The cure of Paracelsus were miraculous, and he deserved that' there should be added to his name of Philippus Theophrastus Bombast that of Aureolus Paracelsus, with the addition of the epithet of divine. Paracelsus, that reformer in magic, who has surpassed all other initiates by his unassisted practical success. Paracelsus, the most sublime of the Christian magi. Paracelsus was a man of inspiration and of miracles, but he exhausted his life with his devouring activity, or, rather, he rapidly outwore and destroyed its vestment... for men like Paracelsus can both use and abuse fearlessly ; they well know that they can no more die than grow old here below. Rituel de la Haute Magie, c. 2.