"As above, so below." Archiving the wisdom of Hermes Trismegistus โ the philosophy, alchemy, and eternal science of mind, cosmos, and soul. ๐
ran by @mllzi
Before alchemy. Before Freemasonry. Before the Renaissance occult revival. Before Neoplatonism.
There was one name at the root of all of it:
Hermes Trismegistus, This is his archive.
Math itself is the Quadrivium โ Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy, Music โ with Music further divided into human (vocal) and instrumental per Boethius. A perfect visual of the integrated medieval Hermetic-Aristotelian curriculum. Such a wonderful piece. โฟ
A 12th-c. diagram of the sciences with Hermes Trismegistus from BnF Lat. 13951, fol. Bv. It places grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic under eloquence. Under wisdom stand ethics, theory and practice (politics, economics, physics, mathematics, and theology).