Joscelyn Godwin

Durante siglos, científicos y filósofos han concebido el universo como un mecanismo fijo, matemático y musical. Pero ¿qué significa la Armonía o Música de las esferas? «Este libro intenta dar respues

El mito polar es el primer libro que afronta el tema mítico del origen polar de la humanidad, con una impresionante aportación de fuentes de primera mano; y lo hace combinando con maestría, y sin prejuicios, alta y baja cultura. Desde la Edad de Oro grecolatina y el mitico centro mistico asiatico de Agarta hasta la hipotesis de los hiperboreos del norte y las teorias que cristalizaron en la vindicacion nazi del origen ario de la humanidad, Joscelyn Godwin muestra un amplio panorama de variantes miticas mantenidas tanto por cientificos serios como por teorias pseudocientificas, tanto por misticos o metafisicos verdaderos, como Corbin o Guenon, como por fantasiosos ocultistas, escritores de novelas pulp o visionarios lunaticos. Los niveles de interpretacion son bien diferentes, pero la fuerza del mito permanece incolume. Y esto es lo fascinante: su camino recorrido a traves de los pasadizos mas subterraneos de nuestra civilizacion. El mito polar explora un intrincado tejido de mitos, nociones cientificas y creencias religiosas en torno a los polos. A pesar de las connotaciones fantasticas y ocultistas del tema, el profesor Godwin nos ofrece una obra maestra de claridad y sintesis. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (autor de The Occult Roots of Nazism) Protegido por su firme sensatez y erudicion, Joscelyn Godwin entra en aguas profundas y peligrosas y retorna con sorprendentes novedades del inframundo. John Michel (autor de The Dimensions of Paradise)

Trad., Isabel Margelí. El mito polar es el primer libro que afronta el tema mítico del origen polar de la humanidad, con una impresionante aportación de fuentes de primera mano; y lo hace combinando con maestria, y sin prejuicios, alta y baja cultura. Desde la Edad de Oro grecolatina y el mitico centro mistico asiatico de Agarta hasta la hipotesis de los hiperboreos del norte y las teorias que cristalizaron en la vindicacion nazi del origen ario de la humanidad, Joscelyn Godwin muestra un amplio panorama de variantes miticas mantenidas tanto por cientificos serios como por teorias pseudocientificas, tanto por misticos o metafisicos verdaderos, como Corbin o Guenon, como por fantasiosos ocultistas, escritores de novelas pulp o visionarios lunaticos. Los niveles de interpretacion son bien diferentes, pero la fuerza del mito permanece incolume. Y esto es lo fascinante: su camino recorrido a traves de los pasadizos mas subterraneos de nuestra civilizacion.

Professor of Music at Colgate University and a widely respected musicologist, Godwin traces the history of the idea, held since ancient times, that the whole cosmos, with its circling planets and stars, is in some way a musical or harmonious entity. The author shows how this concept has continued to inspire philosophers, astronomers, and mystics from antiquity to the present day.

El esoterismo musical gira en torno al hecho de que no toda la música se escucha solamente con los oídos. Hay otra música del alma y de las esferas, que da su razón de ser a la música audible, aquella que es cantada por voces o interpretada con instrumentos. Sobre esta premisa, en el primero de los dos textos de esta edicion, Joscelyn Godwin, uno de los grandes conocedores de la tradicion pitagorica y de su influencia en la musica occidental, desgrana a traves de distintos periodos dicho poder: de los miticos Apolo y Orfeo a la musica renacentista, barroca o romantica. Filosofos, historiadores y teoricos de la musica, desde Escoto Erigena, Macrobio y Boecio hasta Goethe, Steiner o Gurdjieff, pasando por Marsilio Ficino y Robert Fludd, son algunos de los nombres que se cruzan en estas paginas en las que la inspiracion poetica y filosofica se alia al estudio de la musica de las esferas y de su influencia en el ser humano a lo largo de los siglos, desde el lejano Paleolitico, en el que lo simbolico era algo palpable, hasta nuestros dias. Completa esta publicacion otro texto de Godwin: El resurgimiento de la musica especulativa, aquella que hace observar el cosmos de manera musical, y la musica de manera cosmologica.

An illustrated reference book on a seminal figure of occult philosophy and Renaissance thought Explains Fludds thoughts on cosmic harmonies, divination, the kabbalah, astrology, geomancy, alchemy, the Rosicrucians, and multiple levels of existence Includes more than 200 of Fludds illustrations, representing the whole corpus of Fludds iconography, each one accompanied by Godwins expert commentary Explores Fludds medical work as an esoteric Paracelsian physician and his theories on the macrocosm of elements, planets, stars, and subtle and divine beings and the microcosm of the human being and its creative activities, including material never before translated One of the last Renaissance men, Robert Fludd (1574-1637) was one of the great minds of the early modern period. A physician by profession, he was also a Christian Hermetist, a Rosicrucian, an alchemist, astrologer, musician, and inventor. His drive to encompass the whole of human knowledge--from music to alchemy, from palmistry to fortification--resulted in a series of books remarkable for their hundreds of engravings, a body of work recognized as the first example of a fully-illustrated encyclopedia. In this in-depth, highly illustrated reference, scholar and linguist Joscelyn Godwin explains Fludds theories on the correspondence between the macrocosm of elements, planets, stars, and subtle and divine beings and the microcosm of the human being and its creative activities. He shows how Fludds two worlds--the macrocosm and the microcosm--along with Paracelsuss medical principles and the works of Hermes Trismegistus provided the foundation for his search for the cause and cure of all diseases. The more than 200 illustrations in the book represent the whole corpus of Fludds iconography, each one accompanied by Godwins expert commentary and explanation. Sharing many passages translated for the first time from Fludds Latin, allowing him to speak for himself, Godwin explores Fludds thoughts on cosmic harmonies, divination, the kabbalah, astrology, geomancy, and the rapport between the multiple levels of existence. He also analyzes Fludds writings in defense of alchemy and the Rosicrucians. An essential reference for scholars of Renaissance thinkers, traditional cosmology, metaphysics, and the Western esoteric tradition, this book offers intimate access to Fludds worlds and gives one a feel for an epoch in which magic, science, philosophy, spirituality, and imagination could still cohabit and harmonize within a single mind.

A comprehensive study of the major occult writings on Atlantis Fully examines the many occult teachings on Atlantis, including those from G. I. Gurdjieff, Madame Blavatsky, Julius Evola, Edgar Cayce, Fabre dOlivet, and Dion Fortune Shows how these writings correlate with the concept of cyclical history, such as the Mayan calendar and 2012, the Age of Aquarius, and the four Yugas By a renowned scholar, author, editor, and translator of more than 30 books Atlantis has held a perennial place in the collective imagination of humanity from ancient Greece onward. Many of the great minds of the occult and esoteric world wrote at length on their theories of Atlantis--about its high culture, its possible location, its ultimate demise, and their predictions of a return to Atlantean enlightenment or the downfall of modern society. Beginning with a review of the rationalist writings on Atlantis--those that use geographic and geologic data to validate their theories--renowned scholar Joscelyn Godwin then analyzes and compares writings on Atlantis from many of the great occultists and esotericists of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Fabre dOlivet, G. I. Gurdjieff, Guido von List, Julius Evola, Edgar Cayce, Dion Fortune, and Rene Guenon, whose writings often stem from deeper, metaphysical sources, such as sacred texts, prophecy, or paranormal communication. Seeking to unravel and explain the histories and interpretations of Atlantis and its kindred myths of Lemuria and Mu, the author shows how these different views go hand-in-hand with the concept of cyclical history, such as the Vedic system of the four Yugas, the Mayan calendar with its 2012 end-date, the theosophical system of root races, and the precession of the equinoxes. Venturing broader and deeper than any other book on Atlantis, this study also covers reincarnation, human evolution or devolution, the origins of race, and catastrophe theory.

A bold thriller filled with esoteric secrets, psychedelic rituals, blackmail, and murder Follows American archaeologist Monica Bettlheim, her benefactor Maltese billionaire Sebastian Pinto, and Pintos son Rafael as they make startling discoveries about the ancient world, hallucinogenic sacraments, and modern-day crime syndicates Reveals a secret ritual at the heart of Christianity, knowledge of which was passed on underground by Gnostics and alchemists for centuries Explore the use of the Kykeon, the psychedelic brew of the Eleusinian mysteries, which offers those who drink it a direct experience of God Amid the European refugee crisis, with the background of Southern Europe having become the point of arrival for hundreds of thousands of desperate migrants, Monica Bettlheim, an American archaeologist, is trying to recapture her former fame. She has a mission to uncover prehistoric cultures that conventional archaeology and history both fear and deny. Her search is sponsored by an eccentric aristocrat, the larger-than-life Maltese billionaire Sebastian Pinto. On an underwater expedition off the coast of Malta, Monica finds a mysterious golden pomegranate that dates back to prehistoric times. Within it, she discovers ancient remnants of the Kykeon, the hallucinogenic sacrament of the Eleusinian mysteries, which offers those who drink it a direct experience of God. As the discovery leads to blackmail and murder, Monica uncovers a secret ritual right at the heart of Christianity, knowledge of which was passed on underground by Gnostics and alchemists for centuries. Reluctantly, Monica teams up with the elusive and troubled Rafael, Pintos son, who for some years has been deeply immersed in esoteric studies. Driven by the need to avenge a murder and uncover the activities of an international crime syndicate, they risk their lives by reviving the sacred ritual--and are confronted by the most terrifying revelation of all.

MACROCOSMOS, MICROCOSMOS Y MEDICINA: LOS MUNDOS DE ROBERT FL es un libro del autor JOSCELYN GODWIN editado por ATALANTA. MACROCOSMOS, MICROCOSMOS Y MEDICINA: LOS MUNDOS DE ROBERT FL tiene un código de ISBN 978-84-946136-6-1, de la coleccion ATALANTA.

Armonías del cielo y de la tierra es un vasto compendio de referencias musicales que reflexiona sobre los efectos de la música en su relación con el mito, el ocultismo y el arte. El autor, a la manera de un historiador de la cultura, cita ejemplos procedentes de epocas y tradiciones muy variadas (Grecia, la tradicion cristiana, la mitologia germanica o la ciencia renacentista), unidos por el hilo conductor de una reflexion lucida y a veces ironica. Pocos textos sobre la materia reunen tanta erudicion musicologica, transcrita con un estilo que apasionara por igual a expertos y neofitos con inquietudes al respecto. Mas alla del interes que despiertan ciertos pasajes relativos a la musica de Grecia y Oriente, son particularmente atractivos los comentarios y analisis de algunas de las piezas clave de la historia musical de Occidente. En ellos el lector encontrara otro modo de percibir la musica clasica y su relacion con nuestra espiritualidad.