This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.
ParacelsusEvery body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
ParacelsusMany 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.
ParacelsusTime is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new... but who can understand and measure its sharp breath, its mystery and its design?
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