…ordinary asterisms, the ordinary influences of astrology can be deflected. And if you're interested in this sort of thing, Dame Francis Yeats wrote a wonderful book called Giordano Bruno and the hermetic tradition. And there's another book by DP Walker called…

…knowledge and their purpose. And this brings us to the curious episode in history called the Rosicrucian Enlightenment. And Dame Francis Yeats once again got there first, and she wrote a book called the Rosicrucian Enlightenment, which traces the history of…

…ideas. And this passage is the core passage that inspired the Rosicrucians and numerous other utopian movements. Here is Francis Yeats, Hermes. Trismegistus is often mentioned as the source for some talismanic images and in other connections. But there is…

…alchemical imagery is a kind of subtext of late. Alchemy is what's called the ars memoria, the art of memory. And, in fact, Francis Yeats has a book called the Art of memory, and this is a loss. Start literally. It begins with the roman orator Cicero,…

…magic. Let's see. Yes, here it is. I did bring it. I wanted to read you one passage here from. This is Francis Yeats, again in Giordano, in the hermetic tradition, because this describes this change of status of the magician that we're interested in. And…

…absolutely certain, but I believe the catalog urged you to read Giordano Bruno and the hermetic tradition by Dame Francis. Francis Yeats. And this is though Francis Yeats scholarship is very controversial, I think, to get an overview of the landscape. Her…

…the catalog urged you to read Giordano Bruno and the hermetic tradition by Dame Francis. Francis Yeats. And this is though Francis Yeats scholarship is very controversial, I think, to get an overview of the landscape. Her book is probably the best single…

…the ordinary, the ordinary influences of astrology can be deflected. And if you're interested in this sort of thing, Dame Francis Yeats wrote a wonderful book called Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic tradition. And there's another book by DP Walker called…

…got back to the Hapsburgs in Spain, they raised an army and destroyed this alchemical revolution. If you're interested, read Francis Yeats book, the Rosicrucian Enlightenment. But anyway, this habsburg army, which laid siege to Prague in the summer of 1619…