Title Page : THE PROPHECIES OF PARACELSUS MAGIC FIGURES AND PROGNOSTICATIONS MADE BY THEOPHRASTUS PARACELSUS ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO Translated By J.K. William Rider & Son. London 1915 Scanned , February, 2003. J.B. Hare, Redactor. This Text Is In The Public Domain In The United States. This File May Be...
The Magic Figures. The Seventh Figure : p. 67 THE SEVENTH FIGURE 'Because from time to time thou hast been self-willed thou art predestined to be surrounded by much adversity. For thou hast not considered of thyself how thou art prefigured magically under the symbol of a stone, as both fat and lean. Thou dost not know it, therefore thou...
Introductory. Ii. On The : p. 27 INTRODUCTORY II. ON THE PROPHECIES OF PARACELSUS 'THE world, as the Eddas say, is ruled by three Fates, the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Present rests upon the Past and proceeds from it, the Future from the Present. But it is the Future that holds the ideal to which the world moves...
The Magic Figures. The Eleventh Figure : p. 71 THE ELEVENTH FIGURE 'Although the sun did once shine upon thee, and thou hast glutted thyself with food and plunder, and wast sitting among the honeycombs, yet thou hast not wisely considered the end, and hast forgotten the winter; therefore he taketh away thy pleasure, and will compel thee...
Conclusions. Elucidations Of The Prognostications : p. 93 ELUCIDATIONS OF THE PROGNOSTICATIONS AND CONCLUSION OF DOCTOR PARACELSUS p. 95 THESE Elucidations of the Prognostications and Conclusion of Doctor Paracelsus are given in the Strassburg edition of his works: 'The symbolical figures as above stated are 32 and will take their complete course...
The Magic Figures. The Fourteenth Figure : p. 74 THE FOURTEENTH FIGURE 'Giving too much out of hand bringeth sorrow and want to the giver; for if it fail he shall be beaten with his own weapons. Therefore as such overmuch giving away hath made thee proud, thy pride shall have a time and term where it goeth thus far and no farther; then...
The Magic Figures. The Twenty Fourth Figure : p. 84 THE TWENTY-FOURTH FIGURE 'What is it, or what does it help you that ye combine together and do not consider that ye are contrary in soul and heart? Behold only how ye are externally marked by your garments, even so are ye also internally. Ye should not be as beasts but as men, but as ye are...
The Magic Figures. The Sixteenth Figure : p. 76 THE SIXTEENTH FIGURE 'A child that goes to school and learns, when it arrives at years of discretion is ashamed of its childish work and destroys it. Thus shall it also happen to thee. As thou writest in such a manner thine own work shall be nought. For which reason there will be much labour...
Conclusions. Epilogue : p. 111 EPILOGUE THESE are the famous Prophecies of Theophrastus Paracelsus, considered by Eliphas Lvi to be 'the most astounding monument and indisputable proof of the reality and existence of the gift of natural prophecy.' The Prophecies or Prognostications do not merely relate to events th...
The Magic Figures. The Seventeenth Figure : p. 77 THE SEVENTEENTH FIGURE 'He who buildeth a house should guard it, that when the enemy cometh it may not be destroyed. Its destruction should also be guarded that it may not be rebuilt, and that the folly of both may not be laughed at. Thus what hath been broken up is again rebuilt. Such...
The Magic Figures. The Eighth Figure : p. 68 THE EIGHTH FIGURE 'Who is he that knoweth on whom the Sun shines, or to whom it shall give, what man by himself can in no wise take? Therefore because it is in the hand of God and He giveth it to whom He wills, thence follows it that man's resistance is in vain. For the hour hath come th...
The Magic Figures. The Nineteenth Figure : p. 79 THE NINETEENTH FIGURE 'Thou art leaping about in thy garden and art well pleased with thyself; but giving up thy wisdom and following thy pleasure thou makest bad use of thy leapings. Therefore shall it happen to thee even as thou art lying there, and those that should be thy peace will hunt...
The Magic Figures. The Fifth Figure : p. 65 THE FIFTH FIGURE 'Thou hast not had the wisdom of thy crown, but has turned against the way of the crown, and hast done much evil. A stone shall fall upon thee that will press thee hard against thy will. For thou hast shed innocent blood and wast unwilling to know that which thou shouldst...
The Magic Figures. The Tenth Figure : p. 70 THE TENTH FIGURE 'Thine is not a wedding garment, "Magic" has opened thy heart, and had made thee known. Therefore even as gold and silver must be refined from blemish, and tested, even seven times more severely than gold and silver is cleansed of its dross by fire, must thou be tried. It...
The Magic Figures. The Third Figure : p. 63 THE THIRD FIGURE 'In good peace hast thou been sitting, but thou hast not known it, and hast allowed thyself to be moved. Thy wilfulness hath overturned and divided thee and no more shalt thou have thy former glory. Therefore art thou humbled and hast again become what thou wast formerly...
The Magic Figures. The Fifteenth Figure : p. 75 THE FIFTEENTH FIGURE 'Nothing is so good that it may not also become evil if it ever is without a head. To be without a head giveth pride and that bringeth forth no good. Therefore shall a head be placed upon thee that thou shalt become a limb, and it will press heavy upon thee, that thou...
The Magic Figures. The Twenty Ninth Figure : p. 89 THE TWENTY-NINTH FIGURE 'Thus shall it come to pass that each one will be led into its own pasture. For feeding in strange pasture causeth distress, contention, and misery in this world. As soon as each one cometh into its own stall there shall be unity. For the mouth becometh depraved...
The Magic Figures. The Twenty Third Figure : p. 83 THE TWENTY-THIRD FIGURE 'As there are three persons in the Godhead, comprising but one number, thus should also men become united only in one number. But, where this does not come to pass then is fulfilled the saying: every empire that is divided in itself must pass away. Thus no empire...
The Magic Figures. The Second Figure : p. 62 THE SECOND FIGURE 'A flower groweth to the destined height. He that causeth her to grow also causeth her to fade. This happens to thee, for "Magic" hath therewith adorned thee, that thy coming up should be known, and also how thou has come to nought. For before thou wast, "Magic" hath known...
The Magic Figures. The Thirteenth Figure : p. 73 THE THIRTEENTH FIGURE 'Too much kindness giveth too much evil, when the evil despiseth the kindness and the folly ther allows it to advance in its undertaking. But it advanceth the wrong way, and it shall happen as to grass that is fully grown, it is mowed off and taken to where it should be...
Introductory. Iii. Eliphas L'evi's Preface : p. 41 INTRODUCTORY III. ELIPHAS LVI'S PREFACE TO THE PROGNOSTICATIONS IN "La Clef des Grands Mystres", mentioned in the Prefatory Remarks, Eliphas Lvi gives: "The Preface to the Prognostication of Doctor Theophrastus Paracelsus", of which the following is a translation: 'Socrates, discoursing one...
The Magic Figures. The Ninth Figure : p. 69 THE NINTH FIGURE 'Although God hath ordained that people should fear and be in terror of thee, yet there is a rod awaiting thee, that at the time shall smite thy back in such a wise as thou wilt not be able to endure, and they will say with amazement: Who would have thought that he would...
The Magic Figures. The Twenty Fifth Figure : p. 85 THE TWENTY-FIFTH FIGURE 'A thing must be understood as certain and true in order to be known without any doubt. But for this reason, that finite knowledge had faults and defects in thy design, therefore has thou been strangled in thine own doubts. Thou hast supposed that there is no need...
The Magic Figures. The First Figure : p. 61 THE FIRST FIGURE 'What a thing is internally is shown by its outward sign. As Nature signs her own so doth "Magic". Thou has been signed as a devourer of all who have to do with thee. Blessed is he that is unsoiled of thee for thou leavest none in peace. "Magic" hath considered thee well...
Introductory. Iv. Strassburg Editi : p. 53 INTRODUCTORY IV. STRASSBURG EDITION OF THE PREFACE TO THE PROGNOSTICATIONS THIS Preface to the Prognostications was given in the Strassburg Edition of the Collected Works of Paracelsus, vol. ii, p. 594. It runs as follows: 'It may be questioned whether we can at all describe the effects...
The Magic Figures. The Twenty Seventh Figure : p. 87 THE TWENTY-SEVENTH FIGURE 'It hath been forgotten that many heads rule badly, and that also only one should rule and not more. This is the cause that they have split up and parted, each one seeking his own opportunity. But as it is not right to seek one's own opportunity, but that each...
Proem : p. 11 PROEM THE Prophecies of Paracelsus attracted my attention at an early stage of my studies in the Occult, which have now extended to over forty years, but I have only recently thought of bringing them to public notice, the extraordinary events of the present time acting as an incentive...
Untitled : THE PROPHECIES OF PARACELSUS TRANSLATED BY J.K. [1915] Like the better known Prophecies of Nostradamus, the Prophecies of Paracelsus are exceedingly cryptic, filled with allegorical symbols and capable of being reinterpreted for any purpose. It comes with 32 surreal woodcuts which seem to reveal...
The Magic Figures. The Eighteenth Figure : p. 78 THE EIGHTEENTH FIGURE 'The eagle doth not grow out of thee, therefore shall He send a wind unto thee that will repress thee and thy young. Although it may go well with thee and thou sayest to thyself: My soul, thou hast all thou desirest and wishest for, what is there that may not be thine...
The Magic Figures. The Thirty First Figure : p. 91 THE THIRTY-FIRST FIGURE 'There shall be such a total renewal and change that they will be as children that know nothing of the cunning and intrigues of the old. This shall be when they count LX, a little less, but not more. * Therefore it is well that we should remember that the time...
The Magic Figures. The Twenty First Figure : p. 81 THE TWENTY-FIRST FIGURE 'When rest shall come to him, and thy watchers shall be dispersed, and thy limehound shall be wearied and succumb, then shalt thou be afflicted in thine own nest, with thy young, and shalt be forced to give way to him of whom thou hadst supposed that he would give way...
The Magic Figures. The Twenty Second Figure : p. 82 THE TWENTY-SECOND FIGURE 'Although thou hast not wholly revealed thy heart, yet there is nothing that in its time will remain secret and not be revealed. Then shalt thou become known to him that should know thee. For thou didst and wouldst presume to subjugate the soft in silken and the hard...
The Magic Figures. The Twelfth Figure : p. 72 THE TWELFTH FIGURE 'Although one may seat himself securely, yet there is no chair that may not fall, and also he that sitteth thereon. And thou seatest thyself upon this chair but thou shouldst not be thereon. Thou shouldst be below and not above. For thou art a burthen and an unbearable...
Conclusions. Interpretation : p. 113 INTERPRETATION To interpret a prophecy is more hazardous than to make one, for a prophecy may be vague, but an interpretation is expected to be exact. I will not venture to interpret any of the predictions, but only chance to suggest the meaning of some of them. Ingenious readers are...
The Magic Figures. The Thirtieth Figure : p. 90 THE THIRTIETH FIGURE 'Thou hast often assembled, and much congregated, but the enemy was not with thee, therefore all things thou hast resolved were to no purpose and in vain. It must be alone that thou wilt forgo thy claims, and reflect of whom thou art, of whom thou hast learnt, and wh...
The Magic Figures. The Twenty Sixth Figure : p. 86 THE TWENTY-SIXTH FIGURE 'The Sybil hath been mindful of thee when she placed the "F," and right well art thou now standing in the rose; for thou art ripe and time hath brought thee. What the Sybil saith of thee shall be accomplished and even more shall be said of thee. The summer th...
The Magic Figures. The Thirty Second Figure : p. 92 THE THIRTY-SECOND FIGURE 'Thou hast taken great trouble, therefore it is but just that after thy day's work thou shouldst have rest and repose. Blessed is he that is born during sleep; he shall know no evil. For thou hast purified with great care, and hast endured much in thy days, Thee no...
Conclusions. Another Prognostication : p. 103 ANOTHER PROGNOSTICATION BY THEOPHRASTUS PARACELSUS p. 105 'I BEAR in mind that you may not believe me when I tell you that my (at this time) despised writings shall yet be held in great value and esteem by wise and judicious men. 'It will, however, not happen until the great and fearful...
The Magic Figures. The Sixth Figure : p. 66 THE SIXTH FIGURE 'Thy flavour is strong, not wholesome and pleasant to everyone. Therefore, will thine enemies, to whom thou art not wholesome, cast a shadow and dry thee up, that thou mayest become temperate, and that thy fruit may not grow from thee as thou now vainly imaginest. For thou...
The Magic Figures. The Twentieth Figure : p. 80 THE TWENTIETH FIGURE 'A thing standeth upright as long as it can be upheld; but when man alone uplifteth, then in its time, the highest will become lowest. In this wise shall man set his wisdom against the earth and bury it therein, from whence it hath come, and it shall give way to another...
The Magic Figures. The Twenty Eighth Figure : p. 88 THE TWENTY-EIGHTH FIGURE 'There will be no common voice, therefore it will be in vain that the five consult together. Have care of the future-forty-two and a little before and after will he come and do as he pleaseth, and bend you like a branch, and gird you in a wise such as will not please...
The Magic Figures. The Fourth Figure : p. 64 THE FOURTH FIGURE 'Thou hast divided duty into left and right, as if it were oppressing thee. Both sides will cause thee anxiety and hatred shall altogether overcome thee. For a harlot divideth her wantonness and for a while she hath her way, but woe to her when her deceit is discovered...