Robert Fludd
1574 – 1637 English physician, Hermetic philosopher
English Hermetic philosopher who defended the Rosicrucians and mapped the cosmos in his engravings.
- Religion
- Christian Hermeticism, describing the whole cosmos as a system of correspondences between God, the universe, and humanity.
- Affiliations
- Fellow of the College of Physicians. Public defender of the Rosicrucians, though he denied membership.
Robert Fludd was an English physician who produced huge illustrated works laying out a Hermetic vision of the macrocosm and microcosm bound by divine correspondences. He publicly defended the Rosicrucian brotherhood in print while insisting he was not a member. His debates with Kepler and others made him a well-known voice for the mystical worldview against the emerging mechanical science.
Connections
- ally of Michael Maier — Both defended the Rosicrucian manifestos publicly.
- ally of Michael Maier — Both publicly defended the Rosicrucian cause.
- influenced Paracelsus — Built his medicine on Paracelsian foundations.
- influenced Paracelsus — Fludd built his medicine on Paracelsian principles.
In the timeline
- 1616 Robert Fludd defends the Rosicrucians central figure
- 1617 Robert Fludd publishes Utriusque Cosmi Historia central figure
- 1621 Kepler contrasts mathematical and Hermetic diagrams mentioned