Paracelsus: Essential Readings (Western Esoteric Masters)

by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (Editor), Paracelsus

Western Esoteric Masters (Book 1)

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Regarded today as the father of modern medicine, Paracelsus (1493-1541) was in fact much more besides. Natural scientist, philosopher, alchemist, with a deep distrust of orthodoxy and rational thought, he intermixed Christian theology with the Qabalah, believing that magic reveals the invisible influences behind things, bringing heavenly forces down to earth.

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(Scene: a makeshift workshop in an Alpine village, circa 1538.)

ACOLYTE: O wise Paracelsus, greatest of alchemists, I have journeyed many German miles to converse with thee. Tell me, master, what mysteries art thou working on?

PARACELSUS: Behold! For I have discovered the high arcanum of how to create life independently of any woman!

ACOLYTE: That is hidden knowledge indeed! Do thou instruct me on how this wonder is achieved!

PARACELSUS: Well, it's like this. You take a large, ripe horse. Wait for it to take a shit. You want to get it fresh, while it's still as hot as possible. Next, get your dick out and masturbate until you come all over the horseshit. Keep the blended jizz and faeces in a glass container for about forty days until it's show more nice and fermented, then slash your arm and add plenty of human blood. At this point a homunculus will emerge about three inches high, which will dance over to you, take your hand, and you can both take a bow together!

ACOLYTE: Jesus Christ.. What kind of an act do you call that?

PARACELSUS: The Aristocrats!

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Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke is the author of several books on modern history and politics. His book, The Occult Roots of Nazism, has remained in print since its publication in 1985 and has been translated into eight languages
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149Philosophy & psychologyPhilosophical schools of thoughtOther philosophical systems and doctrines
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