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Robert Fludd
6 quotes
“Particulars are frequently fallible, but universals never. Occult philosophy lays bare Nature in her complete nakedness, and alone contemplates the wisdom of universals by the eyes of intelligence. Accustomed to partake of the rivers which flow from the Fountain of Life, it is unacquainted with grossness and with clouded waters.”
Robert Fludd (1574–1637) said by 1637 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Robert Fludd, cited in: (1887). The Real History of the Rosicrucians Founded on Their Own Manifestoes. p. 290
“But absolutely nothing remains of that one and only medicament of which Hippocrates makes mention (darkly and mystically, I admit) in several places, and still less are its operations understood, inasmuch as no one now searches with lynx-like eyes into the profound depths of true natural philosophy, to gain an accurate knowledge of its composition and its virtues.”
Robert Fludd (1574–1637) said by 1637 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Robert Fludd, cited in: Waite (1887, p. 290)
“Which of us has, at this day, the ability to discover those true and vivific numbers whereby the elements are united and bound to one another?”
Robert Fludd (1574–1637) said by 1637 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Robert Fludd, cited in: Waite (1887, p. 291); On arithmetic
“But, good God, what is this when compared with that deep and true music of the wise, whereby the proportions of natural things are investigated, the harmonical concord and the qualities of the whole world are revealed, by which also connected things are bound together, peace established between conflicting elements, and whereby each star is perpetually suspended in its appointed place by its weight and strength, and by the harmony of its lucent spirit”
Robert Fludd (1574–1637) said by 1637 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Robert Fludd, cited in: Waite (1887, p. 291)
“The art, also, of alchemy or chemistry is surrounded with such insoluble enigmas that we can scarcely gain anything but ignorance therefrom, and ignotum per ignotius.”
Robert Fludd (1574–1637) said by 1637 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Robert Fludd, cited in: Waite (1887, p. 291)
“Geomancy was a natural art, drawing on the inborn powers of the human soul to glean information from the larger soul of the world.”
Robert Fludd (1574–1637) said by 1637 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source