The Magus of Freemasonry
Inner Traditions Bear and Company (Verlag)
978-1-59477-122-4 (ISBN)
Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) was the first to record a personal account of initiation into Accepted Freemasonry. His writings help solve the debate between operative and “speculative” origins of Accepted Freemasonry, demonstrating that symbolic Freemasonry existed within the Masonic trade bodies. Ashmole was one of the leading intellectual luminaries of his time: a founding member of the Royal Society, a fellowship and later academy of natural philosophers and scientists; alchemist; astrological advisor to the king; and the creator of the world’s first public museum. While Isaac Newton regarded him as an inspiration, Ashmole has been ignored by many conventional historians. Tobias Churton’s compelling portrait of Ashmole offers a perfect illustration of the true Renaissance figure--the magus. As opposed to the alienated position of his post-Cartesian successors, the magus occupied a place at the heart of Renaissance spiritual, intellectual, and scientific life. Churton shows Ashmole to be part of the ferment of the birth of modern science, a missing link between operative and symbolic Freemasonry, and a vital transmitter of esoteric thought when the laws of science were first taking hold. He was a man who moved with facility between the powers of earth and the active symbols of heaven.
Tobias Churton is an Honorary Fellow of Exeter University where he is a course lecturer on Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism and teaches in England’s first master’s program in Western Esotericism. He studied theology at Oxford University and created the award-winning documentary series and accompanying book The Gnostics as well as several other films on Christian doctrine, mysticism, and magical folklore. He is the founding editor of Freemasonry Today magazine and author of Gnostic Philosophy. He lives in England.
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Ex Uno Omnia
The Great Man
The Magus
The Hermetic Magus
Alchemy
Lichfield
C.H. Josten
One: The Coming One
The Ashmoles
Formative Influences
Mother
Two: Lichfield--the Hidden Light of England
St. Chad and the Origins of Lichfield
Gaia
Childhood
Three: London Calling
Four: War
Astrology
The Intelligencer
Ashmole’s Persona
Defending Oxford
Dreams and Spires
Women
Worcester
Five: Defeat and Rebirth: Freemasonry
Free Masonry
Secret Signs
Six: Return to London
Women Again
Lady Mainwaring
Seven: The 1650s (I): The Philosopher’s Stone
Ex Uno Omnia
Fasciculus Chemicus
One Hieroglyph--New Being
The Theatre of British Chemistry
Ashmole and the Rosicrucians
The Rose Cross Fraternity
A Gathering Reputation
The Way to Bliss
Eight: The 1650s (ii): Study to Be Quiet
Secret Work
A Journey to Staffordshire
Contemplative Men and Antiquarian Recreation
The Tradescant Deed of Gift
Nine: The Windsor Herald
The Royal Society
The Antiquarian
The Masterpiece
Astro-Politics
Ten: Lichfield--the Reconstruction
Restaurator
The Loving Cup
Our Magus
Ashmole’s Politics
Bills, Bills, and More Bills
Ashmole and the Mason's Company
The Origins of Freemasonry
Eleven: The Museum
The Tradescant Rarities
The Ashmolean
"Those Fatall Flames"
Twelve: Coming Home
Saving Dee
Sendivogius, Kelley, and Dee
Toward Home
Postscript
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Zusatzinfo | 155 b&w illustrations |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Rochester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 327 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Östliche Weisheit / Alte Kulturen | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-59477-122-7 / 1594771227 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-59477-122-4 / 9781594771224 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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