Comments on: The Microcosmic Arts According to Fludd http://unurthed.com/2007/04/04/the-microcosmic-arts-according-to-fludd/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:14:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mirco http://unurthed.com/2007/04/04/the-microcosmic-arts-according-to-fludd/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Mirco Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:58:19 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=50#comment-22 No, I have not. Thanks for the tip. Bruno + Esoteric Appallachia sounds REALLY appealing: gotta check it out. No, I have not. Thanks for the tip.
Bruno + Esoteric Appallachia sounds REALLY appealing:
gotta check it out.

]]> By: Greg Pass http://unurthed.com/2007/04/04/the-microcosmic-arts-according-to-fludd/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Greg Pass Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:26:30 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=50#comment-21 Mirco— Have you read John Crowley's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Aegypt-Bantam-Spectra-Book-Crowley/dp/0553051946/ref=sr_1_3/103-4393575-5773426?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175872840&sr=1-3" rel="nofollow">Aegypt </a>fiction (the last of the quartet comes out next month)? Bruno is a central character. (The book also involves modern esoterica in Appalachia—another topic I know piques your curiosity.) Mirco—

Have you read John Crowley’s Aegypt fiction (the last of the quartet comes out next month)? Bruno is a central character. (The book also involves modern esoterica in Appalachia—another topic I know piques your curiosity.)

]]> By: Mirco http://unurthed.com/2007/04/04/the-microcosmic-arts-according-to-fludd/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Mirco Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:26:04 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=50#comment-20 Oops: it is Mnemotechnics, not memotechnics. Anyway, the wiki has something here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci Oops: it is Mnemotechnics, not memotechnics.

Anyway, the wiki has something here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci

]]> By: Mirco http://unurthed.com/2007/04/04/the-microcosmic-arts-according-to-fludd/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Mirco Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:22:59 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=50#comment-19 Greg- indeed the Yeats page contained one of Fludd's double pyramids: a topic for further investigations. As witnessed by one of your pictures above, Dr. Fludd was one of the last experts of a now forlorn art: The Art of Memory I believe (though I am not sure), that he got it via Friar Giordano Bruno, a true Master of the art.There is an excellent book by Madame Frances Yates on the Art of Memory, which I highly recommend. I do not know where to find memotechnic drawings & emblems, but you may be able to get them somewhere: look for Memory Palaces. Best Mirco PS Time to rediscover this noble art. Aside being immensely useful on a practical level, it is also a sort of internal workout for the mind. Greg-

indeed the Yeats page contained one of Fludd’s double pyramids: a topic for further investigations.

As witnessed by one of your pictures above, Dr. Fludd was one of the last experts of a now forlorn art:

The Art of Memory

I believe (though I am not sure), that he got it via Friar Giordano Bruno, a true Master of the art.There is an excellent book by Madame Frances Yates on the Art of Memory, which I highly recommend. I do not know where to find memotechnic drawings & emblems, but you may be able to get them somewhere: look for Memory Palaces.

Best

Mirco

PS Time to rediscover this noble art. Aside being immensely useful on a practical level, it is also a sort of internal workout for the mind.

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