Paracelsus Magazin

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Paracelsus
Healing in Accordance
with the Stars II
The Soul Purpose of your
Rising Sign I
Doing Good to the Body in
Order to Get Pregnant
Pathophysiognomic and
Light Therapy
Rose (Apothecary’s Rose)
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No. 4/XI
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July/August
2014
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E d i t o r i a l C o n t e n t s
The real human crisis today is not family background and living condi- Healing in Accordance with
about economics, politics, and the tions. Least examination is made of the Stars II ...................................5
related aggressions. It is the crisis of the psychical conditions. Compas-
human health. The health is entrusted sion, which is one of the most im- Remedies for Healing ..............13
to the noble professions of the physi- portant principles in healing, is given
cians and the pharmacists. The physi- a go by. The time-honored principle Rasa Shastra in
cian is required to diagnose the sick- of cooperation and family care is re- Ayurvedic Medicine XII ...........18
ness and the pharmacist is required placed by commercialistic and tech-
to prepare the needed medicine for nological diagnosis. Organon LX ................................20
curing the diagnosed sicknesses. It A probe is needed into the heart and
is also an obligation to ensure, that soul relationship between the physi- The Soul Purpose of your
the medicines he prepares contribute cians and the patients. Sympathetic Rising Sign I ...............................22
to restore health and not cause oth- listening is missing, diagnostic skills
er sicknesses in the body. He is law- are assigned to technical apparatus. Occult Healing XCIV ................26
bound (nature’s law), that he shall The doctor speaks cryptic language
not poison the sick through medi- and has not much time to give heal- Thoughts on the Relevance
cines. The physician is also bound by ing touch through speech and ges- of Qigong II ..............................28
nature’s law, that he shall ensure ap- tures. The trust of the patient in the
propriate medicine to cure sickness system is at its lowest ebb. The hu- Doing Good to the Body in
and not cause damage to the health man body is treated like a machine Order to Get Pregnant ............31
system of the sick. under repair.
In this age of speed, where commer- “Mechanical treatment of machines Pathophysiognomic and
cial and political factors hold a sway under repair”, could be the right ex- Light Therapy .............................34
on every activity, the noble profes- pression for the present day medic-
sion of healing is encroached upon. inal practice for restoring health. An Integral Inside into Inflam-
Things are tended to be extremely Physicians with conscience are land- matory Bowel Diseases III......38
commercial. The physician’s reliance ing into conflict. The conflict in him
shifted from knowledge to technol- is due to the inability to apply the Antimonite III ............................42
ogy; diagnosis is no more based on knowledge that was acquired over
the patient’s behavioral patterns, decades and the aggression of the Rose (Apothecary’s Rose) .......46
Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 3
modern corporate system of deal- Britain under the Royal Care is also
ing with the patient. The technology breaking down in this regard to give
and the pharmacy, which are driven way for privatization.
by commercial considerations, com- King’s job cannot be done by a busi-
Editorial
pel the doctor to expose the patient nessman. Governments cannot as-
frequently to technological tests and sign their responsibilities to multina-
every dosage of medicine. Conse- tional corporations. Governments are
quently, even in developed nations, not run by profit-motive. Businesses
men are driven out to find alternate are run by profit-motive. The former
systems of cure, which are proxi- have adequate power to rule upon
mate to nature and nature’s com- such important objects as health,
mon sense. There is an urgent need protection, social amenities and
to rectify the medical system by gov- these are privatized. Men are left out
ernments of conscience. When gov- at large, a kingless kingdom lands in
ernment eases itself out of such fun- chaos. Governance cannot be thrown
damental responsibilities relating to away into the hands of profit making
the nation’s health, the health-care business groups. Until this situation
system is thrown, eventually, to the changes, the evil of the present day
vultures of economic ends. The fall continues to grow.
of governmental hospitals and the
rights of private hospitals have be-
come the order of the day. The Great Dr. K. Parvathi Kumar
The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him
most about humanity, answered, "Man. Because he
sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he
sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then
he is so anxious about the future that he does not en-
joy the present; the result being that he does not live
in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never
going to die, and then dies having never really lived."
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H e a l i n g i n A c c o rd a n c e
Fig.: Saturn, here depicted as a
father figure, announces the hu-
w i t h t h e S t a rs
man beings’ destiny. The depiction
of the firmament at the ceiling of
I I
the temple portrays the sign of Ar-
ies, allocated to Venus, a symbol for
Astromedicinal Therapy Concepts by Paracelsus the alchemical transformation that
should be carried out in the "beauti-
ful May“.
Olaf Rippe Oil painting by Walter Crane, 1882
Olaf Rippe, born in 1960, is a
nature practitioner in his own
practice in Munich and is the co-
founder of the Working Group
Natura Naturans. For more than
20 years, he has been passing on
his experience with a medicine
according to Paracelsus in semi-
nars. He is regularly writing for
naturopathic professional journals
and is the co-author of the books
"Heilmittel der Sonne“, "Paracel-
susmedizin”, "Kräuterkunde des
Paracelsus” and “Die Mistel”.
Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 5
The table on the right page shows that to this, his quality is coldness, hard-
it is still a common practice today to ening and introversion as well as the
treat the planetary organs with their absence of life because life is always
corresponding metals. He/she who is connected with warmth.
Healing in
interested in further education with Saturn is the ruler of age, disease,
Accordance with
regard to this subject should mainly sickness and death. His position in
the Stars
study the scriptures of Alla Selawry the birth horoscope shows the as-
(see Literature). trologically knowledgeable person in
which domains it comes to a develop-
In some books on herbals from the ment of chronic illness and how the
17th century that refer to Paracelsus, disease will express itself. His pas-
there are also exact descriptions, for sage through the zodiac in relation to
example in the Herbal of Bartholomä the birth horoscope (transits) hints at
Carrichter of 1606 (see Table 2). Re- the cause of diseases and also allows
garding this book, it is worth noting for prognoses. Transits of Saturn are
the different astrological allocations always connected with limitations,
according to plant parts. Further allo- deprivations, disappointments, duties
cations can be found in the scriptures and trials. At the same time, howev-
of Nikolas Culpeper, who is also called er, living through these enables an in-
the English Paracelsus. sight on the purpose and meaning of
The follower of Paracelsus, Leonhard life.
Thurneysser, wrote a complete book Special trials of Saturn take place
solely about umbelliferous plants, approximately every seven (!) years.
in which he also stated astrological The period of circulation of Saturn
points in time when one should col- through the Zodiac amounts to about
lect and process the plants. Astro- 29 years (fluctuating due to planetary
logical signature observations were a regression). This means that about
matter of course for him. every seven years a square, an opposi-
tion or a conjunction of the transiting
Antimony, the Metal of Earth Saturn occurs with regard to the na-
Beside gold, antimony is one of the tal Saturn. A transit of Saturn takes
most important arcanes for counter- up to nine (!) months. Frequently it is
acting disease-procuring influences a trigger for long-lasting and difficult
of the stars, in particular when Sat- illness processes; this also applies to
urn is involved in the events. other points in time when he transits
The most remote of the then known over further planets. A Saturn/Saturn
planets is considered in astrology as transit, however, is considered to be
being the “Guardian of the Threshold” the most difficult one; this aspect is
to cosmic awareness. This, however, sometimes surpassed by transits of
is only one side of its power. Lateral- the trans-Saturnal planets which Pa-
ly reversed, Saturn embodies the Lu-
ciferian fall of the spirit into matter.
As a “winter stone” he dominates the Table: Connections between Cosmos,
signs of Capricorn and Aquarius. Due Human Being and Metal
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Planet Principle Organ Metal Commercial Preparations with Metals
Moon reflexion brain silver "Cerebretik" or Somcupin" for sleeping dis-
regeneration gonads orders; "Ovaria comp." and "Testes comp."
for the stimulation of the female and male
gonad activity
Mercury communication reflexion silver "Sinfrontal" for purulent processes in the
metabolism respiratory organs throat-nose-ear section; "Pulmo/Mercuri-
hormones us" for inflammatory and exsudative lung
all feedback diseases; "Sulfur comp." for purulent in-
mechanisms flammations; "Nasturtium Mercurio cul-
tum" for metabolic disorders
Venus sociality urinary organs copper and zinc "Renalin" for the stimulation of the diu-
libido veins (according to rese; "Cuprum-Ren" for the stimulation of
endocrine glands Paracelsus) the kidney activity and for asthma; "Cu-
prum aceticum D5 / Zincum valerianicum
D4" for nervous organic disorders
Sun awareness warmth cardiovascular gold "Aquavit" as elixir of life; "Cordiak" and
processes "Sanguisol" in general for cardiovascular
disorders; "Aurum/Apis regina comp." for
heart complaints in connection with psy-
che and stress
Mars will gall iron Vesica fellea/Ferrum" for bilious com-
oxidation processes muscles plaints; "Fragador" as roborant; "meteoric
arteries iron / phosphorus / quartz" for convales-
cence; "Chelidonium/Oxalis comp." for the
stimulation of the bilious activity and of
the will (e.g., exhaustion)
Jupiter thinking liver tin "Metaheptachol" or Metamarianum" for
temperament connective tissue disorders of the liver metabolism;
formative powers joints "Hepar 202 N" for the detoxification of the
liver; "Hepar-Stannum" for the regenera-
tion of the liver;
"Stannum comp." For the regulation of
formative powers (e.g., rheumatism);
"Metasilicea" for weakness of the connec-
tive tissue; "Metaossylen" for chronic joint
complaints.
Saturn awareness spleen lead "Dyscrasin N" for chron. metabolic disor-
structural forces bones (also antimony = ders; "Splenetik" for the stimulation of
degradation earth) degradation processes; "Lien/Plumbum" for
processes spleen complaints and blood diseases; "Ar-
nica/Betula comp."
Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 7
racelsus could not have known. If all curity. He feels helplessly at the mer-
this is over, the person often feels like cy of the powers of fate - a fact that
being newly born. But most of the often makes him feel indignant. He is
time, one has to suffer under the con- plagued by chronic diseases, mainly by
Healing in
sequences for years unless one makes those of a gastro-intestine nature, and
Accordance with
use of the respective arkanum. also by skin, nerve and lung diseases.
the Stars
Paracelsus described this with the All symptoms characterize a Saturnal
words, "The people feel well and they state. In order to free himself from the
benefit from healing when Saturn grip of Saturn, alchemical prepara-
has finished (end of a Saturn transit); tions of antimony and its compounds
then a new heaven emerges. This is are the means of choice. They trans-
the beginning of a long life; but it is a form ("transplant") the Saturnal state
long and fierce time that Saturn leads into the regenerative power of Venus.
them with his hand, and he only of- “If the human being now transplants
fers scarce and lean food (Planet of and is to be taken by one planet and is
Asceticism and Renunciation). (...) If to be subject to another, antimony is
he is not relieved from his power (as- what exchanges Saturn against Venus.
trological treatment), healing is im- (...) Thus, it has to be observed here
possible." (II/199f.) that in each healing of diseases where
Saturn is the all-powerful fateful healing in a natural way is impossible
force of heaven, resp., a dominant fa- (self-healing, application of the usual
ther-figure (miscreant) with slightly medication like tea drugs) and does
“old-German” educational methods. not help, the transplantation should
The human being, equalling Earth be chosen." (Paracelsus: II/199f.)
(microcosm) represents the opposite The poisonous antimony which is
pole of heaven. In the birth horo- quite similar to the likewise poison-
scope, Earth is symbolically featured ous arsenic (they are very good sup-
as a dot in the centre of the zodiac plements) is one of the best purging,
(astrology is not a heliocentric view strengthening and rejuvenating med-
of the world; it is anthropocentric!). ications at all, however, only as a spir-
Another symbol for the earth is the itualized preparation, “In it is namely
globus cruciger - a globe with a cross the Essentia which does not allow the
on it. This is also the alchemic symbol unclean and the clean to get together.
for the antimony metal which is put (...) Thus we justifiably praise it here
on a level with Earth and thus also as antimony of all minerals contains
with the human being. the highest and strongest Arkanum in
The word “antimony” has derived itself. (…) If there is nothing healthy
from the Greek ‘antimonos’ and its in the body at all, it transforms the
translation is approximately “versus unclean body into a clean one." (Para-
loneliness”. celsus: III/151) Antimony thus causes
Homeopathic materia medica describe
the antimony type as brooding, sor-
rowful, melancholy, desperate, lonely, Table: Cosmic Impressions in the World of
and full of yearning for a feeling of se- Plants according to B. Carrichter (1606)
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Planet Selected Signatures Examples
Moon Beautiful white root/ is watery/ hath no oil nor firm- euphrasia, valerian (blossom), comfrey (root, Saturn),
ness/ has no special taste. The leaves are handsome/ betony (root), figwort (Mars), watercress (Mars), ver-
tender/ broad/ with subtle white veinlets/ are also bena (root, Mars), lovage (root, Mars), lily-of-the-
almost watery. There are many whitish stalks/ much valley (blossom), boneset (root, blossom),
of water and moisture. Nice whitish flowers/ are open plantain (root)
above/ have a lot of juice.
Mercury Nice/ long/ supple herb/ that is not thick. The root is columbines (Venus), valerian (appearance), betony
fairly long. Leaves are longish pointed/ not broad/ have (blossom), borage (blossom), fumitory (Venus),
no firmness. The stalks are long/ delicate/ smooth/ not common bogloss (blossom), fleawort (appearance),
particularly thick. The blossoms are almost beautiful/ lavender (blossom), sandwort (blossom), devil’s-bit
blue/ not almost open/ nice and lovely to look at. (Sun)
Venus The herbs allocated to this planet are very well-smelling comfrey (leaves), betony (herb), borage (root, fumi-
and tender. The root has a lovely smell. Nice/ smooth/ tory herb, Mercury), lady’s mantle (slightly Mars),
whole/ medium long stalks. Nice/ tender/ long/ smooth daisy, silverweed, motherwort (Saturn), lovage
leaves/ with small whitish veinlets. Nice/ tender small (herb), rose (blossom), geranium (Saturn, Mars),
flowers/ are open above. boneset (herb, Saturn), ribwort (leaves)
Sun The sun is a cordial planet. The herbs allocated to the avens (root, Venus), origanum (Venus), gentian yellow
sun also surpass all other herbs. The sun gives them (root), wall gamander (Venus), St.John’s wort (blossom),
nice long plants/ the root is of a good smell. Nice, ten- chervil (root), mullein (blossom), caraway (fruits), mas-
der/ pointed/ notched leaves. Nice gold colour/ notched terwort, wild thyme (Venus), sage (Venus), celandine
flowers/ have a firmness and an oil/ are of a pleasant (Mars), devil’s-bit (root, appearance Mercury)
smell/ and crispy taste/ compare with the flowers of the
mullein (Jupiter).
Mars True wooden root/ with little juice/ red colour/ of horehound (Sun in Aries), pimpinella (Sun), ve-
no lovely smell. The leaves are long/ almost smooth/ ronica (root, herb, Venus and Mercury), verbena
notched/ reddish speckled/ not thick. Not much stalk. (above-ground parts), cinquefoil (Venus), butter-
The flowers are long/ almost smooth/ notched/ reddish cup (Moon), stonecrop, masterwort (Sun),
speckled/ not thick. Not much stalk. The blossoms are wood sorrel (Moon, Venus and Saturn),
reddish/ quite golden/ have only few leaves/ have not celandine (Sun), water pepper (above-ground parts)
pleasant flavor/ and are bitter.
Jupiter Well-smelling root/ a bit crispy/and quite lovely/a lit- valerian (root), angelica (Sun), verbena (stalks), hazel-
tle hairy/has quite some juice. Long and subtle leaves/ wort (root, sign: Gemini), ononis (root, sign: Aquarius),
with small subtle hairs/ are of purple colour/ of a lovely shepherd’s purse (Moon), lesser centaury, rue (Sun)
smell and crispy flavour/ quite juicy. Long/ round/ pur-
ple coloured juicy stalks. Purple-coloured flowers/ are
of a good smell.
Saturn Blackish-grey root/ with little juice/ of an unpleasant comfrey (root, Moon), borage (leaves), chervil (tart),
smell. The leaves are coarse, thick/ short/ thorny/ of an figwort (Moon, Mars), pimpernel (Mars), St.John’s wort
almost unpleasant smell and bitter taste. Coarse/ short (root, seed; sign: Aquarius), wild geranium (Venus),
brown flowers/ of an unpleasant smell and bitter fla- wormwood (bitter).
vour.
Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 9
a reorganization with a tendency to- n Equisetum arvense dil. D6 (horsetail,
wards degenerations (this also goes Saturn - Moon; nerve signature)
for arsenic). At the same time it caus- n Hypericum mother tincture (St.
es an emotional coherence and makes John’s Wort, Sun, balm for the soul
Healing in
the spirit more resistant when the and the best "profession herb and
Accordance with
fateful influences threaten to suffo- Linaria alpina” when one is beset by
the Stars
cate him. something non-human)
In practice, especially "Stibium metal- n Phosphorus dil. D12 (phosphorus,
licum praeparatum" D12 has proved Sun; carrier of the energy of life,
to be effective (antimony level). As translation means “carrier of light")
a psychotherapeutical accompany- n Rhododendron ferrugineum dil. D6
ing remedy, Paracelsus mainly used (alpine rose, Venus - Saturn; pink
the Venusian balm, but also St.John’s blossom – nerve signature, location
Wort (“the herbal arsenic“), angelica, – withstands adverse circumstanc-
yellow gentian, wild marjoram and es)
masterwort are suitable supplement n Solidago virgaurea mother tincture
remedies, as also sun-related reme- (goldenrod, Sun, Mercury; fear al-
dies are. This is also one of the rea- ways requires drainage via the kid-
sons why it is popular to administer ney)
gold, the Sun metal, together with n Zincum metallicum praeparatum
antimony. dil. D10 (zinc level, Venus according
Again, we find the key in the sym- to Paracelsus; important remedy in
bolism: the circle with a dot in the case of shattered nerves)
middle is not only the symbol for the Have 10 ml at a time mixed by the
human being as the centre of the cos- apothecary; once to three times dai-
mos but also the symbol for the sun ly 10-15 drops. In addition, use "bal-
which is in accordance with the “true samic spirit of melissa“, 2-3 times
nature“ of man. daily 10-20 drops, taken in hawthorn
tea (of leaves and blossoms).
In the following, a recipe
against bad strokes of fate: The Synergistic Recipe
Mixture of: "If your acting is against the heav-
n Ambra dil. D6 (visceral secretion of ens and if you are only patching with
the sperm whale; Moon; balm for the power of the earth and not after
the soul for “weepy types” - was you have considered the skies, then
much appreciated by Paracelsus) all your work will break open again,
n Antimonite dil. DI2 (stibnite; Saturn and a tailor will make your work bet-
= Earth; see text) ter than you.”
n Aurum metallicum praeparatum dil. (Paracelsus: I/447) "He who wants
D12 (gold level, Sun; see text) to be a real physician must learn
n Dioptas dil. D30 (copper silicate, Ve- to understand what kind of recipes
nus - Saturn; important remedy for the conjunction of herbs and stars
the integration of sensory percep- at the firmament composes. He will
tions of an alien nature) also know then what the conjunc-
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