FROM PARACELSUS TO THE HERMETICISM OF MODERN FREEMASONRY

Time to learn some of the secrets of the four elements!

Paracelsus was the father of alternative medicine in the Western world. A true Renaissance man, renowned for his work as a physician, botanist and chemist. Paracelsus is best known for insisting that the practice of medicine be based on evidence rather than upon the conventions of the Fathers of Medicine passed down from antiquity. He opposed for bloodletting, the most common treatment of that time, because he recognized: that it only weakened patients.

His theories were based on what he learned from his cases, experiments, and travels, which took him from his native Switzerland throughout Europe. He’s credited today with the invention of toxicology, the standardisation of dosage in pharmacology, the first medical uses of laudanum and mercury, the doctrine that physicians must master the physical sciences, the connection between environmental toxins and disease, the therapeutic use of diet, and the realisation that illness often has an emotional or psychological origin, a fact known since antiquity by the Chinese.

Paracelsus was inherently holistic in his approach, seeing the connection of the individual and the universe, such as microcosm and macrocosm. This was the context in which he sought medicines in herbs, minerals and food, and asserted that the physician should support the intrinsic power of the body to heal.

Not surprisingly, the teachings of Paracelsus influenced modern medicine for centuries. But as Western medicine evolved, it became increasingly reductionist and specialized. Because of Paracelsus, Germany and Switzerland retained a distinct medical tradition that remained stubbornly alternative and holistic. Today both countries offer therapies which are unavailable elsewhere.  In fact, Switzerland is the only country in the world today which enshrines access to alternative medicine in its national constitution as a basic human right.

Here is a German-speaking film, made in 1943, on the life and times of Paracelsus. Before you watch this film switch on the subtitles!

To understand why Paracelsus is important in Freemasonry please listen to this discussion between Jay Weidner and Hank Kraychir who discuss the alchemist and healer Paracelsus and his relationship to the Hermetic Tradition. Kraychir is a Freemason and steeped in the hermetic mysteries. He believes that the knowledge should be released to the public now.

The title may be familiar to you. It is the same title as the book by Albert Pike which you can download and read on this link:
https://resist.com/Onlinebooks/Pike-MoralsAndDogma.pdf

Time to learn some of the secrets of the four elements!

ONWARDS!
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