Ever wondered what those enigmatic emblems in Michael Maier’s Atalanta Fugiens (1617) are all about? Well, you could do much worse than watching Peter Forshaw speak about it in the latest BPH webinar. Peter places Maier in the context of 16th and 17th century alchemy, emblematics, the Rosicrucian furore, early printing culture, and the broader political contexts of both continental Europe and England at the time. He also takes the time to go through a few of the 50 emblems in the book.
For the book itself, there is a transcription of an English translation of the original Latin available at the Levity website.
Heterodoxology 
Thanks for posting these, Egil. Forshaw’s enthusiasm makes the material all the more interesting!
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