Elias Ashmole
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Elias Ashmole
Some polymaths are best known as intellectual brokers, Hartlib known as the intelligencer was a scholar of Bacon and Comenius and his work was to collect and diffuse the ideas and spread them in newsletters.
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the story of the one-eyed God, Balor,
Sarah Owen • Celtic Spirituality: A Beginners Guide To Celtic Spirituality
Modelled along the lines of Freemasonry, it offered mutual support, social gatherings, and a type of ceremonial similar to those of fraternal societies, where a Bible was placed on the lectern at each meeting and discussion of religion was prohibited.
Philip Carr-Gomm • Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century
Once Maughan became chief, a number of fellow Druids decided to form a new group and in 1964 the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids was founded, led by Ross Nichols – a man who was to become one of the most influential figures in the modern Druid movement.
Philip Carr-Gomm • What Do Druids Believe? (What Do We Believe)
Maria the Jewess, who lived in Alexandria sometime between the first and third centuries CE; she is similarly credited with the invention of several kinds of chemical apparatuses and is considered to be the first true alchemist of the Western world.
Sharon Blackie • Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life
Agrippa was born on 14 September 1496, in Cologne, Germany. He is best known for his 1533 publication, De Occulta Philisophia Libri Tres (Three Books of Occult Philosophy). The first book is on natural magic; the second on celestial magic; and the third on ceremonial magic.