Preface.

power / how and where their course may be. Now, he who wants to
know nature / must be of Nature / this
happens through the Sidereal Spirit Sidereal Spirit: Also called the "astral body," this is the part of a human derived from the stars. It acts as the seat of intellect, craft, and natural wisdom. / which teaches
man all reason / art / wisdom / craftsmanship /
and whatever is in the light of nature Light of Nature: The Paracelsian concept of "Lumen Naturae," referring to the innate wisdom and knowledge found within the natural world that can be discovered through experience and reason. / that must all, in
this school, be learned through the human brain / and from
nowhere else / as I have stated before.
So have the planets / each taught their own / as
has been described in many ways by the mathematicians original: "Mathematicis"; in this period, the term often referred to astronomers and astrologers..
From the stars also follows unreason / folly /
ignorance / and the like. Therefore, those speak from
a lack of understanding / who say / that the ancients
discovered and completed everything. For the stars
still work on and on / and the new constellations original: "Constellationes"
always bring forth something better / than was before /
and not all arts have been discovered yet / neither in crafts /
nor in medicine / therefore Theophrastus Paracelsus.
is now unjustly rejected by the physicians original: "Medicis" / because he
brought Medicine and Philosophy original: "Medicinam vnd Philosophiam" newly out of
nature into the light. But if man
gives too much to the flesh / then heaven lets him (as
Theophrastus says) remain a piece of filth. Therefore we should
consider / that Christ forbids throwing the pearls original: "Perlin" before the swine /
lest we become swine / just as we
should not become wolves / foxes / adders / etc.

Here it is now to be noted / that everything we
learn from the flesh / is in vain / for we must interpret
nature from the spirit of Nature / the word of God
from the spirit of God / as the scripture testifies /
that we must all be taught by God. For we
should learn from that which we are / such as
earthly things from Nature / heavenly things from
him who is from heaven / and