…it's in the air and the water. I mean it's what bohemia really is all about. Have you read for example, Francis Yates book the rosicrucian enlightenment? No, well it's the occult history of bohemia and of bohemian Europe and very interesting stuff. I…

…ideas and this passage is the core passage that inspired the rosicrucians and numerous other utopian movements. Here is Francis Yates. Hermes Chismagistus 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 Yates has a book called the art of memory and this is a lost art. Literally it begins with the roman orator cicero and…

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

…a book by walker called spiritual and demonic magic from Ficino to Campanella that covers all of this very well. Or Francis Yates book the rosicrucian enlightenment, although they neither of them. Do you want to talk about the rosicrucians yet? Not quite…

…got back to the habsburgs in Spain, they raised an army and destroyed this alchemical revolution. If you're interested, read Francis Yates book the rosicrucian enlightenment. But anyway this Habsburg Army which laid siege to Prague in the summer of 1619 and…