From many of the writings in his collected works one would gather, as I have already quoted, that he was a strong believer.

On the other hand, in the "Paramirum," he says: "Stars control nothing in us, suggest nothing, incline to nothing, own nothing; they are free from us and we are free from them" (Stoddart, p.

185).

The Archaeus, not the stars, controls man's destiny.

"Good fortune comes from ability, and ability comes from the spirit" (Archaeus).
No one has held more firmly the dualistic conception of the healing art.
There are two kinds of doctors; those who heal miraculously and those who heal through medicine.