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English physician and polymath Robert Fludd (1574-1637) had interests spanning from scientific knowledge to occult disciplines. His approach to sciences, in accordance with Hermetic principles, would follow the belief that a human microcosm corresponds to a universal macrocosm. Fludd’s theories cover mathematics, music, architecture, astronomy, philosophy, engineering in an attempt to define the connections among different realms of human logic. A huge number of engravings punctuate his books and lavishly illustrate the author’s complex theories, providing visual guidance through intersecting ideas. In this sense, Fludd follows occultism’s belief that thought, words and pictures would be connected by magical relationships.
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