Occult science in medicine

Name: Occult science in medicine
Author: Hartmann, Franz

Hartmann, Franz

Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric; Occultism

CONTENTS.


                             INTRODUCTION.

                                                                   PAGE.

  Definition of the term “disease.” Law and order. Harmony
  and discords. Obedience. Man a complex being. Health.                9


                                  I.

                       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.         13


                                  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. The
  _Tatwas_. 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.                                                     25


                                 III.

                      THE FIVE CAUSES OF DISEASE.

  _Salt_, _Sulphur_ and _Mercury_.—The _Ens 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._ God
  _Karma_. Science and art.                                           50


                                  IV.

                    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.                                                     74


                                  V.

                      THE MEDICINE OF THE FUTURE.

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