High Society, a webseries from VICE, explores different aspects of drug-taking in our culture. In a recent episode, host Sydney Lima checked into Paracelsus, a rehab facility in Switzerland that ...

Last time, I wrote about the real-life alchemist Paracelsus. This time, I will introduce the four elementals that he ...

Looking at the diamond on Tyltyl's hat, I was reminded of the Philosopher's Stone.When I looked up the Philosopher's Stone, I ended up at alchemy.While I was researching alchemy, I encountered a ...

Fatemah grew up playing all kinds of games, initially finding a home in the very first installments of Counter-Strike and Warcraft. From there onward, it was pure grind — all day, all night.

I’m standing in an unremarkable square in Zurich, Europe’s wealthiest city, after stepping out of the chauffeur-driven Bentley limousine that picked me up from the airport. A glamorous client ...

Located deep in the Swiss countryside, Jan Gerber's sprawling home exudes a sense of restfulness and harmony. As well it might: as chief executive of Paracelsus Recovery, the exclusive Swiss health ...

Paracelsus, THEOPHRASTUS, celebrated physician and reformer of therapeutics, b. at the Sihlbrücke, near Einsiedeln, in the Canton of Schwyz, November 10, 1493; d. at Salzburg, September 24, 1541. He ...

The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science by Philip Ball 435pp, Heinemann, £20 One day in 1527, Paracelsus let it be known that he would reveal the greatest secret ...