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Karl von Eckartshausen – Catechism Of The Higher Chimia

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on September 22, 2023. Posted in Books, Christianity, Hermetism, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Karl von Eckartshausen – Catechism Of The Higher Chimia

‘What i desire is not mortal‘ (perishable), engraving from ‘Ein Deutsches Theatrum Chemicum’, vol. I-1728. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House ov Via-HYGEIA, is another rarely seen text by Karl von Eckartshausen, found in...

A Little Ralph Harris Houston Sampler – Part I

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on August 29, 2023. Posted in Books, Concepts, Meditation, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on A Little Ralph Harris Houston Sampler – Part I

** Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA are selections from ‘Talk doesn’t cook the rice’, a commentary on the teaching of Agni Yoga, as rendered by Ralph Harris Houston. Samuel Weiser. 1982 & 1985. Volume 1 & 2. Ralph Harris Houston,...

A Little Paul François Gaspard Lacuria Sampler – Part I

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on August 28, 2023. Posted in Books, Christianity, Concepts, Hermetism, Philosophy, pre-christian, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on A Little Paul François Gaspard Lacuria Sampler – Part I

With this post ‘fresh from the press’ of the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, we resume our sharings and English translations at Via-HYGEIA-Bibliotherapy with Part I of a Sampler devoted to Paul François Gaspard Lacuria, commonly known as Father Lacuria,...

Karl von Eckartshausen – About An Old Ethiopian Drawing found in 1556

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on June 25, 2023. Posted in Ancient Science, Books, Christianity, Concepts, Gnosticism, Hermetism, Philosophy, pre-christian, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Karl von Eckartshausen – About An Old Ethiopian Drawing found in 1556

Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, is the explanation from the title page’s engraving of the ‘Aufschlüsse zur Magie‘ (1788) given in the foreword by the author, Karl von Eckartshausen, and summed up by Professor Antoine...

About the Word ‘Serendipity’

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on May 16, 2023. Posted in Books, Concepts, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on About the Word ‘Serendipity’

‘3 Brothers’, Rajput Marwari painting, 17th century. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, is about the word ‘Serendipity’, which means a “fortunate happenstance” or “pleasant surprise”. It was coined by Horace...

Jacob Boehme – ‘About The Three Principles’

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on April 3, 2023. Posted in Books, Christianity, Hermetism, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Jacob Boehme – ‘About The Three Principles’

Frontispice of the German 1730 Gichtel Edition * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA is an extract from Jacob Boehme’s ‘Three Principles of the Divine Essence ”, John Sparow’s 1st. English edition, London, 1648, printed by MS. for H....

Thomas Vaughan – The Allegory Of The Mountain

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on March 20, 2023. Posted in Books, Early Science and Medicine, Hermetism, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Thomas Vaughan – The Allegory Of The Mountain

Arcana XXI, ‘Das Glükliche End’, from ‘Das Märchen-Tarot’, by Lisa Hunt. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA is an excerpt from the ‘Lumen de Lumine’ by Thomas Vaughan (a.k.a. Eugenius Philalèthes), written in London in...

Eugène Dupré – How To Recognize An Initiation’s Genuineness?

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on March 18, 2023. Posted in Ancient Science and Medicine, Books, Christianity, Hermetism, Philosophy, pre-christian, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Eugène Dupré – How To Recognize An Initiation’s Genuineness?

Design by ‘Optical Intelligence’ * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA-following our publication of ‘The Initiations & Principles Of The School of Ephesus’-is an excerpt from Eugène Dupré’s archive, here his first...

A Rosicrucian PRAYER, by J. van de Velde

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on March 17, 2023. Posted in Books, Christianity, Hermetism, Meditation, Philosophy, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on A Rosicrucian PRAYER, by J. van de Velde

‘Pegasus’, engraving in Gottfried Arnold’s 1699-1700 ‘Unpartheyische Kirchen- und Ketzer-Historien’ * Today, from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, we are sharing with you a very authentic voice from the past, this beautiful prayer found in our...

Thomas Bromley: From ‘The Way to the Sabbath of Rest’ – Explanation of the Frontispiece

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on March 16, 2023. Posted in Books, Christianity, Hermetism, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Thomas Bromley: From ‘The Way to the Sabbath of Rest’ – Explanation of the Frontispiece

Frontispiece of the 1709 Amsterdam edition of Thomas Bromley’s ‘Way to the Sabbath of Rest’. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, is the description by Thomas Bromley himself (not by a modern exegete usually commenting...

Jacob Boehme: From The Clavis – ‘Of Divine Wisdom’

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on February 28, 2023. Posted in Books, Christianity, Hermetism, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Jacob Boehme: From The Clavis – ‘Of Divine Wisdom’

Title Page for Jacob Boehme’s ‘Clavis’, in its 1647 first English edition by John Sparrow * Another sharing for the day from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, Jacob Boehme describing ‘Divine Wisdom’ as ‘the breathing of the...

Georges Yves Marie FLOC’H – The Universal Key & The Upper Limbs Of The Body Of Man

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on February 27, 2023. Posted in Books, Hermetism, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Georges Yves Marie FLOC’H – The Universal Key & The Upper Limbs Of The Body Of Man

‘Gloire au travail’, illustration by Jean Beauchard. * Another sharing for the day from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, from another manuscript by George Floc’h. Translated into English by Via-HYGEIA from the original 1923 French manuscript. From...

Cagliostro’s Spiritual Autobiography And Testament

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on February 22, 2023. Posted in Books, Hermetism, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Cagliostro’s Spiritual Autobiography And Testament

Cagliostro by French sculptor Houdon. * Another sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, Cagliostro’s spiritual biography, excerpted from Dr. Mark Haven’s ‘Cagliostro, le Maitre Inconnu’, Derain-1964. You may wonder what Cagliostro has to do with...

Robert Fludd: From The ‘Utriusque Cosmi Tractatus’ – De Astrologia

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on January 25, 2023. Posted in Ancient Science and Medicine, Books, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Robert Fludd: From The ‘Utriusque Cosmi Tractatus’ – De Astrologia

Robert Fludd, a portrait by Frans Pourbus the Younger, in the Welcome Library, London. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, is from Robert Fludd’s ‘De Astrologia’ in his famous ‘ Utriusque Cosmi Tractatus’, 1617. A Via-HYGEIA translation...

François Trojani – About The ‘Supernatural Arising’

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on January 23, 2023. Posted in Books, Hermetism, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on François Trojani – About The ‘Supernatural Arising’

François Trojani (1940-2023) * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, is an extract from François Trojani’s ‘Alchemical Commentaries’, upon the Mantegna Engravings. Editions Arnaud Seydoux. Paris_1985. Page 46 & 47- ‘About Apollo’....

A Poem From The ‘Chymica Vannus’- The Nobility Of Man

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on January 13, 2023. Posted in Books, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on A Poem From The ‘Chymica Vannus’- The Nobility Of Man

Title page of the 1666 edition of the Chemica Vannus * Another sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, a poem from the Chymica Vannus, from its 1666 Amsterdam Johannes Janssonius (Jan Janszoon)) edition. It surprises us that there is no English nor no...

Gustav Meyrink – From the ‘Green Face’

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on January 13, 2023. Posted in Books, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Gustav Meyrink – From the ‘Green Face’

‘The Green Face’, cover of the 1975 French edition, Illustration by Raymond Moretti. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via- HYGEIA, is an excerpt from ‘The Green Face’ published in 1916 by Gustav Meyrink, here in its English translation...

Annie Lou Staveley : Conscience’ – The Allegory Of The Elephant And The Blind Men

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on January 12, 2023. Posted in Books, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Annie Lou Staveley : Conscience’ – The Allegory Of The Elephant And The Blind Men

Woodcut by Nonny Hogrogian * Another sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, a text by Annie Lou Staveley, a direct pupil of mister Gurdjieff, that goes with Nonny Hogrogian’s beautiful woodcut, made in 1989 printed as a limited series work of...

Jean-Baptiste-Claude Delisle de Sales – About Orpheus

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on January 3, 2023. Posted in Books, Philosophy, pre-christian, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Jean-Baptiste-Claude Delisle de Sales – About Orpheus

Orpheus, as in ‘Le Monde Primitif’, by Antoine Court de Gebelin. * Another sharing for the day from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, a notice about Orpheus in Jean-Baptiste-Claude Delisle de Sales’ ‘Philosophie de la Nature’, Volume six , book five, chapter...

Jean-Baptiste-Claude Delisle de Sales – Hymn To Virtue

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on January 3, 2023. Posted in Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Jean-Baptiste-Claude Delisle de Sales – Hymn To Virtue

Ary Scheffer – De Hemelse en Aardse Liefde (Heavenly and Earthly Love) 1850- Dordrechts Museum, The Netherlands. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA is an hymn from Jean-Baptiste-Claude Delisle de Sales’s ‘ ‘Philosophie...

We Wish You, Dear Friends, A Harmonious Year 2023!

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on December 30, 2022. Posted in New Year Whishes. No Comments on We Wish You, Dear Friends, A Harmonious Year 2023!

Greek Inscription translation: Health, Life, Joy, Peace, Good Cheer, Hope. * 🌿✨ @ Via-HYGEIA, in gratitude, we wish you all, dear friends, a harmonious year 2023, with sustainable health, gentle & true relationships and exciting & steady growth,...

Antoine Court de Gebelin- Martianus Capella’s ‘Hymn To The Sun, Under The Name Of Bacchus’

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on December 28, 2022. Posted in Books, Philosophy, pre-christian, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Antoine Court de Gebelin- Martianus Capella’s ‘Hymn To The Sun, Under The Name Of Bacchus’

Bacchus, detail from ‘An Eleusinian Initiation’ engraving, in ‘Monde Primitif’, volume IV. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA is an excerpt from Antoine Court de Gebelin’s ‘Le Monde Primitif’, tome 4_page 544 to 548, honoring...

Bruce J. MacLennan: From ‘The Wisdom of Hypatia’- About The Heavenly Hierarchies

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on December 19, 2022. Posted in Books, Christianity, Philosophy, pre-christian, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Bruce J. MacLennan: From ‘The Wisdom of Hypatia’- About The Heavenly Hierarchies

Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace. A Via-Hygeia trip, August 2013. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, is an excerpt from professor Bruce MacLennan’s seminal and wonderfully didactical exploration of Ancient Philosophy,...

Ahmet Hilmi : From the Book ‘Awakened Dreams’ – Layla & Majnun

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on December 17, 2022. Posted in Books, Islam, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Ahmet Hilmi : From the Book ‘Awakened Dreams’ – Layla & Majnun

‘Layla with Majnun’, painting by Işıl S. Gönen * Another sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, two excerpts, “Majnun with Layla” and “Lunatics without Layla”, from the book “Awakened Dreams” by Ahmad Hilmi of Filibe (a.k.a. Ahmet Hilmi) (1865–1914)....

Azizuddin Nasafi – From ‘The Book Of The Perfect Man’: About Dreams

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on December 17, 2022. Posted in Books, Islam, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Azizuddin Nasafi – From ‘The Book Of The Perfect Man’: About Dreams

‘Rostam sleeping while Rakhsh fights a lion'(British Museum 1948,1211,0.23). Attributed to Sultan Muhammad (Tabriz – circa 1555) Blue pencil, paper, ink, watercolor paint, gold. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, is excerpted...

Yves Marquet: From The Ikhwan-al-Safa Letter 26 – As Above So Below

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on December 3, 2022. Posted in Ancient Science and Medicine, Islam, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Yves Marquet: From The Ikhwan-al-Safa Letter 26 – As Above So Below

Double-leaf frontispiece from the “Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity”. Baghdad, 1287. Süleymaniye Library, Istanbul-Türkiye. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, is another excerpt from Yves Marquet’s trail-blazing and influential,...

Charles François Dupuis – About The Orphic Egg

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on December 2, 2022. Posted in Books, Philosophy, pre-christian, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Charles François Dupuis – About The Orphic Egg

Engraving by James Basire Sr. (1730–1802)-From Bryant’s ‘Mythology’, 1775. * Another sharing for the day from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, an excerpt from Charles François Dupuis’s ‘Origin of all the Cults’. Paris 1794. vol 4, page 561 to 565. English...

Dupuis, Newton & Fabre d’Olivet – About The Great God Pan

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on December 2, 2022. Posted in Books, Philosophy, pre-christian, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Dupuis, Newton & Fabre d’Olivet – About The Great God Pan

From ‘The origin of all the cults, or the true religion’, by Charles François Dupuis. Paris, 1794. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, are quotes from Charles François Dupuis, Isaac Newton and Antoine Fabre d’Olivet (not a...

Mohyiddīn Ibn Arabī – Closer Than The Jugular Vein

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 30, 2022. Posted in Books, Islam, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Mohyiddīn Ibn Arabī – Closer Than The Jugular Vein

‘O Lord’ , painted by Mahmoud Farshchian in 2002 * And…One more sharing for the day from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, an excerpt from Mohyiddīn Ibn Arabī’s book, ‘The Seven Days of the Heart’ (Awrad al-usbu), here in its Anqa Press 2011 edition. English...

Abd al-Razzāq al-Kāshānī – About The Seven Sleepers

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 30, 2022. Posted in Books, Islam, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Abd al-Razzāq al-Kāshānī – About The Seven Sleepers

The Arabic story of “Companions of the Cave” (Qissat Ahl el-Kahaf),1494 CE, origin unknown. Written in Arabic language. It was displayed at the Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany, Exhibition of “Cinderella, Sindbad & Sinuhe, Arab-German...

Yves Marquet: From The Ikhwan-al-Safa Letter 38 – The Seven Sleepers Of Ephesus

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 30, 2022. Posted in Books, Islam, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Yves Marquet: From The Ikhwan-al-Safa Letter 38 – The Seven Sleepers Of Ephesus

Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA is an excerpt from Yves Marquet’s trail-blazing and influential, ‘The Ikhwan-al-Safa’, the Pythagoreans of Islam’. SEHA-EDIDIT, Paris 2006. Our English version is from Yves Marquet’s French...

Marsilio Ficino: From The ‘Three books on Life’ – On Avoiding Those Dangers Which Are Imminent In Any Septenary of Life.

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 29, 2022. Posted in Books, Early Science and Medicine, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Marsilio Ficino: From The ‘Three books on Life’ – On Avoiding Those Dangers Which Are Imminent In Any Septenary of Life.

From ‘L’Origine de tous les Cultes’, by Charles-Francois Dupuis. Paris, 1794. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, is an excerpt from Marsilio Ficino’s ‘Three books on Life’. Book 2_Chapter XX. The Renaissance Society of America, Arizona...

Marsilio Ficino: From The ‘Three books on Life’ – A Little Sampler

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 28, 2022. Posted in Books, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Marsilio Ficino: From The ‘Three books on Life’ – A Little Sampler

‘Three books on Life’, title page for the 1560 Lugduni (modern Lyon, France) edition. * Another sharing for the day from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, from Marsilio Ficino’s ‘Three books on Life’. The Renaissance Society of America, Arizona...

Sallustius The Philosopher – About Myths

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 25, 2022. Posted in Books, Philosophy, pre-christian, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Sallustius The Philosopher – About Myths

A possible representation of Sallustius. A medal in the Ancient Roman medals collections of the Museo archeologico nazionale of Florence. Picture by Sailko. * Today’s sharing from the Blue house of HYGEIA is an excerpt from Sallustius the Philosopher’s,...

Marsilio Ficino: From The ‘Three books on Life’ – Plotinus & The Anima Mundi

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 24, 2022. Posted in Books, Philosophy, pre-christian, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Marsilio Ficino: From The ‘Three books on Life’ – Plotinus & The Anima Mundi

‘Interior of the Temple of Abou Simbel in Nubia’, illustration by David Roberts (1796-1864). * Another sharing for the day from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, from Marsilio Ficino’s ‘Three books on Life’. Book 3, Chapter XXVI. The Renaissance...

Plotinus: From the Enneads- Drawing images

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 24, 2022. Posted in Books, Philosophy, pre-christian, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Plotinus: From the Enneads- Drawing images

Painting by David Roberts * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA is excerpted from the MUST READ ‘Philosophy as a rite of rebirth’, by Professor Algis Uzdavinis, here quoting page 137-138 Plotinus in ‘Enneads’ 5-8.6 to 12...

About the ‘Legend of Saint Christopher’

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 16, 2022. Posted in Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on About the ‘Legend of Saint Christopher’

Christophoros in Frankenberg’s’ Via Veterum’. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA is our evocation of the legend of Saint Christopher and of its Orphic roots, a re-vision of a 2017 article from our former blog. Like many popular saints...

Antoine Court de Gebelin: From the Orphic Tradition – ‘Invocation to Apollo and Address to Mousaios’

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 15, 2022. Posted in Bodywork, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Antoine Court de Gebelin: From the Orphic Tradition – ‘Invocation to Apollo and Address to Mousaios’

From Jacques-Etienne Marconis, ‘Le Rameau d’or d’Eleusis’, Paris_1862. * Another sharing for the day from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, with one excerpt from Antoine Court de Gebelin’s ‘Monde Primitif’, volume one, last part, ‘Le...

Laila Khalifa : From ‘Ibn Arabi, L’initiation à la Futuwwa‘ – About Generosity

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 15, 2022. Posted in Islam, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Religion, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Laila Khalifa : From ‘Ibn Arabi, L’initiation à la Futuwwa‘ – About Generosity

Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA are three excerpts from Laila Khalifa’s masterly written ‘Ibn Arabi, l’initiation à la Futuwwa‘. Albouraq Editeur-2001. First excerpt: Page 149 to 151, Second excerpt: Page 76, Third excerpt:...

Hendrik Laurensz Spiegel – An Epigram About ‘Plato’s Cave’

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 14, 2022. Posted in Books, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Hendrik Laurensz Spiegel – An Epigram About ‘Plato’s Cave’

Engraving of ‘Plato’s Cave’ by Hendrik Laurensz Spiegel himself in 1604. * Another sharing for the day from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, ‘An Epigram About Plato’s Cave’, from the collected works of Hendrik Laurensz, published by Hendrik...

Antoine Fabre d’Olivet- Pythagoras & The Practice Of Virtue

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 12, 2022. Posted in Books, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Antoine Fabre d’Olivet- Pythagoras & The Practice Of Virtue

Tittle page of the ‘Golden Verses of Pythagoras, Explained’ by Antoine Fabre d’Olivet. * We close our little Pythagorean cycle (for now) with this sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, two excerpts from Antoine Fabre d’Olivet ‘s ‘The...

Exposition of Pythagoras’ Principles

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 12, 2022. Posted in Books, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Exposition of Pythagoras’ Principles

A detail from the frontispiece from volume 3 (of 6) of Sylvain Marechal’s ‘ Voyages de Pythagore’ Paris, 1798, Engraving by Dambrun, from our Via-HYGEIA library. * Another sharing for the day from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, an extract from Sylvain Marechal’s...

Internal Regimen Of The Pythagorean School

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 11, 2022. Posted in Books, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Internal Regimen Of The Pythagorean School

‘Pythagoras amongst his pupils in Crotona’. Wood engraving, unsigned, coloured. From: Hermann Göll, Die Weisen und Gelehrten des Altertums, Leipzig (Otto Spamer) 1876, p.31. Coll. Archiv für. Kunst und Geschichte. * Another sharing for the day...

A Roaring Twenties Actualization Of The Ancient Hermetic Creed

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 10, 2022. Posted in Books, Hermetism, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on A Roaring Twenties Actualization Of The Ancient Hermetic Creed

Frontispiece from volume 1 (of 6) of Sylvain Marechal’s ‘ Voyages de Pythagore’ Paris, 1798, Engraving by Dambrun, from our Via-HYGEIA library. * With this other sharing for the day from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, we inaugurate a little cycle devoted...

Azizuddin Nasafi – From ‘The Book Of The Perfect Man’: About The Stages On The Path

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 9, 2022. Posted in Books, Islam, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Religion, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Azizuddin Nasafi – From ‘The Book Of The Perfect Man’: About The Stages On The Path

‘The Journey within’, artwork by Nalan * Another sharing for the day from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, excerpted from Azizuddin Nasafi’s ‘Book of the way-stations of the Traveler’, page 354 to 356, published within ‘The book of the Perfect...

Mohyiddīn Ibn Arabī’s Definitions Of Alchemy

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 9, 2022. Posted in Books, Early Science and Medicine, Hermetism, Islam, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Religion, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Mohyiddīn Ibn Arabī’s Definitions Of Alchemy

‘Moses and Aaron conjure a dragon against Pharoah’s magicians’, illumination by Aga Riza, in ‘History of the Prophets’, Nichapouri, folio 79 at the French National Library, Sup. Pers. 1313. * Today’s sharing from the Blue House...

Antoine Court de Gebelin – Three Engravings About Saturn, Mercury and Hercules

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 7, 2022. Posted in Books, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Antoine Court de Gebelin – Three Engravings About Saturn, Mercury and Hercules

English translation of engraving one’s notice The first engraving at the beginning of the Story of Saturn depicts the invention of agriculture. GHE (translator’s note: Gaia), or the Earth, wife of Uranus, and that we recognize by the towers and the keys,...

Azizuddin Nasafi – From ‘The Book Of The Perfect Man’: The Journey of the Soul & Of God Almighty’s Attributes

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 7, 2022. Posted in Books, Islam, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Religion, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Azizuddin Nasafi – From ‘The Book Of The Perfect Man’: The Journey of the Soul & Of God Almighty’s Attributes

‘Going Home with the new born Soul’, artwork by Nalan * With today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA we continue our Azizuddin Nasafi cycle with excerpts from ‘The book of the stations of the wayfarer’, page 300, 301 and 302,page 331-332-333,...

Azizuddin Nasafi – From ‘The Book Of The Perfect Man’: About The Manifestation Of The Attributes & About The Analogy

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 5, 2022. Posted in Books, Islam, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Religion, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Azizuddin Nasafi – From ‘The Book Of The Perfect Man’: About The Manifestation Of The Attributes & About The Analogy

Giovanni di paolo, ‘Paradiso 18: cielo del sole’, 1440 illustration for Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’. * Another sharing for the day from the Blue House of HYGEIA, as we continue our Nasafi cycle with these two excerpts, from ‘The...

Azizuddin Nasafi – From ‘The Book Of The Perfect Man’: The Tree Of Oneness

Written by Nicolas for Hygeia on November 5, 2022. Posted in Islam, Philosophy, Psychology & Education, Religion, Symbols, Archetypes & Mythology. No Comments on Azizuddin Nasafi – From ‘The Book Of The Perfect Man’: The Tree Of Oneness

‘Serving the Tree’, artwork by Nalan Özkan Lecerf * With today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA we inaugurate a cycle of texts by Azizuddin Nasafi that we are very fond of and whose inspirational work we met providentially...

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