"Physical man takes his nutriment from the earth; the sidereal man receives the states of his feelings and thoughts from the stars; hut the spirit has his wisdom from God. The heat of a fire passes through an iron stove, and likewise the astral influences, with all their qualities, pass through man. They penetrate him as rain penetrates the soil, and as the soil is made fruitful by the rain, likewise man's soul is made fruitful by them; but the principle of the supreme wisdom of the universe penetrates into the centre, illuminates it, and rules over all." — Paracelsus
"Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence."
"Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt."
"We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself."
"In every human being there is a special heaven, whole and unbroken."
