Yikes - I'm 100 pages in & the only thing Paracelsus has gotten right is that most thought experiments produce bullshit. I'm inclined to think most of his supernatural claims were made tongue in cheek - blaming evil thoughts for birth defects, claiming women's blood is akin to boors'.

I kind of expected this when he vehemently objects to humanity originating from the stars, but I was hoping he would still be interesting in an Aleister Crowley way. I suppose he is in an almost heroic way - going against the grain of willfully ignorant powerful Christians.