A selection of texts with a wonderful thematic continuity from the "Complete Works of Paracelsus". His beliefs, the philosophical foundations of medicine, the relationship between microcosm and macrocosm, humanity and the universe, humanity and ethics, as well as the divine itself are some of the topics explored by Theophrastus Paracelsus in this collection.

His work is characterized by a distinctive, direct, sincere language that is, above all, understandable, as Paracelsus aimed at the comprehension of ordinary people rather than academics or scholars.

This edition constitutes an anthology of his views from early writings of 1520 as well as texts from the period 1525-26, during his stay in northwestern Germany, as well as lectures he gave in Basel, before being expelled from the medical establishment of his time.

There are also texts from Colmar, Nuremberg, Upper Palatinate, Regensburg, Bavaria, and Swabia.