Ghost of a flea

Isaac Newton: The Last Magician (2013)

"Isaac Newton - brilliant rational mathematician or master of the occult? This innovative biography reveals Newton as both a hermit and a tyrant, a heretic and an alchemist. Magical images mix with actors and experts to bring alive Britain's greatest scientific genius in his own words."

Newtonian Worldview: "Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), the noted English scientist and mathematician, wrote many works that would now be classified as occult studies. These occult works explored chronology, alchemy, and Biblical interpretation (especially of the Apocalypse). Newton's scientific work may have been of lesser personal importance to him, as he placed emphasis on rediscovering the occult wisdom of the ancients. In this sense, some believe that any reference to a 'Newtonian Worldview' as being purely mechanical in nature is somewhat inaccurate."

Posted by Ghost of a flea at September 15, 2013 10:04 AM