“If I wish to heal, I can do nothing else but help Him—the inner physician and healer—to draw strength.” (Paracelsus, 1493/94–1541)
When we hear the name Paracelsus, we should remember that he was the most significant innovator in medicine during the Renaissance. He was not only a physician but also an alchemist, natural philosopher, astrologer, and lay theologian. For him, natural science and theology formed a unity. His writings exerted a great influence on the intellectual climate at the beginning of the 17th century. The three Rosicrucian Manifestos of 1614, 1615, and 1616 also refer to Paracelsus.
When Paracelsus refers to the true, inner healer, what is meant by this?
The origin of the term “heal” comes from the Proto-Germanic and Proto-Slavic language families, from the root “hailaz,” meaning whole, healthy, and unharmed. The term “holy” is also related to this language family. And this brings us to the title “Savior,” which was used to describe Jesus Christ.
Biblical scholars today agree: Jesus Christ did indeed possess spiritual healing powers.
Yet Jesus never referred to himself as a healer. He said, “Your faith has saved you!” Without faith (the connection to the divine source), there is no healing. Jesus called this source the “FATHER.” He emphasized that “it is not he who is the healer,” but rather the divine healing power of the Father that flows through him. However, for the healing to be lasting, a change of heart on the part of the healed person is required. This is of great importance.
It was the groundbreaking discoveries of modern physics that brought spiritual and energetic healing—which all ancient wisdom traditions and early Christianity had already spoken of—back into the consciousness of modern humanity. There has been a documented connection to spiritual healing—as an integral part of spirituality and medicine—for millennia. In nearly all ancient cultures, health was not understood as the absence of illness, but as a harmonious state between body, soul, and the divine, cosmic spirit. In Christianity, healing according to the example of Jesus was a central mission.
The Rosicrucians, too, declared in their first publication, “Fama Fraternitatis,” in 1614: “No one should claim any other profession than that of curing the sick, and all this without charge.”
What, then, does healing look like according to the Rosicrucians?
The student gradually learns more about this as they progress through the successive levels of instruction, having themselves experienced a “conversio”—a complete transformation of their “persona,” or ego-consciousness, into the true Self, the inner Master.
This path comprises three steps:
1. Know Thyself
2. Listen to the voice of your True Self, the inner Christ
3. “To strengthen the inner physician and healer.”
How does this happen? It means living consciously in the moment and radiating the love that the name A.M.O.R.C. reveals to the initiate: Amor-C.
