THE LIFE OF 

 PHILIPPUS THEOPHRASTUS BOMBAST 



OF HOHENHEIM 



KNOWN BY THE NAME OP 



PARACELSUS 



THE SUBSTANCE OF HIS TEACHINGS 



CONCERNING COSMOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, PNEUMATOLOGY, MAGIC 



AND SORCERY, MEDICINE, ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGY, 



PHILOSOPHY AND THEOSOPHY 



EXTRACTED AND TRANSLATED FROM HIS RARE AND EXTENSIVE WORKS 

 AND FROM SOME UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS 



BY 



FRANZ HARTMANN, M.D. 



AUTHOR OF "magic," ETC. 



SECOND EDITION. REVISED AND ENLARGED 

 (Third Impression) 



•' The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power** 



Paracelsus 



LONDON 

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