paracelsan superstition
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- belief
- sperm allays anger
- description
- An ancient belief, attributed to Paracelsus, suggesting that whale sperm possesses a unique virtue in calming anger and ill-will.
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- Paracelsus
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- description
- The Paracelsan superstition posited that whale sperm possessed a rare virtue in allaying anger and promoting goodwill.
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- I almost began to credit the old Paracelsan superstition that sperm is of rare virtue in allaying the heat of anger; while bathing in that bath, I felt divinely free from all ill-will, or petulance, or malice, of any sort whatsoever.
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- 2026-03-02T00:08:12.749Z
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