Mosaicall Philosophy by Robert Fludd (1659 First Edition)

Mosaicall Philosophy Grouped Upon Essentiall Truth or Eternal Sapience Written first in Latin and afterward thus rendered into English by Robert Fludd 1659 London printed for Humphrey Moseley, at the Prince’s Armes in St. Pauls Church-yard A rare and important First English edition by Robert Fludd. Considered the greatest occult mind of the English Renaissance, Fludd was the premier representative of the Rosicrucian philosophy in England, deeply versed in both Neoplatonic and Kabbalistic thought. He was a Paracelsian physician of considerable prominence in London circles, and he is thought to have influenced William Harvey's conception of the heart and blood. A devout Christian, Fludd deemed himself a "Mosaicall Philosopher' insofar as his thinking was grounded in the spiritual and physical principles divinely revealed to Moses. As with most of Fludd's works, the Mosaicall Philosophy combines both scientific and occult thought; and Fludd here details his experiments with th weather-gla