Paracelsus Opera (Huser Edition)

PHILOSOPHY TO THE ATHENIANS.

the mortal, the perishable, and the decaying, as a ruler over the things of creation, and likewise to govern the eternal. For that which dies has no power to govern there; therefore, there is only one single way and one Faith, and nothing more to consider.
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The Seventeenth Text.

Now, having come to all predestination In Paracelsian thought, "Predestination" refers to the pre-determined ultimate state or "final form" toward which a natural object evolves or decays., which is thus constituted, there arises an Arcanum: for Predestination is the ultimate matter original: "lezt Materia" which shall exist without the elements and without its current essence; instead, it will subsequently be a thing tempered and incorruptible original: "Temporatum & Incorruptum". For this is not understood through the spirit, but through Nature, with the proof that an eternal state follows the mortal one. For when an unfeeling plant passes away, an eternal thing takes its place; and there is nothing on Earth among these perishable things that does not leave an eternal thing in its place. For nothing is empty; nothing among the perishable is created without leaving an eternal essence behind. For after the end of all creatures, such eternal things shall come together—not merely as a form of nourishment, but rather as a mastery of Nature within both the perishable and the eternal. Thus, the eternal is a sign of the breaking of Nature, and not a beginning of creation, but an end in all things, except for that which possesses no Nature. Although even the fatal beings original: "Fatales," likely referring to spirits of destiny or the Fates shall leave behind an eternal essence, as will the Melusines Water spirits or mermaids from European folklore and the Nymphs; yet we wish to mention nothing here of their corruption. For in that state, many kinds of decay original: "Feule," referring to the alchemical process of putrefaction or breaking down are understood, according to the four worlds: such as Earthly decay, Airy decay, and Aquatic decay. For each thing, together with its fellow creatures, is turned toward perishability within the abandoned eternal and is brought to that point. But these four decays shall bring their eternal essence into a comparison, known and visible, not through works but through being: for the eternal dwelling is an eternal thing, yet with many distinctions.
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The Eighteenth Text.

Now, we do not wish to dismiss the EVESTRUM A Paracelsian term for the "sidereal body" or a spiritual double of a person or object that can mirror future events or provide omens. in its essence, whether mortal or immortal. For the Evestrum is a thing like a shadow on the wall. The shadow grows and comes with the body, and remains with the same, even into its ultimate matter. The Evestrum takes its beginning with the first birth of every thing: for both the soulful and the soulless, the sensitive and the insensitive, have the Evestrum moving alongside them, as does everything that casts a shadow. TRARAMES Another Paracelsian term, referring to an invisible spiritual essence or "ghost" of the senses and reason, distinct from the soul., however, is understood as a shadow of an invisible essence: for this reason, it is born with the reason and with the sensibility of the animals, both the rational and the irrational. To philosophize about the Evestrum and the Trarames belongs to the highest Wisdom original: "Sophie": for the Evestrum gives prophecy, while the Trarames gives the sharpening of the mind. For the power to prophesy what is to come to man, animal, wood, or otherwise, comes from the shining Evestrum; that which comes from reason comes from the Trarames. Therefore, the Evestra are both beginning-having and beginningless: those with a beginning have perishability within them, along with an abandoned eternal essence. That which is beginningless has the beginning-having as a "Traranium," so as to sharpen the understanding. The mortal Evestrum recognizes the eternal; this recognition is the mother of the prophet. For the ground of all understanding is drawn from the Evestrum, as if with the light of Nature. Therefore, a prophet "evestrates"—that is, he speaks out of the Evestrum. But when the Spirit Referring to the Holy Spirit or divine inspiration prophesies, it is for us outside the Light of Nature; therefore, it is to us deceptive, false, and uncertain, as well as certain and true. So too the Trarames, the shadow of reason, desires to be divided.
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The Nineteenth Text.

And in the breaking of all things, the Evestrum and Trarames are also broken, yet not without leaving a remnant of their own. Thus the Evestrum is as extensive as the eternal essence of the firmament in the four worlds: for the firmament is fourfold according to the four worlds, and divided according to their perfect essences, each world perfect upon its own creature. It is also thus: one on Earth from the firmament, one upon the Water, the Air, and the Fire. But the firmament that is in the Evestrum is dispersed original: "dispersum": not the stars as they are visible, but there are firmaments for the Nymphs, which are not stars. For they do not make use of the stars, but have a special firmament, as do the Fates original: "Fata"; those of fire original: "Ignische" each have their own special Heaven and Earth, Essence and Dwelling, Firmament, Stars, Planets, and the like, which do not appear at all similar to the others. Just as Water and Fire, a substance and an intangible thing, and as a visible and an invisible thing: so are these as well. In such things, the Evestrum is divided among the Fatal beings, and its shadow remains according to its essence after the breaking; and one Evestrum attaches to the Igneous, the fiery people; and then that which attaches to the watery ones; and likewise the earthly ones. This Evestrum befuddles and makes a fool of the world; it shadows itself with deception from one world into the other; it gives visions, it gives appearances, it gives signs, it gives form, it gives shape. For from this come Evestrum Comets, Evestrum

of Impressions, Evestrum of Miracles original: "Impressionum... Miraculorum". But these three Evestra are Prophetic Evestra, and

of Impressions, Evestrum of Miracles. But these three Evestra are Shadowed Evestra original: "Evestra Vmbrata": therefore, there is an enlightened understanding between Prophets and Shadowed Evestra.

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