THE LIFE Of PARACELSUS ^ 



the space in front of the chapel of St. Philippi Neri 

 an extension of the church of St. Sebastian, where his 

 monument may be seen at the present time. The midst 

 of a broken pyramid of white marble shows a cavity 

 which contains his picture, and above it is a Latin 

 inscription, saying : 



Philippi Theophrasti Paracelsi qui tantam orbis 

 famam ex auro chymico adeptus est effigies et ossa 

 donee rursus circumdabitur pelle sua.— Jon. cap. xix. 



Below the portrait are the following words : 



Sub reparatione ecclesiae mdcclxxii. ex sepulchral! 

 tabe eruta heic locata sunt. 



The base of the monument contains the following 

 inscription : 



Conditur hie Philippus Theophrastus insignis Medi- 

 cinae Doctor qui dira ilia vulnera Lepram Podagram 

 Hydropsin aliaque insanabilia corporis contagia 

 mirifica arte sustulit et bona sua in pauperes dis- 

 tribuenda locandaque honoravit. Anno mdxxxxi. 

 Die xxiv. Septembris vitam cum morte mutavit 



Below this inscription may be seen the coat-of-arms of 

 Paracelsus, representing a beam of silver, upon which are 

 ranged three black balls, and below are the words: 



Pax vivis requies aetema sepultis. 



A translation of the above inscription into German may 

 be seen on a black board on the left side of the monu- 

 ment. The two latter inscriptions have evidently been 

 taken from the original monument, but the one around 

 the portrait was added in I 572. 



Thus were the earthly remnants of Paracelsus disposed 

 of ; but an old tradition says — and those who are sup- 

 posed to know confirm the tale — that his astral body 

 having already during physical existence become self- 

 conscious and independent of the physical form, he is now 



