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  2. Paracelsus - Wikipedia

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    Paracelsus was born in Egg an der Sihl [], [18] a village close to the Etzel Pass in Einsiedeln, Schwyz.He was born in a house next to a bridge across the Sihl river.His father Wilhelm (d. 1534) was a chemist and physician, an illegitimate descendant of the Swabian noble Georg [] Bombast von Hohenheim (1453–1499), commander of the Order of Saint John in Rohrdorf.

  3. Paracelsianism - Wikipedia

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    Title page of Benedictus Figulus's 1608 edition of Kleine Wund-Artzney, based on lecture notes by Basilius Amerbach the Elder (1488–1535) of lectures held by Paracelsus during his stay in Basel (1527). Paracelsianism (also Paracelsism; German: Paracelsismus) was an early modern medical movement based on the theories and therapies of Paracelsus.

  4. Paracelsus (poem) - Wikipedia

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    Paracelsus is a five-part epic poem written by Robert Browning [1] and published in 1835. [2] [3] Structure. The poem is split into five parts called "Paracelsus ...

  5. A Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, and on ...

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    Like Paracelsus' other theological works, A Book on Nymphs was published posthumously, first appearing as a separate print in 1566 and the year after in a collection of the author's philosophical writings. After that it has appeared in a number of collections of Paracelsus' works. [3]

  6. The dose makes the poison - Wikipedia

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    Paracelsus, 1538 [1] " The dose makes the poison " ( Latin : dosis sola facit venenum 'only the dose makes the poison') is an adage intended to indicate a basic principle of toxicology . It is credited to Paracelsus who expressed the classic toxicology maxim "All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; the dosage alone makes it so ...

  7. Yliaster - Wikipedia

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    Yliaster or Iliaster, a term coined by Paracelsus, refers to "prime matter, consisting of body and soul". Paracelsus described the Iliaster as the "completely healed human being who has burned away all the dross of his lower being and is free to fly as the Phoenix." [1] It is most likely a portmanteau of the Greek hyle (matter) and Latin astrum ...

  8. Sylph - Wikipedia

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    The Swiss German physician and alchemist Paracelsus first coined the term sylph in the 16th century to describe an air spirit in his overarching scheme of elemental spirits associated with the four Classical elements. Paracelsus drew from earlier sources, but his systematic treatment of the idea was definitive, with the names of three of the ...

  9. Émile-Jules Grillot de Givry - Wikipedia

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    Émile Jules Grillot called Émile-Jules Grillot de Givry (or Émile-Angelo Grillot de Givry) (5 August 1874 in Paris – 16 February 1929 in Paris) was a French Catholic man of letters and occultist, Freemason and pacifist, translator into French of numerous alchemical works including those of Paracelsus.