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Dive into the archives of psychedelic thought. Lorenzo Hagerty hosts essential conversations on entheogens, science, and the counterculture.
…brother Klaus, Albert Hoffman, Alchemist, philosopher, chemist, human being, a man of whom it might be said, as was said of Giordano Bruno and Galileo in the 16th century, they brought astronomy of age what the telescope was to astronomy in the 16th…
…yet they daren't speak because of the examples of fascist terrorism all around them. What had happened to other people who spoke Giordano Bruno, I think is one of the most particular cases if you have to point at a particular case here the fact that…
…being the transmission of god's will, as it were, from the unmoving sphere of god to us. And I see here is a book on Giordano Bruno which is sitting here in front of me. So I want to remind you why Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake on Easter.…
…I see here is a book on Giordano Bruno which is sitting here in front of me. So I want to remind you why Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake on Easter. Sunday in the year 1600 in Rome. And that was because, besides his many heresies very…
…the stars that we see occupied one sphere, that's the celestial sphere and the sphere of god is the one outside that. So Giordano Bruno believed the the stars stars were not on one sphere, but outside the sphere of jupiter that they filled space and the…
…the co ruler of the state in a scheme of magical sympathy and resonances. Popes were in the cover of the Giordano Bruno and the hermetic tradition. There's a picture of the mosaic at Siena Cathedral that shows Hermes Trismegistus Co Equal with moses.…
…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 demonic and spiritual magic from Fachino to Campanella.…
…kind of minutiae. So belief kills the spirit? The spirit transcends belief. So I wanted to say that then someone asked about Bruno and Dee, since I suggested you read Giordano Bruno in the hermetic tradition. It's ironic that so little time was spent on…
…The spirit transcends belief. So I wanted to say that then someone asked about Bruno and Dee, since I suggested you read Giordano Bruno in the hermetic tradition. It's ironic that so little time was spent on Bruno. But on the other hand, I recommended…
…Bruno and Dee, since I suggested you read Giordano Bruno in the hermetic tradition. It's ironic that so little time was spent on Bruno. But on the other hand, I recommended you read the book, so you should be well informed on Bruno. For me, Bruno, we…
…was spent on Bruno. But on the other hand, I recommended you read the book, so you should be well informed on Bruno. For me, Bruno, we just didn't get into that particular historical episode because I wanted to tell you about the rosicrucian…
…Bruno. But on the other hand, I recommended you read the book, so you should be well informed on Bruno. For me, Bruno, we just didn't get into that particular historical episode because I wanted to tell you about the rosicrucian enlightenment. But the…
…pouch containing the parchment pages that had been among his grandfather's most precious possessions, having been left to him by Giordano Bruno more than a half a century earlier. Although the bulk of the alchemical library of Rudolph II had previously been…
…of the earth moving in space. This was written ad 150. This is book five. Nobody had that in sight until we reached Giordano Bruno. And if you read Giordano Bruno and the hermetic tradition, you know that Bruno was burned at the stake. And the reason…
…This was written ad 150. This is book five. Nobody had that in sight until we reached Giordano Bruno. And if you read Giordano Bruno and the hermetic tradition, you know that Bruno was burned at the stake. And the reason he was burned at the. The stake…
…five. Nobody had that in sight until we reached Giordano Bruno. And if you read Giordano Bruno and the hermetic tradition, you know that Bruno was burned at the stake. And the reason he was burned at the. The stake was because he looked up into the sky…
…at the. The stake was because he looked up into the sky and did not see the stellar shells and the angelic hierarchies. Bruno had a mystical experience, and when it was over, he said, the universe is infinite, the stars go on forever. And that single…
…the idea was that a perfect society could be the goal of the alchemical work. Let me read you a passage from Giordano Bruno. This is a wonderful passage from the picatrix. Remember picatrix? This was the book of magical, 12th century magical text that…
…believe. Since I don't have the catalog, I'm not 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…
…because they're always vindicated. The trouble is, there can be some rough spots along the way. A favorite heretic of mine is Giordano Bruno, who some of you may know about, who was burned at the stake as the price of his commitment to heresy. Bruno…
…Giordano Bruno, who some of you may know about, who was burned at the stake as the price of his commitment to heresy. Bruno discovered the infinity of the universe. That's what he discovered. He looked into the night sky and was the first person in…
…old hat in 1990, but in 1480, you know, this was such a dizzying notion that it can hardly be imagined. You know, Giordano Bruno went to the stake, was burned at the stake for insisting that the universe was infinite in all directions. You know, he…
…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 demonic and spiritual magic. From Facino to Campanella.…
…via psychedelicsalon us. I've actually read two of them, Nina Gerbois Book, which I talked about a few programs back, and the Bruno book by Yates. That particular book, in fact, was originally published in 1964. It's out in paperback now, and it's still…
…book, in fact, was originally published in 1964. It's out in paperback now, and it's still considered a primary source on Bruno. So if you're interested in these topics, well, that's really an excellent place to begin. Well, that's going to be it…
…guys that when we see the pope over here, we see the medieval patriot. These are the same guys that burned Giordano Bruno, the great poet, visionary and scientist of the state because he wouldn't recant. Probably a stubborn Calabrian. I'm not sure about…
…wouldn't recant. Probably a stubborn Calabrian. I'm not sure about that, though. Well, but look at the reputation they gave him. I mean, Bruno, without the pyre is a whiskey priest laying waste to the maids of Umbria. No, I mean, here is my point on…
…And so it was done. If you're interested in Renaissance hermeticism, you can't do better than read Dame Francis Yates book, Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic tradition. Well, I want to read you some of this stuff because it's very interesting and it has…
…eyes of the clergy without to causing a problem. And then the development of western magic splits into two strains. The Bruno strain. Giordano Bruno, I understand he's running for president of the United States this year. Giordano Bruno and his school. He…
…the clergy without to causing a problem. And then the development of western magic splits into two strains. The Bruno strain. Giordano Bruno, I understand he's running for president of the United States this year. Giordano Bruno and his school. He was a…
…magic splits into two strains. The Bruno strain. Giordano Bruno, I understand he's running for president of the United States this year. Giordano Bruno and his school. He was a franciscan monk who ended up being burned at the stake. His sin, for which he…
…into that particular historical episode because I wanted to tell you about the rosicrucian enlightenment. But the thing to remember about Bruno is his discovery of the infinitude of the cosmos, and that by an act of unencumbered observation. I mean, how…
…of the cosmos, and that by an act of unencumbered observation. I mean, how many people had looked at the night sky before Bruno, and they had not seen what he saw, which was infinite space and suns hung like lamps unto the uttermost extremes of…
…and then accept the consequences, because this is what existential validity must be. As far as the relationship between Dee and Bruno, the relationship is that they were both derivative of the magical school that can be traced back to Henry and Cornelius…
…the source of all the magical codes in the Middle Ages. If you're interested in a brilliant but fictional treatment of John Dee and Giordano Bruno, I'd like to recommend a novelty to you. It's called Egypt, spelled a e g y p t. It has the a in front…
…worlds. But his book Egypt, fully half of the book is given over to a wonderfully rich retelling of the relationship between Bruno and Dee. Now, some people have wanted to say that Dee and Bruno actually crossed physical paths in London. But I've looked…
…to a wonderfully rich retelling of the relationship between Bruno and Dee. Now, some people have wanted to say that Dee and Bruno actually crossed physical paths in London. But I've looked into it, and they missed each other for. By about two weeks, Bruno…
…actually crossed physical paths in London. But I've looked into it, and they missed each other for. By about two weeks, Bruno was setting sail for France, I mean, for England, as Dee was setting sail for France, and the rosicrucian enlightenment episode…
…To us, this sounds tortured and peculiar, but it works quite well. One of the great practitioners of the ars memorial was Giordano Bruno, and he wrote a book called lo spechio delle bistia tri the expulsion of the triumphant beast and my God, Max Ernst,…