Florilegius
EN_00958297_0466

The hierarchy of the universe, by Robert Fludd, 1617. The soul descends from perfect unity in the heavens to multiplicity on earth, but seeks to re-ascend. The cosmos is divided here into 3 realms: the elemental, the celestial and the spiritual. To Fludd, the spheres of the planets were both real places and stages in a spiritual progress.
2011-03-24
EAST NEWS
Science Source
New York Public Library
BQ4707
1,23MB
22cm x 36cm przy 300dpi
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