arts is told, and how he associated himself with all branches of folk medicine, exploring the fields of animal magnetism, alchemy, astrology, and cabalism. Included is a digest of "The Nature Spirits" by Paracelsus, not otherwise available in English. Illustrated..
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The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus
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Paracelsus: Life and Prophecies
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Magic Into Science - The Story Of Paracelsus
JL 2, f 2, C C 1 S U S at the age of 47 Woodcut by August Hirschvogel Copyright 1951 by Henry Schivman, Inc. Manufactured in the United States by The Haddon Craftsmen Inc. Scranton, Pa. Contents PREFACE Xlll I. The Errant Knight of Science PARACELSUS AND FAUSTUS The Paracelsus Legend Luther of Medicine The Light of Nature The Legend of Dr. FaustusThe Conquest of Hell i 2 The Mountain ORIGINS AND BACKGROUND 1492-1507 The Hermitage The Young Alchemist 17 Town and Gown CONTROVERSIES OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 1 507-1 5 1 1 Plato and the Quest for Certainty Humanism 25 Hippocrates vs. Galen A RENAISSANCE DOCTORS STUDY OF MEDICINE 1512-1514 The Four Humors The Skipped Anatomy Course The New Aristotle Revolution at Ferrara Hippoc rates vi Contents 5 . Quack Doctor PRINCE OF THE MEDICAL MONARCHY 1515 Folk Medicine The Dirt Pharmacy The Arcana The Missing Diploma Intellec tual Vagabonds The Arch-Magus 47 6. The Necromancer ON NYMPHS, GNOMES, GIANTS, DWARFS INCUBI AND SUCCUB E, STARS AND SIGNS Fortune The Stars Demons Magic and Science 63 7. Microcosmos and Macro cosmos FUNDAMENTALS OF MAGIC MEDICINE 1516 The Magus of Sponheim A Lesson in Al chemy Like to Like Young Adept 79 8. The Traveling Adept ADVENTURE 1517-1524 W an and Medicine 9 1 Under the Brogue PARACELSUS SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY 1525 The Second Coming The Partisan Christian So cialism Against Sectarianism 99 Contents vii I CX Aureolus OF GOLD-MAKING AND OTHER MYSTERIES 1525-1526 Pioneer of Chemistry The Gold-Maker The Miracle of Transmutation The Quintessence in 1 1. The Elixir of Long Life INTRODUCING CHEMOTHERAPY 1526 The Fountain of Youth The Arch-Wisdom 121 This Side of the Miraculous INTRODUCING BIOCHEMISTRY 1526-1527 The Five Diseases Environment and Heredity Life Power The Body Mightily Consti tuted Predestination 131 13. Call to Office DOCTORS AND POLITICS 1526 Prince of the Humanists A Political Appointment 143 I. The Challenge PARACELSUS AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS CAREER 1527-1528 Actor, Glutton, Teacher, and Scholar Avicenna at the Stake The Friends 151 viii Contents 1 5 . Cacophrastus THE TURNING OF THE TIDE 1528 The Shade of Galen A Man of Many Quarrels Mis fortuneThe Flight 161 1 6. Poisons, Bankers, and Pests A BOOK ON SYPHILIS 1528-1529 Contest at Nuremberg The French Disease Disease and Business A Plea - for Free Research From Paracelsus to Ehrlich 173 17 Doctors and People AGAINST THE GRAIN 1529-1530 The Magus The Genius Mad or Lonely 187 1 8. Doctors and Money ANOTHER BOOK ON MEDICAL ETHICS Trade Se crets Of the People, - for the People, by the People Patriotism 195 The Matter of Life THE FIRST STEPS QF PHYSIOLOGY Scientist, Humanist, and Magus The Three Substances Gout Pioneer of Gynecology Mumia, the Thing Natural Forces of Nature 205 Contents Ix 2. O. The Copernican Turn INDIVIDUAL AND COSMOS 1530-153 Biology vs. Astrology Mysticism De-mystified 219 2.1. Power, Freaks, and Frailties of Mind A COMPASSIONATE SCIENCE 1531-1532 The Descriptive Method The Powers of Mind Exeunt the Demons Pioneer of Psychiatry Personality Structure 227 2,2.. Immortality and the Seven Souls MAGIC, NEITHER WHITE NOR BLACK The In dividual Becoming Conscious of Himself Free Will Immortality Death 239 2.3. In the Pit THE DAMNATION OF DR. FATJSTUS 1532-1533 Reenter Beezlebub The Preacher The Sal vation of Dr. Faustus The Catholic Refor mation 249 Contents Professor of Theology , UNKNOWN ASPECTS OF THE RENAISSANCE AGE 1534 Apocalypsis The Silent Ones The Mystic Eternal Life 261 2.5. Success at Last PARACELSUS SECOND PEAK 1534-1537 The Reform of Surgery Master Adept Cabbala 273 l6....
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