title: [A place in the macrocosmos: Paracelsus in Bad Pfäfers].
abstract: The script about Bad Pfäfers is an exception within the entire work of Paracelsus: It is short, completely worked over and has been printed already during his lifetime. It contains an unique list of comments on latin termini in his native language, hints about the context of their origin and may be read like a concentrate of his philosophy. Biography and personality of Paracelsus are briefly outlined; thereafter, the dark preface of the script on Bad Pfäfers is commented on. The latter turned out to be a stenograph of his central ideas on natural philosophy and cosmology as expressed in other scripts of the thirties, in the 'Astronomia magna' in particular (1536). The concept of the human body, of his macrocosmic derivation and of the 'source' as natural testimony of the healing nature of Christ becomes clear. Finally, from circumstantial evidence in text and context of the script, it is concluded, that it must have derived from the dialogue with the personnel of the spa uneducated in a humanistic sense, and may be understood as an abbreviated draft ("aide-mémoire") of Paracelsic instructions.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pörksen
mesh_terms: D006294:Health Resorts / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Ein Ort im Makrokosmos: Paracelsus in Bad Pfäfers.