Nature is a light, and by looking at Nature in her own light we will understand her. Visible Nature may be seen in her visible light; invisible Nature may become visible if we acquire the power to perceive her invisible light.

This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.

Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.

Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just as reason is a great public folly.

The ultimate cause of human disease is the consequence of our transgression of the universal laws of life.

Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements.

We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself.