Preface

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THE LIFE AND THE DOCTRINES
OF
PHILIPPUS THEOPHRASTUS, BOMBAST OF HOHENHEIM
KNOWN BY THE NAME OF
PARACELSUS
Extracted and Translated from His Rare and Extensive Works and from Some Unpublished Manuscripts
BY
FRANZ HARTMANN, M.D.
Author of “Magic,” “Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians,” “The Life of Jehoshua the Prophet of Nazareth,” “Magic White and Black,” “The Doctrines of Jacob Boehme,” etc.
“The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power”
Paracelsus
FOURTH EDITION
NEW YORK
MACOY PUBLISHING AND MASONIC SUPPLY COMPANY
1945
Copyright, 1891,
BY
UNITED STATES BOOK COMPANY.
Copyright, 1902,
BY
THE METAPHYSICAL PUBLISHING CO.
COPY'RIGHT, 1932,
BY
MACOY PUBLISHING AND MASONIC SUPPLY COMPANY.
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