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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781620559499
- Book Title
- Greater and Lesser Worlds of Robert Fludd : Macrocosm, Microcosm, and Medicine
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions International, The Limited
- Item Length
- 11 in
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Body, Mind & Spirit
- Topic
- Ancient Mysteries & Controversial Knowledge, Hermetism & Rosicrucianism, Occultism
- Item Weight
- 47.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 8.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Inner Traditions International, The Limited
ISBN-10
1620559498
ISBN-13
9781620559499
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038837133
Product Key Features
Book Title
Greater and Lesser Worlds of Robert Fludd : Macrocosm, Microcosm, and Medicine
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Ancient Mysteries & Controversial Knowledge, Hermetism & Rosicrucianism, Occultism
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
47.2 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-009392
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
Beautifully written, this book allows the reader to skim or go deep with no danger of sinking. Never apologizing for Fludd's idiosyncrasies and excesses, Godwin gets one thinking as Fludd did and hoped others would., Joscelyn Godwin has written a clearly expressed explanation and analysis of Robert Fludd's enigmatic, voluminous encyclopedic works. This definitive volume will always be essential for understanding in detail what Fludd's massive tomes encompassed., This lavishly illustrated book is the definitive guide to Robert Fludd's remarkable attempt at a grand synthesis of all human knowledge. Joscelyn Godwin's superb scholarship and crystal-clear prose are without equal., Robert Fludd attempted to embrace the whole of nature and man and of theory and practice in his volumes on the macrocosm, the microcosm, and medicine and worked out his ideas through striking images. Joscelyn Godwin, in this masterly book, lays out the whole of Fludd's world in all its splendor., One of the last true Renaissance men, physician, alchemist, and inventor Robert Fludd (1574-1637) wrote a series of books, filled with hundreds of detailed engravings, now recognized as the first fully illustrated encyclopedia. In this hardcover, highly illustrated reference, Joscelyn Godwin explains Fludd's theories on the cosmos, man, and medicine.
Dewey Decimal
131
Table Of Content
Preface and Acknowledgments One Fludd's Life and Work Two How the World Is Made Three Nature's Ape Four How Man Is Made Five Psychology and Divination Six Kabbalah Seven Anatomy Eight Meteorology Nine Universal Medicine Appendices 1. Astrology Solves a Crime 2. The Wisdom of the Ancients 3. Fludd on His Own Times 4. Symbolic Ornaments 5. Fludd Finds "Star Jelly" 6. Three Stories of Prophecy Bibliography Abbreviations Plan of Fludd's History of the Macrocosm and the Microcosm Plan of Fludd's Medicina Catholica Fludd's Writings Manuscripts Modern Editions and Translations General Bibliography Index
Synopsis
One of the last Renaissance men, Robert Fludd (1574-1637) was one of the great minds of the early modern period. A physician by profession, he was also a Christian Hermetist, a Rosicrucian, an alchemist, astrologer, musician, and inventor. His drive to encompass the whole of human knowledge--from music to alchemy, from palmistry to fortification--resulted in a series of books remarkable for their hundreds of engravings, a body of work recognized as the first example of a fully-illustrated encyclopedia. In this in-depth, highly illustrated reference, scholar and linguist Joscelyn Godwin explains Fludd's theories on the correspondence between the macrocosm of elements, planets, stars, and subtle and divine beings and the microcosm of the human being and its creative activities. He shows how Fludd's two worlds--the macrocosm and the microcosm--along with Paracelsus's medical principles and the works of Hermes Trismegistus provided the foundation for his search for the cause and cure of all diseases. The more than 200 illustrations in the book represent the whole corpus of Fludd's iconography, each one accompanied by Godwin's expert commentary and explanation. Sharing many passages translated for the first time from Fludd's Latin, allowing him to speak for himself, Godwin explores Fludd's thoughts on cosmic harmonies, divination, the kabbalah, astrology, geomancy, and the rapport between the multiple levels of existence. He also analyzes Fludd's writings in defense of alchemy and the Rosicrucians. An essential reference for scholars of Renaissance thinkers, traditional cosmology, metaphysics, and the Western esoteric tradition, this book offers intimate access to Fludd's worlds and gives one a feel for an epoch in which magic, science, philosophy, spirituality, and imagination could still cohabit and harmonize within a single mind., An illustrated reference book on a seminal figure of occult philosophy and Renaissance thought - Explains Fludd's thoughts on cosmic harmonies, divination, the kabbalah, astrology, geomancy, alchemy, the Rosicrucians, and multiple levels of existence - Includes more than 200 of Fludd's illustrations, representing the whole corpus of Fludd's iconography, each one accompanied by Godwin's expert commentary - Explores Fludd's medical work as an esoteric Paracelsian physician and his theories on the macrocosm of elements, planets, stars, and subtle and divine beings and the microcosm of the human being and its creative activities, including material never before translated One of the last Renaissance men, Robert Fludd (1574-1637) was one of the great minds of the early modern period. A physician by profession, he was also a Christian Hermetist, a Rosicrucian, an alchemist, astrologer, musician, and inventor. His drive to encompass the whole of human knowledge--from music to alchemy, from palmistry to fortification--resulted in a series of books remarkable for their hundreds of engravings, a body of work recognized as the first example of a fully-illustrated encyclopedia. In this in-depth, highly illustrated reference, scholar and linguist Joscelyn Godwin explains Fludd's theories on the correspondence between the macrocosm of elements, planets, stars, and subtle and divine beings and the microcosm of the human being and its creative activities. He shows how Fludd's two worlds--the macrocosm and the microcosm--along with Paracelsus's medical principles and the works of Hermes Trismegistus provided the foundation for his search for the cause and cure of all diseases. The more than 200 illustrations in the book represent the whole corpus of Fludd's iconography, each one accompanied by Godwin's expert commentary and explanation. Sharing many passages translated for the first time from Fludd's Latin, allowing him to speak for himself, Godwin explores Fludd's thoughts on cosmic harmonies, divination, the kabbalah, astrology, geomancy, and the rapport between the multiple levels of existence. He also analyzes Fludd's writings in defense of alchemy and the Rosicrucians. An essential reference for scholars of Renaissance thinkers, traditional cosmology, metaphysics, and the Western esoteric tradition, this book offers intimate access to Fludd's worlds and gives one a feel for an epoch in which magic, science, philosophy, spirituality, and imagination could still cohabit and harmonize within a single mind.
LC Classification Number
BF1598.F58G5813 2019
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