1950 1st Edtn (Thus) DOCTOR ROBERT FLUDD (ROBERTUS DE FLUCTIBUS). THE ENGLISH ROSICRUCIAN. LIFE AND WRITINGS By James Brown Craven Very Good Esoteric

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1950 1st Edition (Thus) , 
DOCTOR ROBERT FLUDD (ROBERTUS DE FLUCTIBUS). THE ENGLISH ROSICRUCIAN. LIFE AND WRITINGS

By James Brown Craven
James Brown Craven (1850–1924) was a Scottish Episcopal clergyman and historian, long-serving Rector of St Olaf’s Church, Kirkwall, and later Archdeacon of Orkney. Known for his meticulous archival work, he produced pioneering English-language studies on early modern hermetic philosophers such as Robert Fludd, Michael Maier, and Heinrich Khunrath.

Format: Hardcover, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 276
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: Occult Research Press, New York

Synopsis: Robert Fludd (1574-1637) was a British physician, author, and mystic who is most remembered for his occult opposition to science. He felt that medicine's role was to grasp the functioning and malfunctioning of the human body revealed by parallelisms between the mind of man and the light of the Sun, astrology, and numerology, among other things. Fludd was widely criticized during his time for his occult beliefs.
A key modern-accessible source on one of the great hermetic philosophers of the seventeenth century, Robert Fludd (1574–1637)—physician, Christian Platonist, Rosicrucian apologist, and architect of the macrocosm–microcosm worldview. First published in 1902 and still widely cited, Craven’s study combines careful archival reconstruction of Fludd’s life with a sympathetic, detailed survey of his vast esoteric writings.
Craven (Rector of St Olaf’s, Kirkwall) traces the long pre-history of Fludd’s thought in medieval mysticism, Dionysian and Neoplatonic theology, and Renaissance occult philosophy, then follows Fludd from Kent and Oxford to Continental travels, London medical practice, and his controversial role in the Rosicrucian debates. The book remains an essential narrative bridge between early-modern occultism and later esoteric revivals.
A desirable Occult Research Press limited edition, reproducing the original Kirkwall typography and plates, including Fludd’s famous emblematic diagrams of the cosmos and the human body.
Contents (highlights):
• Introductory survey of John Scotus Erigena, Dionysius, Neoplatonism & medieval mysticism
• Duns Scotus, the Schoolmen, and the doctrine of ascent to God
• Renaissance occultists: Trithemius, Agrippa, Paracelsus and their influence on Fludd
• Robert Fludd’s life: Milgate and Oxford; Continental tour; London medical practice
• Utriusque Cosmi Historia and the cosmological diagrams (macrocosm, microcosm, musical monochord, etc.)
• Fludd’s theological and philosophical system: the Monad, number symbolism, “anima miraculosa”
• Rosicrucian controversies; exchanges with Mersenne, Kepler and others
• Fludd and early speculative Masonry; Ashmole’s interest and later interpretations

SKU: BTETM0002684
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

1950 1st Edition (Thus) , 
DOCTOR ROBERT FLUDD (ROBERTUS DE FLUCTIBUS). THE ENGLISH ROSICRUCIAN. LIFE AND WRITINGS

By James Brown Craven
James Brown Craven (1850–1924) was a Scottish Episcopal clergyman and historian, long-serving Rector of St Olaf’s Church, Kirkwall, and later Archdeacon of Orkney. Known for his meticulous archival work, he produced pioneering English-language studies on early modern hermetic philosophers such as Robert Fludd, Michael Maier, and Heinrich Khunrath.

Format: Hardcover, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 276
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: Occult Research Press, New York

Synopsis: Robert Fludd (1574-1637) was a British physician, author, and mystic who is most remembered for his occult opposition to science. He felt that medicine's role was to grasp the functioning and malfunctioning of the human body revealed by parallelisms between the mind of man and the light of the Sun, astrology, and numerology, among other things. Fludd was widely criticized during his time for his occult beliefs.
A key modern-accessible source on one of the great hermetic philosophers of the seventeenth century, Robert Fludd (1574–1637)—physician, Christian Platonist, Rosicrucian apologist, and architect of the macrocosm–microcosm worldview. First published in 1902 and still widely cited, Craven’s study combines careful archival reconstruction of Fludd’s life with a sympathetic, detailed survey of his vast esoteric writings.
Craven (Rector of St Olaf’s, Kirkwall) traces the long pre-history of Fludd’s thought in medieval mysticism, Dionysian and Neoplatonic theology, and Renaissance occult philosophy, then follows Fludd from Kent and Oxford to Continental travels, London medical practice, and his controversial role in the Rosicrucian debates. The book remains an essential narrative bridge between early-modern occultism and later esoteric revivals.
A desirable Occult Research Press limited edition, reproducing the original Kirkwall typography and plates, including Fludd’s famous emblematic diagrams of the cosmos and the human body.
Contents (highlights):
• Introductory survey of John Scotus Erigena, Dionysius, Neoplatonism & medieval mysticism
• Duns Scotus, the Schoolmen, and the doctrine of ascent to God
• Renaissance occultists: Trithemius, Agrippa, Paracelsus and their influence on Fludd
• Robert Fludd’s life: Milgate and Oxford; Continental tour; London medical practice
• Utriusque Cosmi Historia and the cosmological diagrams (macrocosm, microcosm, musical monochord, etc.)
• Fludd’s theological and philosophical system: the Monad, number symbolism, “anima miraculosa”
• Rosicrucian controversies; exchanges with Mersenne, Kepler and others
• Fludd and early speculative Masonry; Ashmole’s interest and later interpretations

SKU: BTETM0002684
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg

Very Good - Publisher’s brown faux–reptile cloth, boards and spine with an attractive all-over scaled pattern; spine plain, without lettering (as issued). Light rubbing and shelfwear to extremities; corners and spine-ends generally sharp and tidy.
Text-block clean and bright for age, with very mild toning only; no underlining or annotation noted in text. All plates present, including frontis portrait of Fludd and his emblematic diagrams (cosmic monochord, zodiacal man, macrocosm–microcosm figure, etc.), impressions clear.
Front free endpaper with a small blue occult-style ownership stamp (kneeling winged figure with star), adding a touch of period provenance but not affecting text. Sound, tight binding; hinges secure.
Overall an attractive, well-preserved copy of this scarce limited edition—a solid working and collector’s copy of the standard English biography of Robert Fludd.

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