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British mathematician and astrologer

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InnerVerse
A Great Fludd of Truth From a Wonderful Mind with Marty Leeds and Steven Young

InnerVerse

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 79:16


Marty Leeds (Gnostic Academy) and Steven Young (Hedflux) have something in common: they're both fascinated and inspired by the 16th-17th century Alchemist, Robert Fludd. In this episode, we explore the natural philosophy, musical cosmology, and metaphysics and divine sciences of one of history's greatest minds. Some topics include the infinite and indivisible God, Jesus: the light of the mind, Fludd's beef with Johannes Kepler, and the History of the Macrocosm. In the Plus+ Extension we discuss action-at-a-distance healing and the intriguing "weapon salve," how and why "like affects like," Fludd the Kabbalist, defensive esoteric writing and the Devil, the Esoteric Christ, the Sun and the Mind, and the possibilities of a physical Philosopher's Stone, and much more. Join InnerVerse Plus+ for exclusive extended episodes!Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/124547560Youtube: https://youtu.be/ep0IvvLaXOI GET TUNEDhttps://www.innerversepodcast.com/sound-healing EPISODE LINKSMarty Leeds: https://gnosticacademy.org/Steven Young: https://stevenyoung.uk/https://www.innerversepodcast.com/season-11/robert-fludd-marty-leeds-steven-young SUPPORT INNERVERSETippecanoe Herbs - Use INNERVERSE code at checkout - https://tippecanoeherbs.com/Check out the Spirit Whirled series, narrated by Chance - https://www.innerversepodcast.com/audiobooksLotusWei Flower Essences - https://www.lotuswei.com/innerverseBuy from Clive de Carle with this link to support InnerVerse with your purchase - https://clivedecarle.ositracker.com/197164/11489InnerVerse Merch - https://www.innerversemerch.comThe Aquacure AC50 (Use "innerverse" as a coupon code for a discount) - https://eagle-research.com/product/ac50TT TELEGRAM LINKShttps://t.me/innerversepodcasthttps://t.me/innerversepodcastchat InnerVerse intro theme by Conspiracy Music Guru - https://www.conspiracymusicguru.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Canal Rosacruz
Música y cantos rosacruces

Canal Rosacruz

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 22:41


La música y el canto siempre han ocupado un lugar destacado en la tradición rosacruz. Hablaremos de Michael Maier, Robert Fludd, ls Rosacruz de Oro, Erik Satie y los temas utilizados en las corrientes modernas del rosacrucismo: "Secreto Eterno", "Ad Rosam per Crucem" y, recientemente, "In Rosis Veritas".

The Gnostic Church and Academy of Lord Jesus Christ
130 - A Fludd of Genius, The Work of Robert Fludd

The Gnostic Church and Academy of Lord Jesus Christ

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 188:49


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BH Sales Kennel Kelp CTFO Changing The Future Outcome
A Renaissance Memory Palace:Delving into Robert Fludd's Mnemonic System

BH Sales Kennel Kelp CTFO Changing The Future Outcome

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 1:34


Grandpa Bill reviews: The practical application of Robert Fludd's memory techniques. Why You ABSOLUTELY MUST Learn The Masterful Memory Techniques of Robert Fludd Ready for more? Check out the "Chaos Memory Palace" of Giordano Bruno next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcM3VBdlIvc Creating your own Memory Palace: Guiding listeners through the steps of creating their personalized Memory Palace, using familiar spaces or natural environments. Applying the techniques: Offering practical examples of how to use the Memory Palace for different purposes, like remembering grocery lists, studying vocabulary, or even public speaking notes. Holistic memory enhancement: Discussing how combining the Memory Palace with healthy habits like a balanced diet, meditation, and regular exercise can holistically improve memory function. More info later at The BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Healing Hour Podcast #Dr. Anthony Metivier,#Magnetic Memory Method,#Robert Fludd, Holistic Health Secrets and Life-Sales Strategies with Grandpa Bill Nourish Your Soul, Boost Your Business: The BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Healing Hour Experience Website: https://www.7kmetals.com/grandpabill Website:https://www.myctfo.com/index.html YouTube: Bill Holt@billholt8792 Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/bill.sales.524 Social Media:https://www.instagram.com/bradybrodyboy12/ Voicemail Message Board: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsales BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Healing Hour Retired holistic health enthusiast, Grandpa Bill, shares his wisdom and experiences in the realms of health, wealth, and well-being. Join Grandpa Bill on his journey of holistic health and personal growth. With over 45 years of experience in the industry, he has a wealth of knowledge to share on topics ranging from nutrition and supplements, to meditation and spirituality. In his retirement, Grandpa Bill is dedicated to sharing his insights and helping others to achieve their full potential. He is an intuitive thinker, humorist, star seed, poetry fan, with a passion for history and coins. Hosted by Grandpa Bill, 45 year career now retired Disclaimer:This podcast site content is provided for informational purposes only, and does not intend to substitute professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. JOIN US EVERY TUESDAY AT 6PM. EST. https://freedomsnap.org/Seth/ BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Virtual Mall Patriot Supply Link:  ⁠⁠https://mypatriotsupply.com/?rfsn=5615494.137cb6⁠⁠ Health Ranger Link: ⁠⁠https://www.healthrangerstore.com/?⁠⁠rfsn=301296.96452b2&utm_source=HR_Affiliate&utm_campaign=14708&utm_affiliate=301296⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Healer.com⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.HealerCBD.com/?ref=11⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsales/message

BH Sales Kennel Kelp CTFO Changing The Future Outcome

BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Healing Hour: Memory Magic with the Ancients and Dr. Metivier! #MemoryMagic, #GrandpaBillWisdom, #MagneticMemory, #Dr.AnthonyMetivier, #Approved ,#HolisticLearning, Embarking on a captivating journey through the world of memory enhancement! Today, Grandpa Bill dives deep into the fascinating history of the Memory Palace, exploring the techniques of Renaissance scholar Robert Fludd. We then connect these ancient practices with the powerful Magnetic Memory Method, created by our two-time guest, Dr. Anthony Metivier. Learn how to harness the power of vivid imagery and spatial navigation to transform your memory and unlock your full potential for learning and success! Have you ever tried using a memory technique like the Memory Palace? If so, share your experience and what worked well for you. What are some areas of your life where you'd like to see significant memory improvement? How do you think the Magnetic Memory Method could help you achieve those goals? Share your thoughts and experiences on our voicemail message board! Encouraging our listeners to leave voicemails with their answers and any other questions they might have about the episode's topics at this show voicemail message board.. Holistic Health Secrets and Life-Sales Strategies with Grandpa Bill Nourish Your Soul, Boost Your Business: The BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Healing Hour Experience Website: https://www.7kmetals.com/grandpabill Website:https://www.myctfo.com/index.html YouTube: Bill Holt@billholt8792 Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/bill.sales.524 Social Media:https://www.instagram.com/bradybrodyboy12/ Voicemail Message Board: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsales BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Healing Hour Retired holistic health enthusiast, Grandpa Bill, shares his wisdom and experiences in the realms of health, wealth, and well-being. Join Grandpa Bill on his journey of holistic health and personal growth. With over 45 years of experience in the industry, he has a wealth of knowledge to share on topics ranging from nutrition and supplements, to meditation and spirituality. In his retirement, Grandpa Bill is dedicated to sharing his insights and helping others to achieve their full potential. He is an intuitive thinker, humorist, star seed, poetry fan, with a passion for history and coins. Hosted by Grandpa Bill, 45 year career now retired Disclaimer:This podcast site content is provided for informational purposes only, and does not intend to substitute professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. JOIN US EVERY TUESDAY AT 6 PM. EST. https://freedomsnap.org/Seth/ BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Virtual Mall Patriot Supply Link:  ⁠⁠https://mypatriotsupply.com/?rfsn=5615494.137cb6⁠⁠ Health Ranger Link: ⁠⁠https://www.healthrangerstore.com/?⁠⁠rfsn=301296.96452b2&utm_source=HR_Affiliate&utm_campaign=14708&utm_affiliate=301296⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Healer.com⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.HealerCBD.com/?ref=11⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsales/message

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
HoP 436 - Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores - Robert Fludd

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2024 19:29


Our last figure of the English Renaissance undertakes daring investigations of chemistry, medicine, agriculture, and cosmology – and gets accused of magic and Rosicrucianism.

ParaPower Mapping
The Secret History of MasSUSchusetts (Pt. 2A): Historical Materia Ultima

ParaPower Mapping

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 186:49


The second episode of ParaPower Mapping continues our investigation of The Secret History of MasSUSchusetts and kicks off a mini-series within the series, throughout which we will map the New England node of a transatlantic alchemical & Rosicrucian brotherhood that set the English colonization of America in motion, founded plantations & settlements patterned after alchemical "utopian" visions, and pushed for the colonies to institute slavery in the service of "economic development". Episode II includes: Protestant eschatological schemes of world domination; accompanying philosophies such as millenarianism and pansophism; the life of Jan Comenius; some basic Christian alchemical terminology; the archwizard John Dee, his plans for a Protestant British global empire, his Arthurian justifications for colonizing the New World, his influence on American alchemists like John Winthrop Jr., & his belief that his work was inspired by angels (perhaps he was wrong… and he was conversing with demons instead); the relationship between Francis Bacon & John Dee and their influence on Rosicrucianism; a discussion of the Rosicrucian manifestos Fama Fraternitatis, Confessio, & The Chymical Wedding; the Invisible College/ Royal Society; a ton of Rosicrucian Enlightenment figures, such as Isaac Newton, Elias Ashmole, Michael Maier, Samuel Hartlib & the Hartlib Circle, Sir Walter Raleigh, Edmund Spenser, Robert Boyle, Robert Fludd; the introduction of American alchemists like John Winthrop the Younger & George Starkey; the odyssey of Scottish alchemist Alexander Seton, who toured Europe performing the transmutation of metals into gold; the Rosicrucian royals Frederick & Elizabeth of Bohemia and their brief reign prior to the Thirty Years War; connections between Rosicrucianism and speculative Scottish Freemasonry; the Ancient & Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis (AMORC); a possible voyage to Massachusetts by the Scottish Sinclair family (who are connected to the Templars, Rosicrucianism, & Freemasonry) and a Venetian prince named Zeno; Puritan and Protestant practitioners of Cabala, alchemy, and magic; the prevalence of the occult in colonial New England and Puritan interpretations of Biblical magic; various judges of the Court of Oyer & Terminer from the Salem Trials & their connections to alchemy & witches; Col. Israel Stoughton, father-in-law of alchemist George Starkey, and his involvement in the Pequot War and the enslavement of Native Americans and connections to the slave-trading Endecott family; Cotton Mather's interests in astrology, bibliomancy, and Cabala; the Harvard alchemical curriculum and various Ivy League practitioners of alchemy; the Pequot War; John Winthrop Jr.'s alchemical plantation in Connecticut; a psychogeographic history of King's Chapel and the King's Chapel Burying Ground; the podcaster's uncanny experience photographing the tombstone of the Winthrop family tomb in the King's Chapel Burying Ground and a blue orb appearing; evidence from Levenda for a Massachusetts curse; the beginnings of a thesis of the alchemical transmutation of America into a land of unbridled profits for the capitalist ruling elite; etc.  Some of the texts cited in this episode:  | Dame Frances Yates - The Rosicrucian Enlightenment & The Occult in the Elizabethan Age | | Peter Levenda - Sinister Forces: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft | | Jason Louv - John Dee and the Empire of Angels | | Steven Sora - Rosicrucian America | | D. Michael Quinn - Early Mormonism and the Magic World View | | Lewis Putnam Turco - Satan's Scourge: A Narrative of the Age of Witchcraft in England & New England | | Walter H. Woodward - Prospero's America: John Winthrop Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture | Songs: | XTC - Human Alchemy | | Wheel of Fortune (Australia) - Theme from 1981 - 1985 | | Boldy James (Prod. Alchemist) - Pinto | | The Sugarcubes - Dear Plastic | | Cathedral - Alchemist of Sorrow |

Subconscious Realms
S2 EP 181 - Eliphas Levi - Transcendental Magic - Hermes Risen - D.J Elliott.

Subconscious Realms

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 76:11


Subconscious Realms Episode 181 - Eliphas Levi - Transcendental Magic - Hermes Risen - D.J Elliott. Ladies & Gentlemen, firstly apologies but my circumstances have changed a considerable amount & everything happens for a reason. Whilst constantly dodging the Deep State, I'll still find a way. On this Episode of Subconscious Realms we welcome back our Incredible Debbie for Eliphas Levi & Transcendental Magic

Ultraculture With Jason Louv
Ep. 111: Transcendental Magick

Ultraculture With Jason Louv

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 55:46


In this episode, we turn back the clock 170 years, and revisit what is perhaps THE great foundational text of magick of the 19th and 20th century - Transcendental Magick, by the French magus Éliphas Lévi. Éliphas Lévi Zahed, born Alphonse Louis Constant (8 February 1810 – 31 May 1875), was a French esotericist, poet, and author of more than 20 books on magic, Kabbalah, alchemical studies, and occultism. He pursued an ecclesiastical career in the Catholic Church until, after great personal struggle, at the age of 26, he abandoned the Roman Catholic priesthood. At the age of 40, he began professing knowledge of the occult, and becoming a reputed ceremonial magician. The pen name "Éliphas Lévi", was a transliteration of his given names "Alphonse Louis" into the Hebrew. Levi gained renown as an original thinker and writer. His works attracted the attention of the heterogeneous ambiences of the era in Paris and London; from esotericists to artists of romantic or symbolist inspiration. He also expressed his independence by leaving the Masonic lodge of the "Great Orient", believing that it was a form of modern secularization, where knowledge of the original meanings of symbols and rituals was lost. "I ceased being a freemason, at once, because the Freemasons, excommunicated by the Pope, did not believe in tolerating Catholicism." Many authors influenced Levi's political, occultic and literary development, such as the French monarchist Joseph de Maistre, whom he quotes in many parts of his Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, Paracelsus, Robert Fludd, Swedenborg, Fabre d'Olivet, the Rosicrucians, Plato, Raymond Lull, and other esoterics. For more, check out Magick.Me, my online school for magick, meditation, and mysticism—see more at www.magick.me...!

El Libro Rojo de Ritxi Ostáriz
ELR183. Historia del esoterismo occidental; con Marta Piñol. El Libro Rojo de Ritxi Ostáriz

El Libro Rojo de Ritxi Ostáriz

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2022 81:00


Nuevo capítulo de El Libro Rojo, en el que charlo con Marta Piñol, Doctora en Historia del Arte y traductora para Ediciones Sans Soleil de la obra ‘Western Esotericism: A Guide for the Perplexed’, de Wouter J. Hanegraaff. Se trata de un estudio profundo para conocer la influencia del esoterismo y el hermetismo en nuestra cultura occidental, y el papel en todo ello de nombres tales como Platón, Plotino, Marsilio Ficino, Paracelso, Jakob Böhme o Robert Fludd.

Esoterismo On Air
Formulario di Alta Magia, Pierre Piobb

Esoterismo On Air

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 1:12


Da Anguana Edizioni ci arriva "Formulario di Alta Magia" di Pierre Piobb, pseudonimo del Conte Pierre Vincenti, già traduttore di Robert Fludd e studioso di Nostradamus, un compendio serio e rigoroso delle Scienze Occulte. Per dubbi o curiosità seguiteci sui nostri social o acquistate sul nostro sito www.libreriailsigillo.it --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/libreria-il-sigillo/message

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Buscadores de la verdad
UTP110 Cinco familiares elementos

Buscadores de la verdad

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 70:21


Bienvenidos de nuevo a esta pequeña obra que he dedicado a los cinco elementos. En mi particular interpretación podrá escuchar cinco micro relatos de unos 8 minutos escritos por un servidor y maravillosamente locutados por abriendo los ojos. Agua, tierra, aire, fuego y éter. Para explicar un poco de que va esto voy a utilizar un texto de Johnny McClue del 2015 escrito en la web Símbolos, mitos y arquetipos que dice así: “Con el número de elementos fundamentales hay una gran disparidad de criterios, y no sostiene la misma opinión la cultura tradicional de occidente, que la de oriente. En occidente se cree que los elementos fundamentales son cuatro y en numerosas culturas orientales se sostiene que son cinco. En nuestra humilde opinión, pensamos que es mejor tratar este tema por separado pues suele causar confusión. Así que con vuestro permiso, hoy trataremos la teoría de los 4 elementos fundamentales y un próximo día ya hablaremos sobre la de cinco. Los cuatro elementos fundamentales son: Fuego, Tierra, Aire y Agua. Estos 4 elementos desempeñan un papel fundamental en la explicación de la teoría "Microcosmos-Macrocosmos", pues son ellos los que hacen posible una visión completa con la que relacionar el microcosmos humano y el macrocosmos del universo. El autor de la tesis de los 4 elementos fue Empédocles. Más tarde Hipócrates la aplicó a su teoría de los 4 humores corporales y posteriormente Aristóteles la modificó considerablemente. Aristóteles resume todos a todos los elementos en una proto-materia a la que llamaba "Prima Materia" o también "Materia Prima". Es lo que mas tarde los alquimistas llamaron "Nuestro Caos" o también "Terrón Tenebroso", que se remonta a la caída de Lucifer y de Adán. Para Aristóteles la Prima Materia se asocia a las cuatro cualidades: seco, húmedo, frío y calor. Manipulando estas cualidades , se puede modificar la composición elemental de los materiales. Es el camino para llegar a la transmutación tan deseada por todo alquimista. Por esto el trabajo del alquimista se reduce a la inversión de los elementos. La materia de la piedra pasa de una naturaleza a otra, los elementos se extraen uno después del otro y así los dominan de forma alternativa. Según una ley de Pitágoras, el espectro total de posibilidades de este mundo está contenido en la cifra cuatro. El quinto elemento, ya sería aristotélico y se trataría de la famosa quinta esencia. Se trata de una esencia que solamente puede encontrarse en un empíreo divino y por este motivo no forma parte de los 4 elementos terrestres. El hombre desde su ignorancia ha ido prestando cada vez mas atención para saber como los 4 elementos se comportaban y entre si actuaban. Sus esfuerzos se centraron en averiguar cómo se transformaban y cómo se relacionaban con las 4 estaciones y los 4 temperamentos. Estas son las conclusiones a las que llegaron en la Edad Media: - Elemento Tierra - otoño - temperamento melancólico - Elemento Fuego - verano - temperamento colérico - Elemento Aire - primavera - temperamento sanguíneo - Elemento Agua - invierno - temperamento flemático Hay algunas tesis y teorías que dan a la Tierra propiedades muy diferentes a las de el Fuego, el Aire y el Agua. Uno de ellos es Robert Fludd que fue discípulo de Paracelso. Según esta tendencia el acto divino de la creación se representa como un proceso alquímico en el que Dios obtiene del caos tenebroso los 3 elementos primarios: luz, oscuridad y aguas espirituales. Son estas aguas el principio de los 4 elementos aristotélicos, de los cuales la tierra es el mas tosco y pesado. Esta primera tierra Fludd la compara con el sedimento que se deposita en el matraz durante la destilación alquímica. Por sorprendente que nos pueda parecer, Fludd utiliza el símil del matraz para que entendamos el porqué de nuestro sufrimiento y padecimiento en este mundo que habitamos: "No debe maravillarnos que nuestro planeta sea un valle de lágrimas, sabiendo que está hecho del sedimento de la creación, por el que ronda el diablo”. En los procesos de los alquimistas, el estado final e ideal de la materia se alcanza cuando los elementos se ordenan según su grado de consistencia. En el punto central tenemos en primer lugar al Fuego y alrededor de él se posiciona el Aire. El Aire es rodeado por el Agua y en último lugar la Tierra se posiciona rodeando al Agua. Ya en los primeros albores de la humanidad se afirmaba que todos los cuerpos estaban integrados por la combinación de los cuatro elementos fundamentales. Al Fuego lo llamaron materia radiante. La Tierra recibía el nombre de materia solida. El Aire era la materia gaseosa o etérea y el Agua se consideraba la materia liquida. Esta diferenciación fue tomada por la medicina y derivo en la división de los 4 temperamentos o humores que ya hemos visto anteriormente.” Espero que sean de su agrado mis cinco cuentos donde como eran hay una varias interpretaciones y varias capas dentro de lo que aparentemente son solo historias fabuladas. Les dejo ya con el primer relato y espero poder ver esta obra escrita en papel y con ilustraciones que la acerquen a todos los públicos. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Enlaces citados y música utilizados en el podcast: Los 4 elementos http://abajocomoarriba.blogspot.com/2015/05/los-4-elementos.html KATICA ILLÉNYI - Once Upon a Time in the West - Theremin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY7sXKGZl2w Agua Camarón de la isla y Paco de Lucia Como El Agua https://youtu.be/3KZyy8Oc1QA Tierra Madre Tierra - Macaco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZWryw2eFjI&t=59s Aire Canción del aire https://youtu.be/LPUIXPRtOeI Fuego The Cult - Fire Woman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g6h1vI4Xv0 Eter Inés Lolago - LAS ANTIGUAS (versión 2020) https://youtu.be/o6L0tIwUk_s

Canal Rosacruz
Elías Ashmole: masón y rosacruz

Canal Rosacruz

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 14:37


A mediados del siglo XVII el rosacrucismo estaba en plena ebullición. Tras la publicación de los manifiestos rosacruces, la Fama Fraternitatis y la Confessio Fraternitatis, en los años 1614 y 1615 respectivamente, los ideales de la Rosacruz se empezaron a difundir por toda Europa. En 1636 ocurre un hecho de particular relevancia: el joven Elias Ashmole, de 24 años edad, se desplaza de Gales a Londres y se convierte en discípulo del rosacruz Robert Fludd. Fludd había descubierto el rosacrucismo en el continente europeo, donde había visitado Francia, España, Italia y Alemania, y en esos lugares conoció a algunos de sus primeros referentes, y posiblemente también estuvo en contacto con los Hermanos Mayores de la Rosacruz. Sea como sea, Robert Fludd fue el puente entre el rosacrucismo centro-europeo con Inglaterra.

We Appreciate Manga™
055: Neon Genesis Evangelion vol. 13

We Appreciate Manga™

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2020 50:05


Sadamoto handles the final scenes with Shinji and Asuka with a great deal of respect, and all without straying too far from the plot of the anime. Skip plot summary @ 9:03 Email: WeAppreciateManga@Gmail.com 055: Neon Genesis Evangelion vol. 13 Chapters 84 to 90, “Calling” and “Memories of Summer” By Yoshiyuki Sadamoto Translation by John Werry and Evan Galloway   Topics: Shinji x Asuka Existentialism, Is Rei god? Is Shinji God?   Other references: Guf (or the chamber of Guf) is depicted as an orb held by the combined Lilith and Rei, in both Judaic lore and in Evangelion it is a celestial body which houses all unborn souls and during third impact is where all the souls on earth return to. Confusingly Ristuko makes reference to Guf when she reveals the Dummy plug system (the Rei Clones), but due to circumstances in that mankind has no access to Guf, or there being no souls left in Guf, this means the Evas have adapted souls from others and that the Rei clones have no souls. [1]   Tree of life vs Tree of Knowledge (Fuyutsuki refers to the formation as both) There are many interpretations of this symbolic “tree” as it appears in a multitude of theological text. One being the tree that Adam and Eve ate from, however Evangelion takes the majority of its symbolism from Kabbalah and sacred geometry.   In the opening of the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime, we first see the tree of life in Robert Fludd’s illustration and again as the Systema Sephiroticum, illustrated by Athanasius Kircher, which also appears in Gendo’s room. Within Kabbalah, the tree of life is a diagram called the Sefirot (Sephiroth), consisting of 10 nodules known as Sefira. It is a diagram representative of creationism. In End of Eva, before instrumentality is triggered, you may find Shinji is placed on the sixth nodule of the Sefirot. In a Kabbalisic interpretation of Genesis, Tifaret (or Tif’eret) is referenced when God is creating the world on “the fifth day” in the following passage:   "And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. '" – Genesis 1:20 (English Revised Version)   This is because all nodules represent all of God’s utterances upon creating the world, the first being uttered on the first day, “Let there be light”- Genesis 1:3 (English Revised Version). “Tif’eret” or “Tifarah” means “Glory” or “beauty” in Hebrew, it symbolises compassion and beauty. It’s placement on the sefirot gives it more significance due to it representing mercy, justice, balance, giving and receiving. The image of the cross is also superimposed on the Tifaret, with Shinji in the centre, this gives a sacrificial meaning towards the scene. [2] [3]   “Malboge Fusion” Italian for evil ditch (referring to the destruction of NERV’s basement and formation of Lilith’s egg) Malboge is referred to as the eight circle of hell in Dante’s Inferno (the first part of The Divine Comedy by Italian poet Dante Alighieri) the Malboge word is plural, meaning “evil ditches”, which there are ten of, the first instance is in canto 18 of the divine comedy “There is a place in Hell called Malebolge, Wholly of stone and of an iron colour”. [4]   Synopsis: Shinji is able to get inside his Eva and save Asuka from the opposing Eva units. Meanwhile Ritsuko, desperate that the after-life doesn’t fall on Gendo’s terms, uses the help of the Magi system to blow up Adam and the entire base. In a twist of fate, it is her mother’s Artificial Intelligence that stops her from doing so. Ritsuko’s attempt at making a murder-suicide against Rei and Gendo fails.   During this time, Shinji is ambushed by the Evas and is provoked into awakening his own Eva as he syncs with it beyond the maximum threshold, this gives his Eva the properties of an Angel and allows Shinji and his Eva to become a pawn towards triggering a third impact. This advertently causes the lance of Longiness to be drawn out from the moon’s orbit and crucify Shinji’s Eva. The enemy Evas coordinate and trap Shinji.   Gendo attempts to fuse himself with Rei, Lilith and Adam, however Rei rejects Gendo and instead chooses Shinji to be the arbiter of the world. A dying Ritsuko manages to fatally shoot Gendo in the throat and tells him that he is a liar, that there was only one person he ever loved, and it was not herself.   Rei, having undergone her fusion with Adam and Lilith is now a macro-cosmic being, she beholds the crucified Shinji and his Eva unit, in doing so Shinji becomes a literal tree of life. The being formerly known as Rei is able to use Shinji’s new body to amass a single treasury of all earthly souls, but before she does so, she asks Shinji to show him his personal wishes, his thoughts and all that he truly is.   Sources:   https://wiki.evageeks.org/Guf   https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ten-sefirot-tiferet   https://wiki.evageeks.org/Tree_of_Life   http://www.fullbooks.com/Dante-s-Inferno2.html     Facebook - facebook.com/weappreciatemanga/ Instagram –  weappreciatemanga.co.uk   Twitter -   @RealJamesFitton Website – Weappreciatemanga.com Email – Weappreciatemanga@gmail.com

Arnemancy
Hypnerotomachia and Play with Ted Hand

Arnemancy

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 61:35


Ted Hand is public school teacher and independent scholar of Renaissance Magic. In this episode, he discusses the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and Atalanta Fugiens as influential Renaissance texts and the culture of images. Ted discusses in particular the concept of using these image-heavy texts as vehicles for esoteric or mystical play. He discusses in particular the Atalanta Fugiens as a multimedia text and the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili as almost an architectural handbook. This conversation ends up being a deep exploration of the historical culture of the imagination. We discuss alchemy, the Rosicrucians, early Freemasonry, Robert Fludd, Giulio Camillo, image magic, forbidden knowledge, the Art of Memory, and building a relationship with meaningful texts. One key bit in this episode is Ted’s explanation of why well-known Renaissance man and architect Leon Battisti Aberti was considered as a potential author of the Hypnerotomachia before scholars seemed to settle on Francisco Colonna. Along the way, Ted and I discuss different definitions and approaches to meditation in the history of Western esotericism, and we talk about the role of imagination and visions in meditative practice. This in particular might be one of the greatest lesson This episode is the second in a series on the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and serves to help introduce the audience to the thinking, culture, and scholarship around this remarkable book and its lasting effect on our culture. Check below for show notes and for Ted’s recommended reading list. Links @t3dy on Twitter Pico and Dick with Ted Hand (podcast) Joscelyn Godwin’s English translation of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Robert Dallington’s aborted English translation of 1592 (at Project Gutenberg) Scans of the 1499 first edition of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (at the Internet Archive) Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier (at the Internet Archive) Arnemancy’s Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Series Reading List Bilak, Donna. “Playful Humanism in Atalanta fugiens (1618)”. 2017. https://italianacademy.columbia.edu/paper/playful-humanism-atalanta-fugiens-1618 Cruz, Esteban Alejandro. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: Re-Discovering Antiquity Through The Dreams Of Poliphilus. 2006. Griggs, Tamara. “Promoting the past: The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili as antiquarian enterprise”. https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/griggs/files/wordimage.pdf Russell, James, Charles. ‘Many Other Things Worthy of Knowledge and Memory’: The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and its Annotators, 1499-1700. (2014). etheses.dur.ac.uk/10757/ Rogers, Dionysius. A Renaissance Seduction of Memory: Colonna’s Hypnerotomachia as Counter-Edification. Tufte, Edward. Beautiful Evidence. Warner, Marina. Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds: Ways of Telling the Self. https://en.chessbase.com/post/francesco-colonna-first-human-chess-reference (same website has the acrostic) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315117781_A_Dreamt_Feast_Culinary_Marvels_in_the_Hypnerotomachia_Poliphili (banquet in chapter nine, late medieval and early renaissance feasting practices) Hasler, Johann F.W. “Performative and Multimedia Aspects of Late-Renaissance Meditative Alchemy: The Case of Michael Maier’s Atalanta Fugiens (1617)”, (Revista de Estudios Sociales. April, 2011). https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=3439874 Szonyi, György E. “Architectural Symbolism and Fantasy Landscapes in Alchemical and Occult Discourse: Revelatory Images”, in Emblems & Alchemy, Alison Adams, and Stanton J. Linden, (eds.), (Glasgow Emblem Studies, 1998). Bolzoni, Lina. “The Memory Theatre of Giulio Camillo: Alchemy, Rhetoric, and Deification in the Renaissance”, in Lux in Tenebris: The Visual and the Symbolic in Western Esotericism, (Brill, Aries Book Series, Volume: 23, 2018).

Thoth-Hermes Podcast
Season 4-Episode 9 – Ex Libris March 2020

Thoth-Hermes Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2020 74:37


CHAPTER 1 One of the last true Renaissance men, physician, alchemist, and inventor Robert Fludd (1574-1637) wrote a series of books, filled with hundreds of detailed engravings, now recognized as the first fully illustrated encyclopedia. In this hardcover, highly illustrated reference, Joscelyn Godwin explains Fludd’s theories on the cosmos, man, and medicine. Buy the book here   CHAPTER 2 GREG'S CHOICE In each episode Greg Kaminsky, the creator of the great "Occult of Personality" podcast, presents again a book of his choice. "And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him." - Genesis 5:24. The Royal Arch of Enoch: The Impact of Masonic Ritual, Philosophy, and Symbolism documents an undiscovered historical anomaly: how a high degree Masonic Ritual, developed in France in the mid 1700s, included elements of the Book of Enoch which was considered lost until Freemason and traveler James Bruce returned to Europe with copies from Ethiopia in 1773.  Book details and purchase here Greg's Occult of Personality   Greg Kaminsky is a scholar of the Western esoteric tradition, with a graduate degree in Medieval Studies, focusing on Renaissance Cabala. Greg became an initiate in several traditions including Illuminism and Freemasonry. Greg is also host and producer of Occult of Personality, a highly regarded and long-running podcast. From her very early childhood on, Ursula Cserenyi‘s life was filled with spiritual experiences. Later she found the appropriate words in books. Occultism and esotericism have been a part of her life for more than 20 years. Her interests included Wicca, Theosophy, Ritual Magic, Thelema, Shamanism and other paths. Today she feels a strong connection with Josephine McCarthy’s Quareia work and Babalon, the Red Goddess. CHAPTER 3 The sheer diversity of popular magic connected with sacred wells and springs is remarkable. Inseparable from the ancient cults of saints and spirits of place, the natural springs and wellheads of the British Isles have come to be famed loci of healing, divination, and spiritual revelation. Some, possessing long traditions of votive and sacrificial offerings, have assumed powers of spirit-guardianship, or, indeed, divinities of water. Other such wells are the repositories of eldritch lore connected with the cult of the skull and the Holy Head. Additionally, bodies of magical practice have developed around some wells, serving a variety of magical purposes, including blessings and curses, healings and the dispensation of prophetic power. In almost every case, there is a specific magical relation between the waters as a medium of spirit, and the surrounding features of the land. The book is presented by Ursula Cserenyi.  Get the book here CHAPTER 4 For over 30 years Lon Milo DuQuette has written incisively about the tarot, magick, Qabalah, and divination and provided introductory material for the most renowned authors on these topics, such as Aleister Crowley, Israel Regardie, John Dee, Frater Achad, Rodney Orpheus, H. P. Lovecraft, Phyllis Seckler, John Michael Greer, Susan Montag, Donald Michael Kraig, and many others. Considered as a whole this collection of writings provides an invaluable introduction to many aspects and personalities of the occult and esoteric worlds by one of the foremost authorities on such arcane subjects. Collected here are Lon’s best writings, each crafted with an eye toward the importance and immortality of the work with his studied insight and scholarship, along with his renowned sense of humor.

The Hermetic Hour
Hermetic Yoga Book now on Amazon

The Hermetic Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2016 60:00


On Thursday January 7th, 2016 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will celebrate the New Year by announcing the release of "Hermetic Yoga, Beyond the Middle Pillar, Volume One", on Amazon.com. Until this January the sale of this book has been offered only to Active and Associate Members of our Church and the O.T.A. at a special discount. Now we are offering it to the Magical community at large. Hermetic Yoga is somewhat controversial in its theoretical structure. It is a fully developed and extended version of the Golden Dawn's "Middle Pillar" system which is based on the downward progression of the Lightning Flash rather than the planetary letter assignments on the Paths on the Tree of Life. Citing Pythagoras, Robert Fludd, Jacob Boehme, Johann Gichtel, Rudolph von Sebottendorff and Manly Hall, this Rosicrucian version of the Western Interior Stars offers all the power and visionary magick of Eastern Tantric practice to those of us here in the West. So if you'd like to get inside yourself in a magical way and meet your Goddesses and Gods then tune in and we'll raise your dragon for the New Year!  

Astonishing Legends
Oak Island Money Pit Part 4 - The Theories

Astonishing Legends

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2015 183:15


If you can't click on these links, visit our astonishinglegends.com.  Legend: Pirate treasure?  English, French or Spanish military plunder? The secret Rosicrucian works of Sir Francis Bacon and therefore also the possible original missing folios of Shakespeare?  Or perhaps the greatest sacred antiquities lost to history, such as the Ark of the Covenant, the Holy Grail, the Spear of Longinus or the menorah from King Solomon's temple?  Or maybe it's all just natural geological processes forming a sinkhole, plain and simple?  These are just some of the theories of what could be down in the infamous and mysterious "Money Pit" on Oak Island, Nova Scotia -- thought by many to be one of the greatest archeological mysteries of North America, and possibly the world. Background: Now that you've heard Parts 1 through 3 (hopefully!) covering the entire history and timeline of the Oak Island Money Pit, Part 4 covers most all of the theories out there of who could've built it, what they put down there and why. Tonight's Quote: "...I’ll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And deeper than did ever plummet sound I’ll drown my book." ~ Prospero, from William Shakespeare's (or Sir Francis Bacon's?) The Tempest; Act 5, Scene 1, Page 3 If you can't click on these links, visit our website. Apologies for this show being late, our computer died. In an effort to get it posted asap, we've published it even though we are still adding links to the show notes. Visit our webpage for this episode in a few hours for more links than you see listed below! Captain William Kidd The Knights Templar Pope Clement V The Kensington Runestone Nicolas Poussin The First Nations tribe of the Mi'kmaq of Canada's Atlantic Provinces A skeptical investigation of Oak Island by Joe Nickell Christian Rosenkreuz Rosicrucianism The pillars of Solomon's Temple, Boaz and Jachin Robert Fludd Lecture on Spiritual Alchemy and The Great Work Sir Francis Bacon Credits: Episode 021 - 'Oak Island Money Pit Part 4' Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess, Ryan McCullough Sound Design , Special Thanks Tess Pfeifle  Copyright Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess 2015, All Rights Reserved. 

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A Noble Rosicrucian Apologist—Ralph M. Lewis, F.R.C.

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2014


Ralph Lewis served as Imperator of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC from 1939 to 1987. In the reading of this article from the Rosicrucian Digest October 1956, he extols the courage and convictions of two great defenders of the Rosicrucians of the early 1600s—Robert Fludd of England and Michael Maier of Germany and explores Francis Bacon's […]

History of Alchemy Podcast

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Collection highlights tour
Von den Verlorenen gerührt, die der Glaube nicht trug, erwachen die Trommeln im Fluss

Collection highlights tour

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2010 2:45


'Von den Verlorenen gerührt, die der Glaube nicht trug, erwachen die Trommeln im Fluss' is the title of each of two works, one painting and one floor installation. It is not uncommon for Kiefer to use the same titles again and again. This is because of his sustained commitment to certain themes that he pursues over many years. These two works represent two such themes in Kiefer's development and although they look very different as objects they are two sides of one key idea in his mature work. The horizon in Kiefer's work is always more than a landscape feature, it is highly charged symbolically. 'Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe' 1984-86 in the Gallery's collection includes a propeller which has the potential to fly over the horizon transcending the boundary between heaven and earth. In many of Kiefer's paintings and sculptures there are ladders, wings, rockets, Ziggurats, snakes and rainbows that all in some way suggest the idea of transcendence. The broken stairs in this work correspond to the broken propeller suggesting the dream of climbing above the horizon and yet it is a dream that is doomed to fail. This ambivalence towards transcendental aspiration is common to much art of the late twentieth century. For example Ken Unsworth's sculpture 'Rapture' 1994 in the Gallery's collection takes the form of a stairway to heaven frustrated when the stairs made of the keyboards of a grand piano arrive at the body of the piano which is stuffed with straw and will never sound the music of the spheres. The floor installation belongs to a body of works that reverse the passage between heaven and the earth. This is often represented by emanations from above sometimes in the form of poured lead attached to a painting or hanging in space like the finger of God. Many of Kiefer's recent works have more to do with the stars which according to the 16th century philosopher Robert Fludd each have their equivalent in a flower on the earth. Here we see a pile of glass plates that have fallen as a shower over piles of human hair (material human presence). Inscribed with one of 9000 star numbers, each piece of glass represents a heavenly intervention or emanation. Human hair is woven throughout the glass in a reference to the Egyptian Queen Berenice, who often appears in Kiefer’s works in the form of long locks of hair. Berenice was famous for her beauty and as an offering to the gods to bring her husband safely back from war, she cut her tresses and placed them on the temple altar. The Gods were so pleased with the offering that they took the hair into the sky where it became the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice’s hair). The constellation of Coma Berenices is centred between Canes Venatici to the north, Virgo to the south, Bootes on the east and Leo on the west border. The following text is taken from the 2005 exhibition literature when these works were first shown in London: Kiefer's elegiac oeuvre is based on a vast system of themes and references relating to the human condition, explored through a highly emotive use of material and medium. In his muscular artistic language, physical materiality and visual complexity are equal to the content itself, which ranges over sources as diverse as Teutonic mythology and history, alchemy, apocalypse, and belief. As corollary to this breadth of content, Kiefer employs an almost bewildering variety of materials including - in addition to the thick oil paint that is the base of all his large-scale works - dirt, lead, models, photographs, woodcuts, sand, straw and all manner of organic material. By adding 'real' materials to the illusionistic painted surface of his gigantic tableaux, he has invented a compelling 'third space' between painting and sculpture. Few contemporary artists match Kiefer's epic reach; the provocative and paradoxical nature of his work suggests that he embraces the notion of the modern artist who stands resolutely outside society, flaunting its histories, its taboos and its myths. By assimilating and utilizing the conventions and traditions of history painting, he goes beyond them, mingling viewpoints and presenting contradictory interpretations while emulating the genre's grandiloquence. Anselm Kiefer was born in 1945 in Donaueschingen. As a young artist in a Germany reeling from the after-shocks of the Second World War, he opted for a thoroughly and obviously indigenous art, of native subjects, values and symbols that contended with the fraught territory of German history and identity. In the late 1970s he started to make large, highly worked books that began with photographs staged in his studio, gradually gaining body through the application of lead, paint and other collage elements. These impressive objects indicated the way to the complex, process-oriented works of his mature period. In 1991 Kiefer left Germany, eventually settling in the south of France. In the same year he made an exhibition of paintings stacked randomly on top of each other as if discarded. This led to a hiatus in his art production that lasted more than three years. After this he began making new work with a wholly new subject matter, themes and references, dealing with central spiritual and philosophical concerns of our time. Over the past four decades, Kiefer has exhibited his work extensively throughout the world and is included in the world's most prestigious public and private collections.

Kids audio tour
Von den Verlorenen gerührt, die der Glaube nicht trug, erwachen die Trommeln im Fluss

Kids audio tour

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2010 2:02


'Von den Verlorenen gerührt, die der Glaube nicht trug, erwachen die Trommeln im Fluss' is the title of each of two works, one painting and one floor installation. It is not uncommon for Kiefer to use the same titles again and again. This is because of his sustained commitment to certain themes that he pursues over many years. These two works represent two such themes in Kiefer's development and although they look very different as objects they are two sides of one key idea in his mature work. The horizon in Kiefer's work is always more than a landscape feature, it is highly charged symbolically. 'Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe' 1984-86 in the Gallery's collection includes a propeller which has the potential to fly over the horizon transcending the boundary between heaven and earth. In many of Kiefer's paintings and sculptures there are ladders, wings, rockets, Ziggurats, snakes and rainbows that all in some way suggest the idea of transcendence. The broken stairs in 'Von den Verlorenen gerührt...' correspond to the broken propeller suggesting the dream of climbing above the horizon and yet it is a dream that is doomed to fail. This ambivalence towards transcendental aspiration is common to much art of the late twentieth century. For example Ken Unsworth's sculpture 'Rapture' 1994 in the Gallery's collection takes the form of a stairway to heaven frustrated when the stairs made of the keyboards of a grand piano arrive at the body of the piano which is stuffed with straw and will never sound the music of the spheres. The floor installation belongs to a body of works that reverse the passage between heaven and the earth. This is often represented by emanations from above sometimes in the form of poured lead attached to a painting or hanging in space like the finger of God. Many of Kiefer's recent works have more to do with the stars which according to the 16th century philosopher Robert Fludd each have their equivalent in a flower on the earth. Here we see a pile of glass plates that have fallen as a shower over piles of human hair (material human presence). Inscribed with one of 9000 star numbers, each piece of glass represents a heavenly intervention or emanation. Human hair is woven throughout the glass in a reference to the Egyptian Queen Berenice, who often appears in Kiefer’s works in the form of long locks of hair. Berenice was famous for her beauty and as an offering to the gods to bring her husband safely back from war, she cut her tresses and placed them on the temple altar. The Gods were so pleased with the offering that they took the hair into the sky where it became the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice’s hair). The constellation of Coma Berenices is centred between Canes Venatici to the north, Virgo to the south, Bootes on the east and Leo on the west border. The following text is taken from the 2005 exhibition literature when these works were first shown in London: Kiefer's elegiac oeuvre is based on a vast system of themes and references relating to the human condition, explored through a highly emotive use of material and medium. In his muscular artistic language, physical materiality and visual complexity are equal to the content itself, which ranges over sources as diverse as Teutonic mythology and history, alchemy, apocalypse, and belief. As corollary to this breadth of content, Kiefer employs an almost bewildering variety of materials including - in addition to the thick oil paint that is the base of all his large-scale works - dirt, lead, models, photographs, woodcuts, sand, straw and all manner of organic material. By adding 'real' materials to the illusionistic painted surface of his gigantic tableaux, he has invented a compelling 'third space' between painting and sculpture. Few contemporary artists match Kiefer's epic reach; the provocative and paradoxical nature of his work suggests that he embraces the notion of the modern artist who stands resolutely outside society, flaunting its histories, its taboos and its myths. By assimilating and utilizing the conventions and traditions of history painting, he goes beyond them, mingling viewpoints and presenting contradictory interpretations while emulating the genre's grandiloquence. Anselm Kiefer was born in 1945 in Donaueschingen. As a young artist in a Germany reeling from the after-shocks of the Second World War, he opted for a thoroughly and obviously indigenous art, of native subjects, values and symbols that contended with the fraught territory of German history and identity. In the late 1970s he started to make large, highly worked books that began with photographs staged in his studio, gradually gaining body through the application of lead, paint and other collage elements. These impressive objects indicated the way to the complex, process-oriented works of his mature period. In 1991 Kiefer left Germany, eventually settling in the south of France. In the same year he made an exhibition of paintings stacked randomly on top of each other as if discarded. This led to a hiatus in his art production that lasted more than three years. After this he began making new work with a wholly new subject matter, themes and references, dealing with central spiritual and philosophical concerns of our time. Over the past four decades, Kiefer has exhibited his work extensively throughout the world and is included in the world's most prestigious public and private collections.

Kids audio tour
Von den Verlorenen gerührt, die der Glaube nicht trug, erwachen die Trommeln im Fluss

Kids audio tour

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2010 2:02


'Von den Verlorenen gerührt, die der Glaube nicht trug, erwachen die Trommeln im Fluss' is the title of each of two works, one painting and one floor installation. It is not uncommon for Kiefer to use the same titles again and again. This is because of his sustained commitment to certain themes that he pursues over many years. These two works represent two such themes in Kiefer's development and although they look very different as objects they are two sides of one key idea in his mature work. The horizon in Kiefer's work is always more than a landscape feature, it is highly charged symbolically. 'Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe' 1984-86 in the Gallery's collection includes a propeller which has the potential to fly over the horizon transcending the boundary between heaven and earth. In many of Kiefer's paintings and sculptures there are ladders, wings, rockets, Ziggurats, snakes and rainbows that all in some way suggest the idea of transcendence. The broken stairs in 'Von den Verlorenen gerührt...' correspond to the broken propeller suggesting the dream of climbing above the horizon and yet it is a dream that is doomed to fail. This ambivalence towards transcendental aspiration is common to much art of the late twentieth century. For example Ken Unsworth's sculpture 'Rapture' 1994 in the Gallery's collection takes the form of a stairway to heaven frustrated when the stairs made of the keyboards of a grand piano arrive at the body of the piano which is stuffed with straw and will never sound the music of the spheres. The floor installation belongs to a body of works that reverse the passage between heaven and the earth. This is often represented by emanations from above sometimes in the form of poured lead attached to a painting or hanging in space like the finger of God. Many of Kiefer's recent works have more to do with the stars which according to the 16th century philosopher Robert Fludd each have their equivalent in a flower on the earth. Here we see a pile of glass plates that have fallen as a shower over piles of human hair (material human presence). Inscribed with one of 9000 star numbers, each piece of glass represents a heavenly intervention or emanation. Human hair is woven throughout the glass in a reference to the Egyptian Queen Berenice, who often appears in Kiefer’s works in the form of long locks of hair. Berenice was famous for her beauty and as an offering to the gods to bring her husband safely back from war, she cut her tresses and placed them on the temple altar. The Gods were so pleased with the offering that they took the hair into the sky where it became the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice’s hair). The constellation of Coma Berenices is centred between Canes Venatici to the north, Virgo to the south, Bootes on the east and Leo on the west border. The following text is taken from the 2005 exhibition literature when these works were first shown in London: Kiefer's elegiac oeuvre is based on a vast system of themes and references relating to the human condition, explored through a highly emotive use of material and medium. In his muscular artistic language, physical materiality and visual complexity are equal to the content itself, which ranges over sources as diverse as Teutonic mythology and history, alchemy, apocalypse, and belief. As corollary to this breadth of content, Kiefer employs an almost bewildering variety of materials including - in addition to the thick oil paint that is the base of all his large-scale works - dirt, lead, models, photographs, woodcuts, sand, straw and all manner of organic material. By adding 'real' materials to the illusionistic painted surface of his gigantic tableaux, he has invented a compelling 'third space' between painting and sculpture. Few contemporary artists match Kiefer's epic reach; the provocative and paradoxical nature of his work suggests that he embraces the notion of the modern artist who stands resolutely outside society, flaunting its histories, its taboos and its myths. By assimilating and utilizing the conventions and traditions of history painting, he goes beyond them, mingling viewpoints and presenting contradictory interpretations while emulating the genre's grandiloquence. Anselm Kiefer was born in 1945 in Donaueschingen. As a young artist in a Germany reeling from the after-shocks of the Second World War, he opted for a thoroughly and obviously indigenous art, of native subjects, values and symbols that contended with the fraught territory of German history and identity. In the late 1970s he started to make large, highly worked books that began with photographs staged in his studio, gradually gaining body through the application of lead, paint and other collage elements. These impressive objects indicated the way to the complex, process-oriented works of his mature period. In 1991 Kiefer left Germany, eventually settling in the south of France. In the same year he made an exhibition of paintings stacked randomly on top of each other as if discarded. This led to a hiatus in his art production that lasted more than three years. After this he began making new work with a wholly new subject matter, themes and references, dealing with central spiritual and philosophical concerns of our time. Over the past four decades, Kiefer has exhibited his work extensively throughout the world and is included in the world's most prestigious public and private collections.