The Seven Books of the Archidoxus of Magic

Some do not hesitate to consider Paracelsus the precursor of many modern sciences and one of the greatest contributors to the renovation of medicine and analogical principles during the Renaissance, while others see him, for some, as a mediocre imitator of the Ancients, and for others, as an ignorant and pretentious madman.

How can this contradiction be explained? Why does this ever-present controversy, this fog surrounding the strange figure of this famous physician, persist?

This is because Paracelsus, like many mystics, felt things more than he thought them. He tried to express them with terms sometimes new or diverted from their usual meaning, in order to transmit in turn to those who listened to him the self-evident truths that had illuminated him.

In truth, Paracelsus's philosophy is far more elevated than people have been willing to believe and claim, and finds its source in one of the most important keys of esotericism: the power of analogy.

A veritable grimoire that rivals the most famous clavicles, The Seven Books of the Archidoxis of Magic offers the student following the path of Hermes, amidst many deliberate or inevitable obscurities, the great and fruitful truths he deserves and that are destined for him to advance in his journey.

A book from the collection "The Essentials of Esotericism"