c/psychedelic-salon
Dive into the archives of psychedelic thought. Lorenzo Hagerty hosts essential conversations on entheogens, science, and the counterculture.
…the vonage manuscript occurred. Why was he broken up? Well, he had been the court astronomer of Elizabeth and the friend of Sir Philip Sidney and the most educated man in England when James came to power. James had a total horror of the whole magical…
…Who claimed, actually Roger Bacon as a. As one of his. Oh, yes. I didn't hear that. Oh, yes. Queen Elizabeth and Philip Sidney and Francis Bacon visited John D Athenae, like, one afternoon to see his library, because he had more books than anyone in…
…England, and he was now very old, and he died at Mortlake in 1606. Elizabeth died in 1604. Shakespeare was happening. Sir Philip Sidney was happening through this period, John Dee reputedly had over 6000 books in his library. He had more books than any…
…London. Now, it's completely surrounded by modern London, I should say. He had the largest library in England. He had 6000 books. Sir Philip Sidney and the Queen would occasionally call upon him to shoot the bull. And he was a very learned man. So one…