What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
ParacelsusDetermined will is the beginning of all magical operations. It is because men do not perfectly imagine and believe the result, that the (occult) arts are so uncertain, while they might be perfectly certain.
ParacelsusIt is said that a wise man rules over the stars, but this does not mean that he rules over the influences which come from the stars in the sky. It means that he rules over the powers which exist in his own constitution.
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