Many remember Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), scientist, burnt by the Inquisition for claiming that the Earth revolves around the sun.In fact, it was not executed for this.
Bruno engaged astral magic or "magic stars".He believed that this art was born in ancient Egypt, and openly blamed Christianity in my books because it is perverted and prohibited "the great Egyptian scholar."
Thus, against Bruno were nominated two terrible accusation: occupation of magic and incantations to the Christian faith.
In his writings Bruno has developed a very ingenious system of magical memory.
Originally mnemonics, or the art of memory, used Roman orators.The gist of it was to remember a number of places in some building and place in these places the images that would be reminded of paragraphs to memorize speeches.Saying it, he silently walked along the stored locations, finding in each image, to remind him the desired meaning.As places of memory could be used not only buildings, but everything that was familiar to the speaker.Just old noticed that the visual memory for places and images is stronger than memory for abstract ideas.Tied to the idea of the image and the place can facilitate the process of remembering.
Magee Renaissance replaced images of ideas mystical symbols.Memorizing the symbols of the constellations and planets, the magician had hoped to obtain universal knowledge and gain strength come into resonance with the cosmic energies.He turned as if in his own mind talisman, attracting celestial radiation.
Bruno magically placed in a circle, which is consistent with the other, the inner circle.With their help, you can remember all the material things of the earthly world: the elements related to the planets, minerals, metals, herbs and plants, animals, birds and so on.
circle located on the main images of the Egyptian demon-deans of the circle beneath them - forty-nine planetary images, seven on each planet.For example, the first image of Saturn depicts a man with a deer head, sitting on a dragon, with an owl, devouring a snake in his right hand.
C using a range of images of a hundred and fifty people and the great discoverers, people could not remember the full amount of knowledge accumulated by mankind for centuries.Thus, one who has mastered this system, raised over time and space, and in his mind reflected all the natural and human universe.He became the owner of almost omnipotent divine power.
This feeling of omnipotence intoxicated Bruno, and he lost his caution.However, with his death, "the magic of memory" is not stalled, but instead acquired new supporters.
Based on the book by Francis Yates' Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition. "
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