Publications
Daniel Mögling (1596–1635) was a German physician, alchemist, and Rosicrucian writer. Born in the late 16th century, Mögling studied medicine at the
Roast Chestnuts and the Principle of Immunity
immigrants
Ticino, the southernmost canton of Italian-speaking Switzerland, is known for its chestnuts. Traditionally, unemployment was high there. For
Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero
Amsterdam & Renaissance & Poetry & Literature
Het al te korte leven van Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, van 1585 tot 1618, omvat de periode van de opkomst van de Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden
Robert Fludd: An Short Note of His Life and Work
Robert Fludd, also known as Robertus de Fluctibus who was a well-known English physician, alchemist, and mystic. He lived in the early 17th century.
Johann Jacob Scheuchzer (1672-1733)
Bible & Biology
What to make of fossils? Aristotle thought that they grew in the earth, Christian scholars pointed to the Biblical flood. In 1726 this fossil was
Trajano Boccalini (1656-1615)
Rosicrucians
Trajano Boccalini , was born in Loreto, Italy. Details of his early life are scarce, but we know he studied law in Perugia and held various legal
Johann Faulhaber (1580-1635)
Mathematics & Magic & Alchemy
Johann Faulhaber, also known as Johann Faulhauber, was a German mathematician, engineer, and fortification builder. Born in Ulm, Germany, in 1580,
Jacob Schalling (1587-after 1615)
Rosicrucians & Medicine & Alchemy
D. S. G. PHILOSOPHIA TRANSNATURALIS è SANCTA SCRIPTURA NATURAE OBVIIS EXEMPLIS, sapientium virorum sparsis testimoniis ACCINCTA Per labores
Julius Sperber
Rosicrucians & Alchemy & Mysticism
Born around 1540 in Seebergen, Germany, Julius Sperber, also known as Julianus de Campis, was a prominent figure in the mystical and philosophical
Stephan Michelspacher (ca 1571-1627)
Rosicrucians & Alchemy & Book history & Paracelsus
Stephan Michelspacher was a Tyrolean printmaker and physician active in Augsburg during the early seventeenth century. A Lutheran, he likely left
Authors and Writers
In the literary café on Paris’ Rue des Cascades sat a writer. It was nine in the morning, the summer was still young. You could already feel the
Sebastian Franck
Reformation & History & Tolerance
(1499 — 1542) was a German Renaissance scholar, writer, and theologian who emerged as one of the most radical voices of the
Alchemy and Related Subjects - a Catalog
Alchemy
A. B. C. Vom Stein der Weisen. Berlin, Friedrich Maurer, 1782 D➤ Alchymistisch Sieben-Gestirn, Das ist, Sieben schöne und außerlesene Tractätlein,
Ashmole
Alchemy
Elias Ashmole (1617–1692) Elias Ashmole was a fascinating English figure known for his many contributions. He studied at Oxford’s Brasenose College
Against Slavery
Slavery & Tolerance
The Atlantic slave trade began in the mid-1400s and lasted into the nineteenth century. By the 1600s the Dutch contested the English and French for
Holbein at the Steelyard: Cannon Street (City
of London)
Immigrants & Tolerance & Art
During the high and late Middle Ages the majority of strangers in London were individual members of a multi-national merchant class. In 1303, Edward
A Portrait of the Author
Book History
Gore Vidal wrote an essay about the changed role of the author: around 1900, an authority; at the end of the twentieth century, a man or woman on
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn al-Sayigh (ca 787-ca
869)
Astrology
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn al-Sayigh, more commonly known as Albubather, was a distinguished Arab astrologer and astronomer of the 9th century.
Coptic: The Language of the Gnostics and the Egyptian
Christians
Coptic
The Gnostic sects that were active in especially Egypt during the second, third, and fourth century AD, all made use of variations of the same
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