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| + | [[Image:Diagram of the human mind, from Robert Fludd (1574-1637), Utriusque cosmic maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Diagram of the human mind, from ''[[Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica]]'', page 217[http://www.archive.org/stream/utriusquecosmima02flud#page/217/mode/1up] by [[Robert Fludd]]]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Theatre from Ars Memoriae by Robert Fludd.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Theatrum Orbi]] engraving by [[Theodor de Bry]] from the chapter on [[Ars Memoriae]] in ''[[Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica]]'' by [[Robert Fludd]].]] | ||
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| + | '''Robert Fludd''', also known as '''Robertus de Fluctibus''' ([[1574]], [[Bearsted, Kent]] – [[September 8]] [[1637]], [[London]]) was | ||
| + | a prominent [[England|English]] [[Paracelsus|Paracelsian]] [[physicist]], [[astrologer]], and [[mysticism|mystic]]. He was not a member of the [[Rosicrucians]], as often alleged, but he defended their thoughts in the ''Apologia Compendiaria'' of 1616. | ||
| - | *[[Temple of music (Robert Fludd)]][http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fotothek_df_tg_0006255_Musik_%5E_Tempel_%5E_Spirale_%5E_Harfe_%5E_Laute.jpg] | + | He was the son of [[Thomas Fludd|Sir Thomas Fludd]], a high-ranking governmental official ([[Queen Elizabeth I]]'s treasurer for war in [[Europe]]). |
| + | He obtained an [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] from [[University of Oxford]]. | ||
| - | Relics by [[Nick Mason]] | + | Between 1598 and 1604, Fludd studied medicine, chemistry and the [[occult]] on the European mainland, but he is best known for his research in occult [[philosophy]]. He had a celebrated exchange of views with [[Johannes Kepler]] concerning the [[scientific method|scientific]] and [[hermeticism|hermetic]] approaches to knowledge. His philosophy is presented in ''Utriusque Cosmi, Maioris scilicet et Minoris, metaphysica, physica, atque technica Historia'' (''The [[metaphysical]], physical, and technical history of the two worlds, namely the greater and the lesser'', published in [[Germany]] between 1617 and 1621); according to [[Frances Yates]], his [[memory]] system (which she describes in detail in ''The Art of Memory,'' pp. 321-341) may reflect the layout of [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Globe Theatre]] (''The Art of Memory,'' Chapter XVI). |
| - | [Relics] | + | In 1618, Fludd wrote ''De Musica Mundana'' (''Mundane Music'') which described his theories of music, including his mundane (also known as "divine" or "celestial") [[monochord]]. |
| - | Cover of Relics that Nick Mason drew (1971). This is suitable for band by a graduate of architecture, so that it looks like the building made by musical instruments. The whole looks like one musical instrument, and seems to be a completely mechanical symphony orchestra. There is a handwritten letter of "A BIZARRE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUES & CURIOS", and the half for fun is just like Mason to play so. If this is created in the image of The Music of the Spheres, Astronomy Domine etc is exactly. | + | |
| + | In 1630, Fludd proposed many [[perpetual motion machine]]s. People were trying to patent variations of Fludd's machine in the 1870s. Fludd's machine worked by [[recirculation]] by means of a [[water wheel]] and [[Archimedean screw]]. The device [[pump]]s the water back into its own supply [[tank]]. | ||
| - | Temple of Music drawn by Robert Fludd. The Pythagoras group which investigated divine order thoroughly has an idea of "[[The Music of the Spheres]]" (the miraculous music which occurs by revolution of a sphere, but mankind cannot hear it), and Fludd left a figure of one instrument "the music of the universe" to play it. This Temple of Music may be a fictitious symphony orchestra of extension of The Music of the Spheres, too. This does not look like Nick Mason's drawing directly, but the intention may be the same, though I'm not sure. | + | Fludd was the first person to discuss the [[blood circulation|circulation of the blood]], and did in fact arrive at the correct conclusion. His conclusion was based on the [[macrocosm]]-[[microcosm]] analogy, a theory in which all occurrences in the microcosm (man) are influenced by the macrocosm (the heavens). His theory was that the blood must circulate because the [[heart]] is like the [[sun]] and the blood like the [[planet]]s and, by this time, it was known that the planets [[orbit]] around the sun. [[William Harvey]] later explained the circulation of blood in more modern and experimental terms, though still referring to the macrocosm-microcosm analogy of Fludd. |
| - | This is not enlargement of the upper right, is another figure. This is completely the same as a booklet of [[The Piper at the Gates of Dawn]] of the lower right. The left is Apollo flipping a lute, the right is Marsyas playing a reed pipe and instruments of both sides of doors are harp, organ, cornet, violin, sitar, lute. Then two central doors express ears, and a spiral pattern of the top is music. | + | ==Gwynedd connection== |
| + | He was a descendant of [[Cunedda|Cunedda ''Wledig'' ap Edern]], King of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]], which is now part of [[Wales]]. | ||
| - | It is said that the Fludd defined that "sounds are what occurs traveling in the form of a spiral and a circle when air given a shock vibrates." We'll image a ripple drawing a spiral toward a labyrinth in the ear of Meddle. Cherubs (angels serving a temple with the wings) are drawn in a concentric circle on spirals, and it lets us associate "Celestial Voices" in the last of A Saucerful Of Secrets. | + | Gwynedd is one of two areas in Wales that has been ruled by [[Ireland|Irish]] royal immigrants; the other being [[Dyfed]]. |
| - | This is the stuff from a page of Matilda Mother in booklet of The Piper at the Gates released in 1994. As for woman's figure at the lower right it's unknown, but there is borrowed Fludd's surely in the background. A designer often borrowed an ancient figure as an ornament, but I suppose that the designer Storm Thorgerson magnified a spiral part because he knew a meaning as the left. | + | ==In popular culture== |
| - | + | In [[conspiracy theories]], such as the one promoted in ''[[The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail]]'', Fludd been alleged to be the sixteenth [[Priory of Sion#Alleged Grand Masters|Grand Master of the Priory of Sion]]. | |
| - | I suspect that Pulse's cover with a circle constitution is influenced by Fludd's symbolic figures (there is plural, for example this figure). | + | ==Works== |
| - | + | * ''Apologia Compendiaria'' (1616) | |
| - | Floyd book by Mason rumored for eight years seems to be published at last in September, 2004. It will become one as his personal memoirs, instead of public one as Pink Floyd. If so I'll count on talks about a cover of Relics drawn of his own accord. He drew up tour programs with handwriting of 1975 and also drew up a logotype and lyrics card of Animals, so that he is nearer to draftsman than the painter like Syd Barrett. | + | * ''[[Utriusque Cosmi, Maioris scilicet et Minoris, metaphysica, physica, atque technica Historia]]'' (1617–1621) |
| + | * ''De Musica Mundana'' (1618) | ||
| + | ==Further reading== | ||
| + | *Allen G. Debus, ''The English Paracelsians'', New York: Watts, 1965. | ||
| + | *Tita French Baumlin, "Robert Fludd," ''The Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 281: British Rhetoricians and Logicians, 1500-1660, Second Series'', Detroit: Gale, 2003, pp. 85-99. | ||
| + | *J. B. Craven, ''Doctor Fludd (Robertus de Fluctibus), the English Rosicrucian: Life and Writings'', Kirkwall: William Peace & Son, 1902. | ||
| + | *Joscelyn Godwin, ''Robert Fludd: Hermetic Philosopher and Surveyor of Two Worlds'', London: Thames and Hudson, 1979. | ||
| + | *Frances A. Yates, ''The Art of Memory'', London: Routledge, 1966. | ||
| + | *William H. Huffman, ed., ''Robert Fludd: Essential Readings'', London: Aquarian/Thorsons, 1992. | ||
| + | ==List of prints== | ||
| + | *[[Temple of music (Robert Fludd)]][http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fotothek_df_tg_0006255_Musik_%5E_Tempel_%5E_Spirale_%5E_Harfe_%5E_Laute.jpg] | ||
| + | *[[The black plate in Utriusque Cosmi Maioris ]] | ||
| + | *Fludd alphabet [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fludd-alphabet-540_(6130074245).jpg] | ||
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Robert Fludd, also known as Robertus de Fluctibus (1574, Bearsted, Kent – September 8 1637, London) was a prominent English Paracelsian physicist, astrologer, and mystic. He was not a member of the Rosicrucians, as often alleged, but he defended their thoughts in the Apologia Compendiaria of 1616.
He was the son of Sir Thomas Fludd, a high-ranking governmental official (Queen Elizabeth I's treasurer for war in Europe).
He obtained an MD from University of Oxford.
Between 1598 and 1604, Fludd studied medicine, chemistry and the occult on the European mainland, but he is best known for his research in occult philosophy. He had a celebrated exchange of views with Johannes Kepler concerning the scientific and hermetic approaches to knowledge. His philosophy is presented in Utriusque Cosmi, Maioris scilicet et Minoris, metaphysica, physica, atque technica Historia (The metaphysical, physical, and technical history of the two worlds, namely the greater and the lesser, published in Germany between 1617 and 1621); according to Frances Yates, his memory system (which she describes in detail in The Art of Memory, pp. 321-341) may reflect the layout of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (The Art of Memory, Chapter XVI).
In 1618, Fludd wrote De Musica Mundana (Mundane Music) which described his theories of music, including his mundane (also known as "divine" or "celestial") monochord.
In 1630, Fludd proposed many perpetual motion machines. People were trying to patent variations of Fludd's machine in the 1870s. Fludd's machine worked by recirculation by means of a water wheel and Archimedean screw. The device pumps the water back into its own supply tank.
Fludd was the first person to discuss the circulation of the blood, and did in fact arrive at the correct conclusion. His conclusion was based on the macrocosm-microcosm analogy, a theory in which all occurrences in the microcosm (man) are influenced by the macrocosm (the heavens). His theory was that the blood must circulate because the heart is like the sun and the blood like the planets and, by this time, it was known that the planets orbit around the sun. William Harvey later explained the circulation of blood in more modern and experimental terms, though still referring to the macrocosm-microcosm analogy of Fludd.
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Gwynedd connection
He was a descendant of Cunedda Wledig ap Edern, King of Gwynedd, which is now part of Wales.
Gwynedd is one of two areas in Wales that has been ruled by Irish royal immigrants; the other being Dyfed.
In popular culture
In conspiracy theories, such as the one promoted in The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, Fludd been alleged to be the sixteenth Grand Master of the Priory of Sion.
Works
- Apologia Compendiaria (1616)
- Utriusque Cosmi, Maioris scilicet et Minoris, metaphysica, physica, atque technica Historia (1617–1621)
- De Musica Mundana (1618)
Further reading
- Allen G. Debus, The English Paracelsians, New York: Watts, 1965.
- Tita French Baumlin, "Robert Fludd," The Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 281: British Rhetoricians and Logicians, 1500-1660, Second Series, Detroit: Gale, 2003, pp. 85-99.
- J. B. Craven, Doctor Fludd (Robertus de Fluctibus), the English Rosicrucian: Life and Writings, Kirkwall: William Peace & Son, 1902.
- Joscelyn Godwin, Robert Fludd: Hermetic Philosopher and Surveyor of Two Worlds, London: Thames and Hudson, 1979.
- Frances A. Yates, The Art of Memory, London: Routledge, 1966.
- William H. Huffman, ed., Robert Fludd: Essential Readings, London: Aquarian/Thorsons, 1992.
List of prints
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