Mystics of the Renaissance
Rudolf Steiner
Steiner traces the inner path through Meister Eckhart, Nicholas of Cusa, Agrippa von Nettesheim, Paracelsus and Jacob Boehme. Useful for seeing how alchemical language carried a spiritual philosophy alongside the laboratory work.
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