The Pole of Paracelsus

Edna Lister lecture outline; December 14, 1935, Buffalo, New York.

The pole of Paracelsus, also called the pole of Spirit in man, forms a circuit between the lower creative centers (the sacrum plexus and the coccygeal body) and the higher creative centers, which include the carotid body at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery, and the glands and nerves centered within the golden bowl, the head.

The pole of Paracelsus is named for Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus, a Swiss physician and alchemist, known as the father of modern chemistry. Paracelsus said, "Man is related to the stars by reason of his sidereal body," meaning literally "star body."

At the lower pole of Paracelsus lies the coccygeal body, which is a small plexus of arteries supported by fibrous tissues at the level of the coccyx, the tailbone. It is associated with the median sacral artery, and involved with heat transfer from the body's core to the skin. It is also called the gate to the lower pole of Paracelsus at the sacrum plexus.

The carotid body is a flat structure at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery. It contains cells that respond to changes and concentrations of oxygen in the blood and to changes in the blood pressure.

Accompanying carotid body is the carotid sinus, an area richly supplied with vagus nerve endings. When stimulated by a rise in blood pressure, the carotid body brings about reflex vasodilation and a slowing of the heart rate. The carotid body is also called the gate to the upper pole of Paracelsus in the brain.


Study what thou art,
Whereof thou art a part,
What thou knowest of this art,
This is really what thou art.
All that is without thee also is within, Thus wrote Trismosin
– Salomon Trismosin

Salomon Trismosin was an early teacher of Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus of Hohenheim, Switzerland, 1493-1541, who wandered in search of the secret of transmutation. Aureum vellus, oder Güldin Schatz und Kunstkammer, Rorschach, 1598.


Edna Lister lecture excerpt; May 5, 1959. The physiological information has been updated to 2022.

In mystical terms, "The life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul." – Leviticus 17:11. The flow of life through you is carried in part by the bloodstream. Blood passes through two small, yet significant areas, the carotid body and the coccygeal body, called Paracelsus' lower and upper poles of balance.

Paracelsus' lower pole of balance, the coccygeal body, ruled by the sacral plexus: The coccygeal body, is a small plexus of arteries enclosed and supported by fibrous tissues, found at the level of the coccyx. Associated with the median sacral artery, the coccygeal body's function is heat conduction to the skin by the blood, controlled by the sympathetic nervous system under direction of the hypothalamus. It mediates communication between the venous and arterial systems.

Paracelsus' upper pole of balance is in the carotid bodies at the bifurcations of the common carotid artery. The carotid bodies supply blood to the neck and head, and are associated with the throat center under the Master Degree. They are keys to respiratory control.

The carotid bodies: their "peripheral chemosensory cells play a vital, physiologic role in the human body as they maintain physiologic homeostasis and regulation of sustaining life. As sensory chemoreceptors they act to detect chemical changes in the body through the interaction with surrounding arterial blood flow by monitoring blood gas tension and pH. The carotid bodies can detect changes in the quality in the composition of arterial blood flow. The carotid bodies also possess an interdependent regulatory relationship with other regulatory organs, such as the kidney."

Accompanying each carotid body is the carotid sinus, "which has a crucial role in the control of blood pressure and heart rate. Afferent signals travel from carotid baroreceptors to the cardiovascular control center in midbrain via the glossopharyngeal nerve. The efferent signals transmit via parasympathetic and sympathetic nerves to the heart and blood vessels. This response brings appropriate changes to maintain heart rate and blood pressure in normal physiological limits."

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Edna Miriam Lister
1884 –1971
The original Pioneering Mystic,
American Idealist, Founder, Society of the Universal Living Christ, minister, teacher, author, wife, and mother

../Edna Lister


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