WEBMay 6, 2020 · In his De homunculis et monstris, Paracelsus describes the homunculus as a human abnormality resulting from an “unnatural” (sodomisch) sexual intercourse: every sperm should reach the uterus; otherwise, a homunculus would emerge from the fruitlessly ejaculated sperm, for it is “no longer a seed, but a material of homunculus” (Paracelsus ...