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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The revived-bird claim says the transformed phlegm is enclosed again in its former shell or receptacle. Testa and receptaculum mark that prior enclosure rather than necessarily naming two different operations. Their presence makes the alleged return more specific than a vague claim that ashes become a bird. The passage belongs to the historical theory of regeneration and is not an established account of animal revival.
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- Book 1 · Generation · Passage 3Latin“priorem suam testam vel receptaculum”