Some children are born from heaven and others are born from hell, because each human being has his inherent tendencies, and these tendencies belong to his spirit, and indicate the state in which he existed before he was born.
ParacelsusA 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.
ParacelsusWhat we should be after death, we have to attain in life, i.e. holiness and bliss. Here on earth the Kingdom of God begins.
ParacelsusThis is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.
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