{"id":519,"date":"2020-01-28T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/01\/28\/the-greater-lesser-worlds-of-robert-fludd\/"},"modified":"2020-01-28T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T16:28:00","slug":"the-greater-lesser-worlds-of-robert-fludd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/01\/28\/the-greater-lesser-worlds-of-robert-fludd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greater &#038; Lesser Worlds of Robert Fludd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/robert-fludd-cover-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15495\" \/>Get yourself a cold shower ready, because today we are talking about some seriously sexy book porn. We&#8217;re talking about the 250-page, illustration packed, The Greater &#038; Lesser Worlds of Robert Fludd: Macrocosm, Microcosm &#038; Medicineby Joscelyn Godwin. This gorgeous book is hardcover with a built-in ribbon bookmark. <\/p>\n<p>Robert Fludd was an interesting man. Godwin describes him as a Renaissance man, and he is correct. Fludd was a doctor who was heavily influenced by the Christian theology of the time. You would recover if it was the Lord&#8217;s will. And yet, he was a man of science, conducting experiments that we would describe as alchemy. Along with this, he was a supporter of the Rosicrucians, an inventor, and with his fascination of how the Earth operates he would link music and math, and study astrology. For being a man who I feel allowed his religious beliefs to limit his scope, he truly was a man deeply involved in all of the proto sciences of what we regard as science today. Robert Fludd created the encyclopedias of his day.<\/p>\n<p>What truly set Robert Fludd&#8217;s work apart from others was his extensive use of illustrations. He understood the value of an image, and if Godwin is to be believed (which I think he is), the illustrations are much easier to understand than Fludd&#8217;s writing. Surprisingly, Fludd didn&#8217;t do these himself, however, some of the best of the era created them for his writings.<\/p>\n<p>The Greater &#038; Lesser Worlds of Robert Fluddhas 201 GORGEOUS illustrations, each with thoughtful commentary from Godwin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/robert-fludd-image-1-944x1024.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"685\" height=\"743\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15502\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joscelyn Godwin and Inner Traditions have put together a truly covet worthy work.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innertraditions.com\/books\/the-greater-and-lesser-worlds-of-robert-fludd\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781620559499?aff=MagicalBuffet\">Shop your local indie bookstore<\/a> <---This is an affiliate link to IndieBound, which supports independent bookstores throughout the United States. If you use this link to purchase the book, I will make a small commission at no additional cost to you.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A beautiful, beautiful book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}