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Paracelsus (11 November or 17 December
1493 in
Einsiedeln, Switzerland – 24 September 1541) was an alchemy,
physician,
astrologer, and general
occultist. Born Phillip von Hohenheim, he later took up the name
Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim, and still later took the title Paracelsus, meaning "equal to or greater than Aulus Cornelius Celsus", a Roman encyclopedist from the first century known for his tract on medicine.Read, J.
Through Alchemy to Chemistry. Bell and Sons; London; 1961
Biography
Paracelsus was born and raised in the village of Maria Einsiedeln in
Switzerland, of a
Swabian (Wilhelm Bombast von Hohenheim) chemist and physician father and a Switzerland mother. As a youth he worked in nearby mines as an analyst. At the age of 16 he started studying medicine at the University of Basel, later moving to Vienna. He gained his doctorate degree from the University of Ferrara. A historical essay and travelogue on Paracelsus
His wanderings took him through
Germany,
France, Hungary, the
Netherlands,
Denmark, Sweden, and
Russia. In Russia, he was taken prisoner by the Tartars and brought before the Grand Cham at whose court he became a great favorite. Finally, he accompanied the Cham's son on an embassy from China to
Constantinople.
.
Paracelsus rejected
Gnosticism traditions, but kept much of the Hermeticism, Neoplatonism, and Pythagoras philosophies from
Ficino and Pico della Mirandola; however, Hermetical science had so much
Aristotle theory that his rejection of Gnosticism was practically meaningless. In particular, Paracelsus rejected the
magic (paranormal) theories of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Nicholas Flamel; Paracelsus did not think of himself as a magician and scorned those who did, though he was a practicing
astrologer, as were most, if not all of the university-trained physicians working at this time in Europe. Astrology was a very important part of Paracelsus' medicine. In his
Archidoxes of Magic Paracelsus devoted several sections to astrological talismans for curing disease, providing talismans for various maladies as well as talismans for each sign of the
Zodiac. He also invented an alphabet called the Alphabet of the Magi, for engraving angelic names upon talisman.
Paracelsus pioneered the use of chemicals and minerals in medicine. He used the name "zink" for the element zinc in about 1526, based on the sharp pointed appearance of its crystals after smelting and the old German word "zinke" for pointed. He used experimentation in learning about the
human anatomy.His hermetical views were that sickness and
health in the body relied on the harmony of man, the microcosm, and Nature, the macrocosm.He took an approach different from those before him, using this analogy not in the manner of soul-purification but in the manner that humans must have certain balances of minerals in their bodies, and that certain illnesses of the body had chemical remedies that could cure them.(Debus & Multhauf, p.6-12)
He summarized his own views: "Many 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." (Edwardes, p.47) (also in: Eric John Holmyard.
Alchemy. p. 170)
Paracelsus gained a reputation for being arrogant, and soon garnered the anger of other physicians in Europe. He held the chair of medicine at the
University of Basel for less than a year; while there his colleagues became angered by allegations that he had publicly burned traditional medical books. He was forced from the city after having legal trouble over a physician's fee he sued to collect.
He then wandered Europe, Africa and Asia Minor, in the pursuit of hidden knowledge. He revised old manuscripts and wrote new ones, but had trouble finding publishers. In 1536, his
Die grosse Wundartzney (The Great Surgery Book) was published and enabled him to regain fame.
He died in 1541 in Salzburg, and was buried according to his wishes in the cemetery at the church of St Sebastian in Salzburg. His remains are now located in a tomb in the porch of the church.
After his death, the movement of
Paracelsianism was seized upon by many wishing to subvert the traditional Galenic physick- and thus did his therapies become more widely known and used.
His motto was "alterius non sit qui suus esse potest" which means "let no man that can belong to himself be of another"
Contributions to toxicology
Paracelsus, sometimes called the father of toxicology, wrote:
"All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dose permits something not to be poisonous."
That is to say, substances often considered toxic can be benign or beneficial in small doses, and conversely an ordinarily benign substance like water can be deadly if over-consumed. January 26, 2007: Dr. Adrian Cohen was saddened, but not surprised, to hear about the 28-year-old woman who died earlier this month after drinking nearly two gallons of water to try to win a radio station contest. (WashTimes)
He wrote the major work
On the Miners' Sickness and Other Diseases of Miners documenting the occupational hazards of metalworking including treatment and prevention strategies.He also wrote a book on the human body contradicting Galens ideas.
Galen put forward the theory that illness was caused by an imbalance of the four humours: blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile. He recommended specific diets to help in the "cleansing of the putrefied juices" and often purging and bloodletting would be used. This theory was accepted until challenged by Paracelsus who believed that illness was the result of the body being attacked by outside agents.
Legend and rumour
Paracelsus is often cited as coining the phrase "the dose makes the poison". Although he did not say this precisely, it seems that Paracelsus was indeed well aware of the principle (see discussion on Toxicology above).
Many books mentioning Paracelsus also cite him as the origin of "bombastic" to describe his often arrogant speaking style. However, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the origin of the word "bombastic" is not a play on Paracelsus's middle name, Bombastus. Instead, that dictionary cites "bombast": an old term for cotton stuffing.
Works
Published during his lifetime
- Die große Wundarzney. (Considered his Magnum Opus and greatest work-336 pages) Ulm, 1536 (Hans Varnier); Augsburg (Haynrich Stayner (=Steyner)), 1536; Frankfurt/ M. (Georg Raben/ Weygand Hanen), 1536. (translated to english by David Gelsinger, 2003)
- Vom Holz Guaico, 1529 (translated to english by David Gelsinger, 2003)
- Vonn dem Bad Pfeffers in Oberschwytz gelegen, 1535
- Prognostications, 1536 (translation to english by David Gelsinger, 2004)
Postumous Publications
- Wundt unnd Leibartznei. Frankfurt/ M., 1549 (Christian Egenolff); 1555 (Christian Egenolff); 1561 (Chr. Egenolff Erben).
- Von der Wundartzney: Ph. Theophrasti von Hohenheim, beyder Artzney Doctoris, 4 Bücher. (Peter Perna), 1577.
- Kleine Wundartzney. Basel (Peter Perna), 1579.
- Opus Chirurgicum, Bodenstein, Basel, 1581.
- Huser quart edition (medicinal and philosophical treatises), Basel, 1589.
- Chirurgical works (Huser), Basel, 1591 und 1605 (Zetzner).
- Straßburg edition (medicinal and philosophical treatises), 1603.
- Kleine Wund-Artzney. Straßburg (Ledertz) 1608.
- Opera omnia medico-chemico-chirurgica, Genevae, Vol3, 1658.
- Philosophia magna, tractus aliquot, Cöln, 1567.
- Philosophiae et Medicinae utriusque compendium, Basel, 1568.
- Liber de Nymphis, sylphis, pygmaeis et salamandris et de caeteris spiritibus
Online bibliographies
- Digital library, University of Braunschweig
- Zürich Paracelsus Project
- collection of online editions of Latin works, Analytic Bibliography of Online Neo-Latin Texts
References
Paracelsus in modern culture
- Paracelsus is the title of a 1943 film by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.
- Paracelsus is a lengthy dramatic poem by Robert Browning.
- Paracelsus and The Rose is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Paracelsus is one of the people featured on a Chocolate Frog card in the Harry Potter series. A bust of Paracelsus is also present in the castle at Hogwarts, near Gryffindor, between the entrance to the Gryffindor common room and the Owlry, as mentioned in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
- In the Anime version of Fullmetal Alchemist, the father of Main characters of Fullmetal Alchemist#Edward Elric and Main characters of Fullmetal Alchemist#Alphonse Elric is called Characters of Fullmetal Alchemist#Hohenheim of Light. Having succeeded in his alchemical researches, he and his former lover, Characters of Fullmetal Alchemist#Dante, have achieved a costly pseudo-immortality, one of the traditional goals of alchemists, by using the legendary alchemical amplifier, the Philosopher's Stone, whose creation was another goal for alchemists. Characters of Fullmetal Alchemist#Hohenheim of Light also created the first ever homunculus (400 years before the series takes place). Because he is an alchemist who has lived since medieval times, it's possible that Hohenheim is actually Paracelsus.
- In the manga version of Fullmetal Alchemist, the same character is called Van Hohenheim. He is the doppelganger of the manga's villain, known as 'Father,' and refers to himself both as 'an alchemist' and 'a monster.' It is revealed he was nearly named Theophrastus Bombastus Van Hohenheim, after a part of Paracelsus's name.
- Paracelsus was the name used by the burn-scarred and masked nemesis and former ally of Roy Dotrice in the CBS television series Beauty and the Beast (TV series). He was portrayed by Tony Jay.
- In Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, the Paracelsus Table creates homonculi to make mock battles, used for the mini-game for characters to fight one another.
- In the The Phantom comic strip, Paracelsus appeared in a story by Ulf Granberg and Jaime Vallvé from 1977 entitled The Ring. According to this story, it was Paracelsus who gave the first Phantom the Skull Ring.
- In the Guilty Gear video games, the character A.B.A uses a key-shaped ax named Paracelsus as a weapon.
- At the end of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Jill Valentine discovers what appears to be a railgun of sorts in a deserted factory. Named Paracelsus's Sword, the weapon was designed by the U.S. government for the express purpose of destroying the most dangerous of the Umbrella Corporation's bio-organic weapons.
- In the book Esbae: A Winter's Tale, by Linda Haldeman, Professor Leo Ernst is a college professor teaching a Western Civilization class. While lecturing about witchcraft, sorcery, and magic in the Middle Ages, he briefly covers Paracelsus, including the fact that his real name was "Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim! Now there's a name to conjure with." Later in the book, Chuck Holmes, unable to remember the proper incantations, uses the name to summon the demon Asmodai.
- The DC Comics comic book The Human Race features a villain named Paracelsus who employs genetic engineering techniques.
- The Bruce Coville A.I. Gang trilogy includes a faux-AI chatterbot named Paracelsus, which is encased in the head of a Greek statue.
- "Paracelsus" is the title of a musical composition that was written by Mont Campbelland performed by the "Canterbury" jazzrock-band National Health in 1976. An excerpt appears on the NH compilation "Complete."
- Paracelsus appears as the villain in Peter David's 2006 Arthurian fantasy novel, Fall of Knight, in which he is depicted as both an alchemist and magician (despite his historical antipathy toward magic) who gained immortality, and like King Arthur, appears in the modern day world, having acquired the Spear of Destiny from the Nazis in 1945, and who tries to acquire the Holy Grail from Arthur in the early 21st century.
- Paracelsus appears in the visual novel "Animamundi: Dark Alchemist" as a legendary figure who was thought to have succeeded in creating the Philosopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life. He helps the main character throughout the game, disguised as a young boy.
- Professor Bulwer in 1922 Murnau film 'Nosferatu' is a follower of Paracelsus.
- Paracelsus is mentioned as an inspiration to Victor Frankenstein, the main character in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
- Paracelsus appears in the Japanese release of Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny (in the US, he is known as Palaxius).
- In the DC comic book series The Sandman, one of the characters, a writer named Richard Madoc, puts forth the idea of writing a story about Paracelsus and Raymond Lulli being the same person. This is, of course, impossible, given that they lived a century or more apart.
- "Paracelsus" is referenced at the beginning of "Operator's Side" a voice-controlled game for PS2.
External links
- A section of the e-journal Azogue with original reproductions of paracelsian texts.
- The Zurich Paracelsus Project
- History of zinc
- Paracelsus and the medical revolution of the Renaissance - A 500th Anniversary Celebration from the National Library of Medicine, theme essay by Allen G. Debus.
- Theophrastus Paracelsus - Detailed entry from The Catholic Encyclopedia
- Biographical notes from The Galileo Project
- Paracelsus (from the Mystica)
- Paracelsus (from Alchemy Lab)
- The uses of enchantment, The Economist, January 19, 2006
- Paracelsus – The physician, healer, and philosopher
{{Persondata] or 17 December
1493|DATE OF DEATH= [24 September [1541
.
Paracelsus (
11 November or 17 December 1493 in Einsiedeln, Switzerland – 24 September 1541) was an alchemy, physician, astrologer, and general occultist. Born Phillip von Hohenheim, he later took up the name
Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim, and still later took the title Paracelsus, meaning "equal to or greater than Aulus Cornelius Celsus", a Roman encyclopedist from the first century known for his tract on medicine.Read, J.
Through Alchemy to Chemistry. Bell and Sons; London; 1961
Biography
Paracelsus was born and raised in the village of Maria Einsiedeln in
Switzerland, of a
Swabian (Wilhelm Bombast von Hohenheim) chemist and physician father and a Switzerland mother. As a youth he worked in nearby mines as an analyst. At the age of 16 he started studying medicine at the University of Basel, later moving to Vienna. He gained his doctorate degree from the
University of Ferrara. A historical essay and travelogue on Paracelsus
His wanderings took him through
Germany,
France,
Hungary, the Netherlands,
Denmark,
Sweden, and Russia. In Russia, he was taken prisoner by the Tartars and brought before the Grand Cham at whose court he became a great favorite. Finally, he accompanied the Cham's son on an embassy from
China to Constantinople.
.
Paracelsus rejected
Gnosticism traditions, but kept much of the
Hermeticism, Neoplatonism, and
Pythagoras philosophies from Ficino and Pico della Mirandola; however, Hermetical science had so much Aristotle theory that his rejection of Gnosticism was practically meaningless. In particular, Paracelsus rejected the magic (paranormal) theories of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and
Nicholas Flamel; Paracelsus did not think of himself as a magician and scorned those who did, though he was a practicing
astrologer, as were most, if not all of the university-trained physicians working at this time in Europe.
Astrology was a very important part of Paracelsus' medicine. In his
Archidoxes of Magic Paracelsus devoted several sections to astrological talismans for curing disease, providing talismans for various maladies as well as talismans for each sign of the
Zodiac. He also invented an alphabet called the Alphabet of the Magi, for engraving angelic names upon
talisman.
Paracelsus pioneered the use of chemicals and minerals in medicine. He used the name "zink" for the element
zinc in about 1526, based on the sharp pointed appearance of its crystals after smelting and the old German word "zinke" for pointed. He used experimentation in learning about the human anatomy.His hermetical views were that sickness and health in the body relied on the harmony of man, the
microcosm, and
Nature, the macrocosm.He took an approach different from those before him, using this analogy not in the manner of soul-purification but in the manner that humans must have certain balances of minerals in their bodies, and that certain illnesses of the body had chemical remedies that could cure them.(Debus & Multhauf, p.6-12)
He summarized his own views: "Many 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." (Edwardes, p.47) (also in:
Eric John Holmyard.
Alchemy. p. 170)
Paracelsus gained a reputation for being arrogant, and soon garnered the anger of other physicians in Europe. He held the chair of medicine at the University of Basel for less than a year; while there his colleagues became angered by allegations that he had publicly burned traditional medical books. He was forced from the city after having legal trouble over a physician's fee he sued to collect.
He then wandered Europe,
Africa and Asia Minor, in the pursuit of hidden knowledge. He revised old manuscripts and wrote new ones, but had trouble finding publishers. In 1536, his
Die grosse Wundartzney (The Great Surgery Book) was published and enabled him to regain fame.
He died in 1541 in Salzburg, and was buried according to his wishes in the cemetery at the church of St Sebastian in Salzburg. His remains are now located in a tomb in the porch of the church.
After his death, the movement of Paracelsianism was seized upon by many wishing to subvert the traditional Galenic physick- and thus did his therapies become more widely known and used.
His motto was "alterius non sit qui suus esse potest" which means "let no man that can belong to himself be of another"
Contributions to toxicology
Paracelsus, sometimes called the father of toxicology, wrote:
"All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dose permits something not to be poisonous."
That is to say, substances often considered toxic can be benign or beneficial in small doses, and conversely an ordinarily benign substance like water can be deadly if over-consumed. January 26, 2007: Dr. Adrian Cohen was saddened, but not surprised, to hear about the 28-year-old woman who died earlier this month after drinking nearly two gallons of water to try to win a radio station contest. (WashTimes)
He wrote the major work
On the Miners' Sickness and Other Diseases of Miners documenting the occupational hazards of metalworking including treatment and prevention strategies.He also wrote a book on the human body contradicting Galens ideas.
Galen put forward the theory that illness was caused by an imbalance of the four humours: blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile. He recommended specific diets to help in the "cleansing of the putrefied juices" and often purging and bloodletting would be used. This theory was accepted until challenged by Paracelsus who believed that illness was the result of the body being attacked by outside agents.
Legend and rumour
Paracelsus is often cited as coining the phrase "the dose makes the poison". Although he did not say this precisely, it seems that Paracelsus was indeed well aware of the principle (see discussion on Toxicology above).
Many books mentioning Paracelsus also cite him as the origin of "bombastic" to describe his often arrogant speaking style. However, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the origin of the word "bombastic" is not a play on Paracelsus's middle name, Bombastus. Instead, that dictionary cites "bombast": an old term for cotton stuffing.
Works
Published during his lifetime
- Die große Wundarzney. (Considered his Magnum Opus and greatest work-336 pages) Ulm, 1536 (Hans Varnier); Augsburg (Haynrich Stayner (=Steyner)), 1536; Frankfurt/ M. (Georg Raben/ Weygand Hanen), 1536. (translated to english by David Gelsinger, 2003)
- Vom Holz Guaico, 1529 (translated to english by David Gelsinger, 2003)
- Vonn dem Bad Pfeffers in Oberschwytz gelegen, 1535
- Prognostications, 1536 (translation to english by David Gelsinger, 2004)
Postumous Publications
- Wundt unnd Leibartznei. Frankfurt/ M., 1549 (Christian Egenolff); 1555 (Christian Egenolff); 1561 (Chr. Egenolff Erben).
- Von der Wundartzney: Ph. Theophrasti von Hohenheim, beyder Artzney Doctoris, 4 Bücher. (Peter Perna), 1577.
- Kleine Wundartzney. Basel (Peter Perna), 1579.
- Opus Chirurgicum, Bodenstein, Basel, 1581.
- Huser quart edition (medicinal and philosophical treatises), Basel, 1589.
- Chirurgical works (Huser), Basel, 1591 und 1605 (Zetzner).
- Straßburg edition (medicinal and philosophical treatises), 1603.
- Kleine Wund-Artzney. Straßburg (Ledertz) 1608.
- Opera omnia medico-chemico-chirurgica, Genevae, Vol3, 1658.
- Philosophia magna, tractus aliquot, Cöln, 1567.
- Philosophiae et Medicinae utriusque compendium, Basel, 1568.
- Liber de Nymphis, sylphis, pygmaeis et salamandris et de caeteris spiritibus
Online bibliographies
References
Paracelsus in modern culture
- Paracelsus is the title of a 1943 film by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.
- Paracelsus is a lengthy dramatic poem by Robert Browning.
- Paracelsus and The Rose is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges.
- Paracelsus is one of the people featured on a Chocolate Frog card in the Harry Potter series. A bust of Paracelsus is also present in the castle at Hogwarts, near Gryffindor, between the entrance to the Gryffindor common room and the Owlry, as mentioned in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
- In the Anime version of Fullmetal Alchemist, the father of Main characters of Fullmetal Alchemist#Edward Elric and Main characters of Fullmetal Alchemist#Alphonse Elric is called Characters of Fullmetal Alchemist#Hohenheim of Light. Having succeeded in his alchemical researches, he and his former lover, Characters of Fullmetal Alchemist#Dante, have achieved a costly pseudo-immortality, one of the traditional goals of alchemists, by using the legendary alchemical amplifier, the Philosopher's Stone, whose creation was another goal for alchemists. Characters of Fullmetal Alchemist#Hohenheim of Light also created the first ever homunculus (400 years before the series takes place). Because he is an alchemist who has lived since medieval times, it's possible that Hohenheim is actually Paracelsus.
- In the manga version of Fullmetal Alchemist, the same character is called Van Hohenheim. He is the doppelganger of the manga's villain, known as 'Father,' and refers to himself both as 'an alchemist' and 'a monster.' It is revealed he was nearly named Theophrastus Bombastus Van Hohenheim, after a part of Paracelsus's name.
- Paracelsus was the name used by the burn-scarred and masked nemesis and former ally of Roy Dotrice in the CBS television series Beauty and the Beast (TV series). He was portrayed by Tony Jay.
- In Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, the Paracelsus Table creates homonculi to make mock battles, used for the mini-game for characters to fight one another.
- In the The Phantom comic strip, Paracelsus appeared in a story by Ulf Granberg and Jaime Vallvé from 1977 entitled The Ring. According to this story, it was Paracelsus who gave the first Phantom the Skull Ring.
- In the Guilty Gear video games, the character A.B.A uses a key-shaped ax named Paracelsus as a weapon.
- At the end of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Jill Valentine discovers what appears to be a railgun of sorts in a deserted factory. Named Paracelsus's Sword, the weapon was designed by the U.S. government for the express purpose of destroying the most dangerous of the Umbrella Corporation's bio-organic weapons.
- In the book Esbae: A Winter's Tale, by Linda Haldeman, Professor Leo Ernst is a college professor teaching a Western Civilization class. While lecturing about witchcraft, sorcery, and magic in the Middle Ages, he briefly covers Paracelsus, including the fact that his real name was "Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim! Now there's a name to conjure with." Later in the book, Chuck Holmes, unable to remember the proper incantations, uses the name to summon the demon Asmodai.
- The DC Comics comic book The Human Race features a villain named Paracelsus who employs genetic engineering techniques.
- The Bruce Coville A.I. Gang trilogy includes a faux-AI chatterbot named Paracelsus, which is encased in the head of a Greek statue.
- "Paracelsus" is the title of a musical composition that was written by Mont Campbelland performed by the "Canterbury" jazzrock-band National Health in 1976. An excerpt appears on the NH compilation "Complete."
- Paracelsus appears as the villain in Peter David's 2006 Arthurian fantasy novel, Fall of Knight, in which he is depicted as both an alchemist and magician (despite his historical antipathy toward magic) who gained immortality, and like King Arthur, appears in the modern day world, having acquired the Spear of Destiny from the Nazis in 1945, and who tries to acquire the Holy Grail from Arthur in the early 21st century.
- Paracelsus appears in the visual novel "Animamundi: Dark Alchemist" as a legendary figure who was thought to have succeeded in creating the Philosopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life. He helps the main character throughout the game, disguised as a young boy.
- Professor Bulwer in 1922 Murnau film 'Nosferatu' is a follower of Paracelsus.
- Paracelsus is mentioned as an inspiration to Victor Frankenstein, the main character in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
- Paracelsus appears in the Japanese release of Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny (in the US, he is known as Palaxius).
- In the DC comic book series The Sandman, one of the characters, a writer named Richard Madoc, puts forth the idea of writing a story about Paracelsus and Raymond Lulli being the same person. This is, of course, impossible, given that they lived a century or more apart.
- "Paracelsus" is referenced at the beginning of "Operator's Side" a voice-controlled game for PS2.
External links
- A section of the e-journal Azogue with original reproductions of paracelsian texts.
- The Zurich Paracelsus Project
- History of zinc
- Paracelsus and the medical revolution of the Renaissance - A 500th Anniversary Celebration from the National Library of Medicine, theme essay by Allen G. Debus.
- Theophrastus Paracelsus - Detailed entry from The Catholic Encyclopedia
- Biographical notes from The Galileo Project
- Paracelsus (from the Mystica)
- Paracelsus (from Alchemy Lab)
- The uses of enchantment, The Economist, January 19, 2006
- Paracelsus – The physician, healer, and philosopher
{{Persondata] or 17 December 1493|DATE OF DEATH= [24 September [1541
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Paracelsus
Paracelsus. Paracelsus (born 11 November or 17 December 1493 in Einsiedeln, Switzerland - 24 September 1541) was an alchemist, physician, astrologer, and general occultist.
