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organic Processes alive in
could not maiure before his
ÎÌGott gibt vor der Zej-t
atles mit der Zeit gon"t
the universe, and as such
time "
keine Frucht, es muss
26"
(Liber Protoåi in vitam bea'tam)
TheidentificationofParacelsuswithÐr.F'austus
is by no Ineans arbitrary' 'Ihe aura cast by these two
inciividuals as revolutionary and non-conformist person-
alitieshascausedtrad.itiontoclaimth.eirmutua}
cornmunìonwithdetnons,Ieaguelvith-t'hedevil'ancl
practise of' the black arts. This identification, hov'r-
ever, is rnuch closer tha-n i;he popular imagination and
ora-l tradition t¡oulcl suggesb, for it is possi'ole to
point io writirrgs v.iherein the l:istorical names are re-
labedtooneanotherbyeiiherd.eed.orspirit.One
Philip tsegard,i, for exaraple, rtPhysikusrt of the city of
Worrns, speaks in his Index sani'Uatis (Worms L539) of a
visionary,necromantand.chiroman¿narnec.Faustuswhose
fame was that of Theophrasbus (Paracelsus" ) 27 " The
relationship becomes even more poignant in a documenf
discovered- by the Benedictine l¡ather !'iaymond l\etzhammer
d.uring his research through archlve material j-n
Innsbrü.ck. Among the historical d'ata concerning
Paracelsus he has described seeing a signature made by
hand. anci noring tto..das Haus, wo doctor il'au'st para;ohrastes
Celsus geboren. îî 28 '