Magic & Alchemy - The Sigil Magic of Paracelsus - Alchemical Medicine and Astrological Talismans 

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The "bombastus" part of his name rocks my world, bombastic!!!!

During my anestisiology residency i came upon my favorit paracelsus quout "nothing is poison, everything is poison, it depends on the dose".

As a fantasy writer your channel is an amazing resource, particularly when needing to know the origins of a term or name when using it.

Dr Sledge, your delivery of the subject matter is amazing. You bring sound scholarly analysis with a good amount of humour and explain the topic clearly enough for a layman like myself to sort of get it. Thank you for your work.

I cant wait to find some magical treasures. so far I found a beautiful fluoride pyramid hidden in a underflow near a spring by sticking my hand in a random opening that the water was coming out of. Hopefully the next find will have incredible wealth. I let you know

Haha, the trident of boners. That was a funny story. Robert Fludd was a proponent of the weapon salve, swore by it although many people were suspicious of its diabolicalness. One thing that blows my mind about the Renaissance is that these guys could, at just about any time, be condemned for sorcery. People nowadays are afraid of being cancelled on social media, I cannot even fathom being burned alive for my beliefs. These guys were total bad asses, especially revolutionary thinkers like Paracelsus. Fearless confidence.

Interesting that the weapon salve magic is really similar to the one used by Sami people in Finnish Lapland. Even kalevala has some kind of "curse of iron" in it if I remember correctly. Anyway great video!

Bombastus, yeah! Thk you millions ❣️

I am enjoying your channel immensely !!! Thank you !!!

The Bombastus part really sells the name for me. For the anime nerds in the room, I assume this must be who Hohenheim from Fullmetal Alchemist was named after. Fantastic video as always! Your reading lists are my bread and butter.

'Nother stellar episode! Thanks!

The best talisman story, EVER!

Thank you Doc, every episode is a treasure. Be safe. Peace

Weaving in Einstein's summary of quantum theory was a stroke of genius that I thoroughly enjoyed.

That trident of exorcism bit sent me, so good 😂

A hermetic theory of health, involving balancing astrological talismans, curatives and tinctures. . . Absolutely fascinating. (And lol so funny about the trident!! 😂)

Thank you for presenting a well-rounded and grounded examination of ancient philosophy with such humor. Quite refreshing and thought provoking!🌹

Thank you Dr. Sledge! That Goonies Paracelsus chef’s kiss sent me lol

This video is precisely why I love this channel and of course, it's host. 👍😎

This was a wonderful presentation, studded with your usual anecdotes and deadpan humor. Thank you!

I feel like I should watch this video...

This has to be one of my favorite episodes, just for the funny quips and stories!

Best band name alert yet! Quality work as always Dr. thank you for helping me kick of my weekend with great hermetic style.

Awesome video. Your content is amazing! Glad I found you through Gnostic Informant!

Excellent. Really appreciate the links in the description too!

I so look forward to your videos everytime! Thank you so much!

Hi, Great job as always. I look forward of ESOTERICA take on Hegel and Hermeticism.

Excellent video and great story! Fascinating as usual.

I do appreciate your videos, brother. Absolute scholarly information in spades every time. Thank you for what you do 🙏

My favourite episode by far. Thx both: This extreeemely satisfying channel and the same Paracelso, as portions of the same body if light 🙏

This video flew by, was crammed with insight, and I got a new band name. Then I remembered its a 25 minute video. I'm glad I found this channel.

I enjoy the information, but your humour is amazing. Thank you Justin.

This was excellent! Your content is incredible, I always leave your videos w 3+ books I want to read! Paracelsus is such an interesting figure & your commentary makes him really accessible; you crack me up as I’m learning. And I really appreciate your commentary & transparency on the whole satanic panic issue you sadly had to experience firsthand. Truly, you are gift ❤️ Keep up the amazing work!

Your intro is phenomenal. Just made me instantly hit the like button.

Sir you are a national treasure

Dr Sledge, just a quick note to say I loved your recent interview with Douglas Batchelor. I’m now subscribed.

Much love and respect, professor

Gosh, the "Bombastus" hits hard! XD

Once again an amazing video

Excellent Vid!

Paracelsus, preceded by his friends Orthocelsus and Metacelsus. My organic chemistry books and I will see ourselves out, thank you!

Brilliant how you said his name In the beginning. 😁👍🏻

Great episode Doc. :) I was happily laughing and gleefully learning about this guy all the way through.

Whether actually written by Paracelsus or not, this sounds like a text begging for a modern, scholarly translation.

Fascinating video, as always. On the subject of Fraktur, folks might be amused to hear that in sufficiently esoteric branches of pure math, it is in fact still somewhat in use! (In particular, they are used in algebraic number theory to signify ideals in rings of integers of number fields.)

These videos are great. Keep it up

My favorite part of your videos is your sense of humor. And your sense of comedic timing when you’re breaking a concept down to analyze it . Good stuff

Thanks Dr. Sledge. (I first read about Paracelsus in Colin Wilson’s ‘The Occult.’)

I'm new to your channel. I just want to say thank you for your videos, this is some of the coolest information I've ever come across on this subject. Thank you good sir. ✌️😊

Thanks Justin 🌻

I kind of feel bad for Celsus. Some dude gets to be known for being "beyond Celsus" and that's really the only reason many of us know him.

Doc, I've played at the Hi Tone a couple of times! So cool. LOVE your channel.

Thank you for this really interesting video. I have a lot of books in boxes, so yesterday I went through them.... I found a two volume set of Paracelus, hermetic & the Alchemical writing edited by A. E. Waite published in 1894. I had forgotten l even had the two volumes. So thanks to you for making me get off my arse & finding them, two very large books.... No idea when l'll get round to reading them 🤔 if ever 📚😁 Once again thanks for sharing your amazing knowledge with us, l'm slowly working my way through your videos. Thanks from the UK, & taking your time researching these fascinating subjects it's appreciated 👍

You get better with every video.

This was extremely informative. I have to admit my knowledge of Paracelsus was not much more than what was shown in a few episodes of the TV series “Warehouse 13”. This made me follow your links to outset a couple of books to get a better understanding. 😁

Hey man you’re awesome ! Would you ever make a video about your personal beliefs regarding magic ? Or your successes? Thank you !

From all I've read from and about Paracelsus he promoted what we would now call "holistic" medicine. That a physician should look at the whole person's life - where they lived, what they ate, etc. before trying to diagnose. And he was a proponent of specialization in medicine

Dear Dr. Justin Sledge - once again thanks a lot for this great video. Have you considered making these text available (text in languages that most people don't know) into audiobooks? would be a cool thing to put on patreon. Maybe too much effort? - the material is allerede there, and you for sure have the language skills. Since the texts are really old, there should be no copyright issues. Once again, thank you from Denmark.

Another Classic!

Great episode I had missed earlier! For the sometimes arduous task of reading a text like the 'Archidoxis magica' in blackletter / Fraktur there is a rather recent solution, as Paracelsus scholars Didier Kahn and Urs Leo Gantenbein have launched the extremely helpful THEO project, which can be found online. This open database contains very accurate digitised plain text versions of both the Huser and Sudhoff editions of Paracelsus's works, and thus also includes the 'Archidoxis magica.' The effort of reading a rather archaic form of (Swiss) German remains, of course!

the trident was made famous by Eliphas Levi, in Transcendental Magic... its quite and elaborate interpretation, which also avoids the impotence part, but is almost a western kind of kundalini magnetism, ie sexual energy I suppose, like the khatvenga, but Levi makes out to be the letter Tau etc

I thought I put myself on a "book diet".....until I found your channel. LOVE your work!

Fascinating stuff! The "remote healing" associated with the weapon salve reminds me very much of some of the techniques used within "Radionics", a system developed during the late 1800s / early 1900s. A "radionics device" is like a dowsing rod that gives more specific data. They usually have an area to put a "witness" (i.e.: a photograph, a sample of hair or blood, etc. of the person that is to be diagnosed and/or healed at a distance by the one operating the device). The operator manipulates a series of dials on the device with one hand, while the other hand rests on a plate that the dials are connected to. The dials represent different characteristics of the person. The operator senses intuitively when a dial is set in a way that is reflective of that person's actual state by paying attention to what the hand on the plate feels as the other hand slowly rotates the dials. It may seem to change in temperature or texture (e.g.: "warm" or "sticky" when on an accurate setting). One can then project a healing intention upon the witness using the information from the dials as a guide. Generally, the idea is that a representation of someone can be used to derive information about them or be used to influence them in some manner. The theory behind this ranges from the type of "sympathetic magic" that was probably common during Paracelsus' time (and earlier) to the "quantum mysticism" that is more prevalent nowadays. It is not so strange if one is of the belief that all things are interconnected in some way, such as through a sort of "immanent" aspect of the "divine" (like "Panentheism"), or through a "quantum potential" (such as that postulated by David Bohm).

You shouted out The Hitone and Lamplighter! Nice! Big up from Memphis

I believe Eliphas Levi reproduces the "trident of exorcism" in his "Dogma et Ritual" and may very well be the source of an alternative interpretation of the trident as being for something other than boners.

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5 head lol I appreciate all those little silent touches. Especially on my 2nd or 3rd views of these gems

when I make gold, I got you bro

If I ever find the secrets of transmuting gold I'm just gonna start mailing dental grills to people at random. Gonna bring back the 00's so quick.

Thank you.......🙏 Blavatsky on paracelcus, Very interesting

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Thank you keep pushing and ignore everyone

We have Eliphas Levi to thank for the weird trident interpretation...In his book "Transcendental Magic" he goes on a tangent intending to interpret the meaning of the figure. I'd quote it verbatim, but I have no idea what pile of books in my room it's hidden in.

Para-Paracelsus 🤣 I like you. Subscribed.

The weapon salve, the Goldenbough by Frazier does a good job of explaining how this magic is supposed to work.

He WAS the Martin Luther! I’ve made the same comparison, albeit with way less in my quiver than you’re slinging. I’m new to your work, but so thrilled to stumble onto it.

Hipster Boleskine,LOL! And I thought you had me peaked at Para-Paracelsus...

the Weapon Salve actually makes sense from the Psychosomatic perspective, as there would be an strong mental link in front of the person who is wounded, with the weapons, which must also be healed, according to "sympathetic" magic

I ain't going to lie, para-Paracelsus made me laugh.

9:45 - gold

Thanks for the great video! But I have a question. Isn't interacting with a weapon to heal a wound part of sympathetic magic? A prehistoric idea, described (according to Wikipedia, I haven't read the book) in The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion. For example, to heal an arrow wound, you need to break the arrow that caused the wound. Or is it different?

I seem to recall the weapons salve being seriously investigated as a potential method for establishing GMT for calculating geographical longitude at the time of the British Longitude Act in 1714.

All the magic I need: Trust your heart ❤️, trust your intuition ⭐

Interesting, Parace-tamol is the name used in Ecuador for the generic version of aceTAMinophen aka tylenOL.

LMFAO the trident story

Well that was cool

I liked your parapun.

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Oh don’t you worry, you’re at the top of a pretty long list of people I would like to patron if I end up transmutating any gold😂

It is fascinating that Paracelsus' work on psycho-somatic forces was published only about seven years before Michel de Montaigne wrote his essay "On the Power of the Imagination." I had always thought that Montaigne was breaking serious ground here, but it is significant that he has a contemporary considering these ideas just before him.

lol as someone who's tried to make a paraparacelsus joke I have the utmost respect for your joke there

Can you tell us about the talisman treasure hunting vs. divination to find gems. If you knew there were gems in a mountainous area, which of the methods would you employ?

Are their DVD’s of these pod casts?

That's a wonderful description of the Hi-Tone, you know it's moved twice since it had that place at the Overton Park, the old karate studio that Elvis used to go to, and that big mural on the side of it got painted over, that guy was not me by the way!

What are those cool little boxes on the bookshelf in the background called? I wanna buy some.

i'm curious, what are your thoughts on radionics and radiesthesia?

as a longtime full metal alchemist fan, i always perk up and geek over his full name, especially his surname 'hohenheim.'

I would like to know thine thoughts on Trithemius. His methods of encryption hold much power..

Paradelsus does write of necromancy in the "Astronomia Magna" (if he did write that work) as "divination by the dead," by which he meant something like imaginative dialogue with them.