CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
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Definition of the term “disease.” Law and order. Harmony and discords. Obedience. Man a complex being. Health.
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THE CONSTITUTION OF MAN.
Miracles in nature. Development. The seven principles in the constitution of man. The anatomy of the “inner man.” Medicine and religion. Theophrastus Paracelsus. Mysteries. Mystic science and false mysticism. The powers of the soul.
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II.
THE FOUR PILLARS OF MEDICINE.
Requisites for the practice of medicine.—Philosophy.Natural sciences. The phenomenal world. The inner temple. Truth. The four kingdoms and the four elements.—Astronomy.Mind. States of consciousness. “Stars” and constellations. TheTatwas. Sun and Moon. Thinking and the thinker.—Alchemy.What alchemy is. Quacks and pretenders.The Three Substances.The creative power. Terrestrial Alchemy. Celestial Alchemy. The Alchemy of the Astral plane.—The Virtue of the Physician.The true physician. Medical science and medical wisdom.
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THE FIVE CAUSES OF DISEASE.
Salt,SulphurandMercury.—TheEns astrale. The “ether”. Invisible influences. Microbes. The astral plane. Mental diseases.—Ens veneni.Poisons and impurities. Disharmonies, sympathies and antipathies in chemistry. A chemical romance. Sexual impurity. Promiscuous intercourse. Nutriment. Correspondencies between spiritual powers and physical forces.—Ens naturæ.The macrocosm and microcosm. Two beings in one man. Terrestrial and the celestial nature. Generation and incarnation. Heredity. Relationship between internal organs.—Ens spirituale.Consciousness. Spirit and soul. The thought-body. Re-incarnation. Will. Imagination.Arcana.Memory. The astral light.—Ens Dei.GodKarma. Science and art.
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THE FIVE CLASSES OF PHYSICIANS.
Five classes.—Naturales.Therapeutics. Earth. Water. Air. Fire. Ether; the one element.—Specifici.Empiricism. The chemistry of life. Principles of light and colour. The astral man.—Characterales.Emotions. Hypnotism. Suggestion. Spiritual powers.—Spirituales.Magic.—Fideles.The power of faith.
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V.
THE MEDICINE OF THE FUTURE.
Ancient and modern quackery. Science and wisdom. Spirituality and substantiality. Development. Self-control. Realism and idealism. The realization of the ideal. The physician of the future. Self-knowledge. The true life. The awakening of the soul. Phenomena and noumena. The higher science. Material and spiritual evolution. Intellectuality and spirituality. Periodicity. Circular motion and spiral progress. The self-recognition of truth.
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