/lit/ - Literature

Inside the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica - Amsterdam - The J.R. Ritman Hermetic Library

https://youtu.be/43yhlcy59lw

Conference 'Around 1600': E. Ritman and P. Forshaw - Infinitie Fire Interview Series

https://youtu.be/ScQT7ZP8Wwo

The Infinite Fire Webinar Series - Introduction Dr. P.J. Forshaw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBtLO1ZzOuA

The Infinite Fire Webinar Series - Selection of Dr. P.J. Forshaw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8KtN1_exr8

The selection of topics by Dr. P.J. Forshaw - assistant professor at the Center for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents (GHF) for the Infinite Fire Webinar Series.

From September to November, Peter will take us first to the 'Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae' - the Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom - the renowned work of physician and Hermetic alchemist Heinrich Khunrath

In the second webinar, Peter will discuss the alchemical emblem book 'Atalanta Fugiens' (1617) by the Renaissance alchemist Michael Maier. This book with 50 separate sections, may well be regarded as the first multimedia production ever. Each section contains an engraved emblem, a verse and an epigram connected to the emblem as well as a short prose piece discussing the alchemical meaning of each emblem. Another rarity are the short musical canons connected to the sections, each composed by Maier himself

Peter's third great interest relates to the Enochian language of John Dee. Together with the spirit medium Edward Kelly (Edward Talbot), Dee, an English occultist, 'mathemagician' and astrologer

More on these three fascinating alchemists in Peter's in-depth Infinite Fire webinars