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Title: The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus
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| The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus by NuVision Publications Very good selection |
| Althoug E. A. Waite could seem a little too verbose in his writings, his capabilities as translator are undoubted and widely appreciated: this classical work on Paracelsus is well and carefully translated and the choice of writings is very interesting and representative of the rivolutionary teachings of the Swiss Father of modern Medicine and reformer of Alchemy after the Renaissance. |
| The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus by NuVision Publications Highly disappointed! |
| I didn't get the above-mentioned item. It arrived not on 06.07.2007 but on 29.06.2006, when I was on my business trip. Actually, I was misled by your e-mail to me which said that the book would be delivered within the time interval from 06.07.2007 and 21.07.2007. When I came back from the business trip and tried to take the book from my post office they told me that my item had been already sent back to the sender, that is to your company, I guess. |
| The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus by NuVision Publications Good job by Waite |
Waite usually does a good job of translations. He generally seems to be the most objective of 19th Century esotericists and occultists.
Paracelsus was and is a huge influence on the subject of alchemy. Anyone who is interested in alchemy or the philosophy of the Renaissance would get much from this book.
The edition I have is the paperback reprint from Kessinger. In my experience, their reprints are of decent quality, clear, and readable. They make difficult-to-find texts affordable. I have several books published by them, and they are all of decent quality. |
| The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus by NuVision Publications It belongs in the time in which it was written |
| Got them (both parts), glanced through and threw them both in the trash right there and then. The man wrote a treatise on the long life and yet he couldn't preserve his own to an old ripe age... Paracelsus is the name he assumed later in life - meaning superior Celsus (a Roman physician). That alone, in my eyes, warrants the treatment of his works in the way he treated the works of others before him. I have to give him - he was a prolific writer and some stuff he got right. But if you string words together randomly, after much writing you'll get something right.... for some this might be a very entertaining read but not for me. I can't stand mixing religion with science and his audacity in selling his thoughts/beliefs for facts knows no bounds. |
| The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus by NuVision Publications Be sure to follow this up with Part 2! |
| Paracelus is my personal favorite of the "famous alchemists." He took an approach that diverged greatly from his contemporaries: "harmony of the man is the microcosm and Nature the macrocosm." He veered from soul purification and concentrated on how bodies got out of natural balance and how he could cure them. He summarized his own views by saying: "Many have said of Alchemy, that is for making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines." And I am sure that many of the pharmaceutical giants today wholeheartedly agree with him! The work is fascinating as well as the man. This book as well as Part 2 bring him fully to light for all of us to appreciate! |
| The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus by NuVision Publications Product Description |
| Alchemical Catechism, The Aurora of the Philosophers, The Treasure of Treasures for Alchemists, The Coelum Philosophorum, and The Book Concerning The Tincture Of The Philosophers are all contained in this one volume. |
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