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BACON, Roger 1214-1294 (approximate)
Roger Bacon was an Englishman, a medieval genius an alchemist and a Franciscan Monk, He was highly educated at Oxford but was constantly in trouble with the Church. He was accused, in the year 1257, of practicing sorcery and was arrested. After ten years the current pope released him on the condition that he write down all his vast knowledge of mathematics, science and philosophy into one book. This was done and the work is the Opus Majus, The Major Work. -source- Dennis William Hauck The Complete Idiot's Guide to Alchemy pgs 45,46
BLAKE, William. 1757-1827
William Blake was and Englishman born of London in the era of revolutions, American and French.
"There is perhaps no writer in whose works we can better observe, from a literary point of view, the effect of mysticism on a poetic soul." - Pierre Berger William Blake Poet and Mystic published 1914
Perhaps the fitting description for William Blake came in 1914 in a book titled William Blake Poet and Mystic
We shall not concern ourselves with the historical aspect of the case, interesting as this is, nor seek to show whether Blake was or was not the product of his age and his environment. We shall look upon him rather as a unique personality, thrown by chance, as he would have himself said, out of the world of eternity into that of space and time, to appear there for an instant and then return to his true dwelling-place. The time and place of his coming to earth are of small importance. What do matter are the immortal words he spoke; and these belong to no country and no age. - Pierre Berger
"He whose face gives no light shall never become a star." William Blake - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
More about William Blake
BOEHME,Jakob 1575–1624 aka Jakob Böhme or Jacob Boehme
Boehme was born about 34 years after the death of Paracelsus. He was born in Saxony [Germany] and today is known as a German mystic who left works of great influence. In order to grasp such a being as Boehme one must ignore stories found in or on modern media, unless authentic sources are sited. Look for sources in archives and written before the 20th century.
Boehme, at age 19 had become a master shoemaker and also married his wife of 30 years. In the period of 1612-1624 Boehme wrote many books which told of his ability to see with his own spirit into the astral light.
BONAPARTE, Napoleon 1769-1821
Napoleon was born on the 15th of August Ajaccio, on the Island of Corsica.
BONAPARTE, Carlo
CARLO Buonaparte . the father of him who has usürped the throne of France, and dragged his race and relatives from obscurity, was a gentleman descended from a Tuscan family, but settled two hundred years in Corsica; although they are forced to acknowledge that, during the civil trou-bles, he had served as a common soldier under General Paoli; and that it was the beauty of his wife, and her connexion with Mr. De Marbœuf, commander for the King of France in Corsica, which made him leave the field for the forum, by procuring him a place as the King's attorney.
Carlo Buonaparte, however, was a man of so little ability, that it required all Mr. De Marbuf's partiality for Madame Buonaparte to keep him in a situation where he could not transact even the little that was necessarily required of him.
Charles Bonaparte, the father of Napoleon, was a man of good intellect and education; possessing much eloquence, n dignified address, and unaffected vivacits. He was an adrocate in the Royal Court of Assize. He manifested his patriotism and energy in the struggle of the Corsicans under Poli, against the barter of their country, effected by the Genoese, with the French, through the diplomatic manceurre of the Duke de Choiseul. Various circumstances shew that Charles Bonaparte was held in respect by Ins countrymen, and possessed their confidence. To the scene of warfare in which he had taken so prominent n part, he was accompanied by his wife, Letitia Ramolini, a Indy of superior mind, much beauty and conrage, and who often shared the fatigues and dangers he encountered.
'The French won the battle of Ponte Nuoso, which decided the fate of the Corsicans;- The History of Corsica
BROWNING, Robert 1812 - 1889
This man was a well known poet playwright in England during the Victorian era. But he is listed here because he wrote a work, a poetry, on Paracelsus when few knew of or understood the work of the 16th century medical doctor and humanitarian. Browning shed light on the lack of understanding surrounding Paracelsus. This work is found here, though not written for the audience we are today. But this work by Anna Stoddart followed his and remains an essential read for Paracelsus people.
BULWER-LYTTON, Edward 1803-1873
Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton was a Victorian-era British poet, novelist, playwright and politician. He was said to be the most popular novelist in Brittain in the 1820's and 1830's and then Charles Dickens came along. But it was Bulwer-Lytton who originally wrote the most famous opening line ‘It was a dark and stormy night’. He also coined many other phrases including ‘the pen is mightier than the sword' and ‘dweller on the threshold’. His books The Coming Race about the Vril force of the subterranian society the Vril-ya, and Zanoni still remain on some reading lists, including the gossamer book list Read the full article on Lytton.
CAPRA, Fritjof
"I had gone through a long training in theoretical physics and had done several years of research. At the same time, I had become very interested in Eastern mysticism and had begun to see the parallels to modern physics. I was particularly attracted to the puzzling aspects of Zen which reminded me of the puzzles in quantum theory. "
CAREY, George W: 1845-1924
| source: Inez Perry from the book The Zodiac and the Salts of Salvation Carey and Perry copyright 1932 and republished in 2013 by Martino Publishing |
Dr. George Washington Carey was born in 1845 in Dixon, Illinois. In 1847 his family traveled by covered wagon to Oregon, a journey which took 6 months. In his early forties he became the first Postmaster of Yakima, Washington. Years later, together with a number of physicians, he founded the College of Biochemistry in Yakima Washington.
Biochemistry is said to be an ancient Sanscrrit science. The Bichemic System of Medicine, a work of Dr Carey, was published in a Health Magazine in India, and he was recognized as a western brother helping to bring back the ancient of biochemestry.
Carey sold the copyright of this work to Luyties Pharmacal Company, of St. Louis. The founders of company had interviewed Dr. William Schuessler, [see listing on this page] the originator of biochemestry in Oldenburg Germany. They learned his method of preparating the cell salts or mineral constituents of the blood, and presented it in this country. It was Dr. Carey who ascribed to each sign of the zodiac its corresponding chemical element or salt (salt is an old term for earth). Carey wrote The Relation of the Mineral Salts of the Body to the Signs of the Zodiac. His work was never copyrighted and is said to ahve been copied and plagiarized. Carey wrote various other works and published these via Chemistry of Life Co. in Los Angeles in the early decades of the 20th century.
DEWEY, Edward R: 1895-1978
| SOURCES: Cycles Research Institute; |
In 1930 Dewey was appointed Chief Economic Analist by President Hoover. His main task was to report on the cause of the Great Depression. From this point on the studies of cycles was the focus of Edward Dewey's life long research. He formed the FSC Foundations for the Study of Cycles in order to study cycles on anything for which sufficient time span of feliable data could be found. Studies were not limited to the economy and stock market but expand in such areas as wildlife, fashion, weather, wars and more. He wrote books, articles, reports and published a magazine focused on cycles. It is noteworthy that computers did not play a role in Dewey's research fields until the final years of his life, most analysis was completed by hand, computers not being accessibleuntil the latter decades of the 20th century.
DESCARTES, Rene: 1596–1650
| source: The American Mathematical Monthly Vol.V -year 1898 |
The third child born to his parents. His mother died as a result of his birth. It was recorded that at an early age he showed an inquisitive mind, and was called by his fath-
er, "my philosopher." He was sent to school at the age of eight, the school of
La Fleche where he continued from 1604 to 1612. In 1613 he had moved to Paris and here made the acquaintance of Mydorge, one of the foremost mathematicians of France. He devoted the years 1615 and 1616 to the study of mathematics. In 1617, at age 21 Decartes left France for the Netherlands.
It was during his time in the Netherlands that his mathematical career began and it was at this period that is noted as the birth of modern mathematics.
At the height of its power Descartes moved to Holland. There for twenty years he lived, giving up all his time to philosophy and mathematics. And with these subjects alone his writings are concerned.
He spent the time from*1629 to 1633 writing Le Monde, a work embodying an attempt to give a physical theory of the universe. But finding its publication likely to bring on him the hostilitv of the Church, and having no desire to pose as a martyr, he abandoned it. The incomplete manuscript was published in 1664. Find more biography and article resources to Descartes in this article
EPICTETUS [Greek Philosopher]
A Greek slave who gained considerable renown as a philosopher during the latter half of the first century under the Roman Empire.
FERMAT, Pierre: 1601-1665
Fermat ranked with his contemporaries Pascal and Descartes in shaping the course of modern mathematics. Yet he saw himself as a hobbyist and never sought to publish his work. He is known in our time
| source: Famous Mathemeticians .org |
Born in France to a wealthy family, he became a lawyer, married and had five children. He explored the world of mathematics claiming this to be a hobby. Fermat would send his work to famous mathemeticians in France. Through this he established a connection with Marin Mersenne which would eventually gain him international recognition. He was not generally recognized as a mathemetician during his lifetime but the work of his own which he shared was kept alive by others. Isaac Newton would later say sthat his invention of calculus was based on Fermat’s methods of tangents. Fermat, along with Pascal, is known as the founder of Theory of Probabilities, which grew out of Fermat's research into the theory of numbers.
GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang: 1749-1832
| source: New World Encyclopedia |
One of Germany's principle literary figures, a minister elected to public office, and Goethe also contributed significant work to the sciences. His great creation, the retelling of the tale of Faust, who sells his soul to the devil for success and fame, became a kind of Enlightenment manifesto against the church and religion. Goethe returned to the German legend of Faustus which could trace its roots back to the Middle Ages. While writing this distinctly Germanic tale he would incorporate his understanding of the classical Greek and Roman traditions which Germany along with the rest of Europe had inherited. Faust was written in stages. The first portion was published in 1808 and was widely popular. The full completed writing was published after his death.
It is said that Germans would rank Goethe as the William Shakespeare of Frankfurt. It is not an exaggeration to say that modern German literature begins with Goethe and that he ranks as one of the most important figures in European literature.
He was studied minerals, and early mineralogy. The mineral goethite is named for him.
His great work of writings inspired the thought of many philosophers, such as Hegel, Nietzsche, Steiner among others.
His works of poetry were set to music by almost every major German composer from Mozart to Mahler.
GRIAULE, Marcel
MARCEL GRIAULE was Counselor of the Union Francaise and Professor of Ethnology (the Sorbonne) at the time of his premature death in 1956. He had devoted his life to research in Africa, let
rench scientitie
missions to that continent from 1931 on.
GERMAINE DIETERLEN took part in the "Griaule
GUERBER, H.A. : 1859-1929
There does not appear to be much information on the person of Helene Adeline Guerber who was a lecturer on mythology, an author of books of which a portion seem to have been for schools.
Her original books were published in the 1890's but have been republished repeatedly in the 1980's and 1990's. I am guessing she was American, most original books were published by American publishing houses in the 1890's to early 1900's. Her books are listed in the U.S. Library of Congress data base.
HAECKEL, Ernst : 1834-1919
| source: New World Encyclopedia |
According to New World Encyclopedia Haeckel was a professor of comparative anatomy at the University of Jena, and was an early popularizer of Darwin's work in Germany. Haeckel embraced evolution not only as a scientific theory, but as a worldview. He outlined a new religion or philosophy called monism, which cast evolution as a cosmic force, a manifestation of the creative energy of nature. A proponent of social Darwinism, Haeckel became increasingly involved in elaborating the social, political, and religious implications of Darwinism in the late nineteenth century.
HALL, Manly Palmer: 1901-1990
Manly Palmer Hall was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Hall's parents were divorced and he never knew his father. At the age of 2 his mother also exited his life and he was raised by his grandmother, living mostly in the U.S. around New York until his grandmother died in 1919. Hall then moved to Los Angeles to live with his mother and step father. Here he spent the rest of his life as a prominent figure in the early and mid 29th century. Hall is most widely known for his book The Secret Teachings of All Ages, and author of many books on occult subjects. He life was interwoven with many well known people in Hollywood and Los Angeles. In 1923, when Hall was age 22, his benefactor Caroline A Lloyd financed his early publications and a trip around the world to study religions and cultures. He founded the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles in 1934.
HARTMANN, Franz: 1838-1912
A German physician, occultist, and mystic. Hartmann finished his studies at medical school and in an unplanned adventure ended up in the United States in the the 19th and early 20th centuries. He also traveled to India where he met Helena Blavatsky in 1894 amd for a few years was involved with the Theosophical Society, though end his ended this association due to the disintegrating structure of the organization. He remained friends with Blavatsky until her death in 1891. In his own autobiographical writings, published 1908, he tells of his time in America, India and other places. He studied the work of Paracelsus and Jacob Boehme and wrote several books dealing with occult science. Interesting and easy to read, his work is very useful.
HECKETHORN, Charles William: 1829-1902
In the late 1800's C W Heckethorn wrote several interesting books. He is most noted for his book The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries Vol 1 & 2 first publshed 1875. The book has been republished many times and a 2018 version is currently available on Amazon. He also wrote about the City of Londo. He was born in Switzerland, but move to Brittain as a young man. His writings highlight the underbelly of the Brittish Empire over centuries of history, treachery, political and religious deceit. His book London Souvenious, or London Memories as printed in the US, is written in a sardonic and sometimes comical tone.
HEISENBERG, Werner: 1901-1976
Heisenberg is best known for the uncertainty principle. In the year 1927 which places him at age 26, he stated that it was impossible to specify simultaneously both the position and the momentum of a particle, such as an electron. The reason being the interference that happens from the radiation that is used to simply make the observation.
Heisenberg was one of the pioneers in the field of Quantum Theory. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle became the underlying foundation for wave-particle duality.
He was a Nobel Prize winner for his work in theoretical atomic physics. He was the director of the Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics in Munich Germany and .
HERODOTUS: era 440 B.C.E
| source -J. LEMPRIERE, D.D. published 1810 |
Herodutus was known as the historian from Halicarnassus, Turkye. He wrote an account of the war between Persia and Greece until the reign of Xerxes- listed below. This work was done in nine volumes and was so well received that at the Olympic games in Greece he received universal applause from the Greeks. It was recorded that Cicero called Herodotus the "father of history", and almost every source on Herodotus repeats his words. It was also noted in 1810 by my source listed above that "the best edition of Herodotus' work is Wesseling's 1763." read full article
HOMER: era 700 B.C.E.
All birth references are said to be unsubstantiated
Homer was known as celebrated Greek poet, said to be the most ancient of all profane writers. Widely familiar from his classical works The Iliad and The Odyssey
KEELY, John Worrel : 1837-1898
LEDERMAN, Leon: 1922-2018
Leon Max Lederman was born in Manhattan, New York, where his father operated a hand laundry. He received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from City College of New York in 1943. He served in WWII . In 1951 he received a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University. He work at the school's particle accelerator and after leaving Columbia University, he became the director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in 1979. His experiments deepened science's understanding of the subatomic world.
Lederman, Jack Steinberger, and Melvin Schwartz received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988 for demonstrating that there were at least two kinds of particles called neutrinos.
Lederman wrote several books including The God Particle written with Dick Teresi.
He died on October 3, 2018 at the age of 96. He has been described by his peers as a giant in his field who also had a passion for sharing science, resulting in his book, The God Particle. His wife said of him after his death “What he really loved was people, trying to educate them and help them understand what they were doing in science,”
He is listed on the Nobel Prize website.
MABIE, Hamilton Wright: 1846-1916
| Source: The Life and Letters of Hamilton W Mabie published 1920 -Edwin W Morse |
"The story of the life of Hamilton W. Mabie is of public interest and importance for two principal reasons. In the first place his influence as an educational force, through his writings and his lectures, was vastly greater than most people were aware of. This influence was nationwide in extent, and was powerful in effect, especially upon the young people of his generation. Through his contributions for nearly forty years to The Christian Union and The Outlook, through his books, and through his addresses before popular audiences on literary subjects, he was always a torch-bearer on the difficult path leading to high ideals, attainable only through intellectual enrichment and spiritual enlightenment. His followers, who gained courage and inspiration from his words, were
numbered by the thousands, and their debt-to him was great."
MENDELEYEV, Dmitry Ivanovich: 1834-1907
Also spelled Mendeleev.
Mendeleyev was born in 1834 in the Siberian town of Tobolsk. He became the Russian scientist who developed the Periodic Table of Elements, but that is only one of his achievements. All of his achievements are worth learning.
MYDORGE, Claude: 1585-1647
| source: The Galileo Project -online resouce |
The premier mathemetician of his day, Mydorge's work was primarily in mathematics and optics, but also astronomy. His geometry was directed to the study of conic sections and published work on the subject included ingenious and original methods that later geometers frequently used. He was a wealthy man and was married to the sister of La Haye, the French ambassador to Constantinople.
Mydorge was a close and faithful friend to Decartes. In the year 1627 he spend more than 100 thousand ecus, the French coin of the day, to make lenses and optical instruments to aid Decartes in his search for an explanation of vision. He also played a role in the reconciliation between Descartes and Fermat after 1638.
MUSSCHENBROEK, Pieter van: 1692–1761
German professor, -[ our modern resources of information refer to the professor as a Dutch scientist], of the University of Leyden, known for the Leydon Jar experiment.
PARACELSUS: 1493-1541
Phillippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast was the only child of his parents, and was the one who would later be known as Paracelsus.
Paracelsus, one of the greatest alchemists of all time, is considered the founder of modern medicine, because he began using chemicals in the treatment of disease. His hybrid of alchemy and medicine, which he named iatrochemistry, became very popular in the sisteenth and seventeenth centuries. - Dennis William Hauck
PAULI, Wolfgang : 1900-1958
PAULING, Linus: 1901-1994
Historically this man was the only person to ever receive two unshared Nobel Prizes. One for Chemistry in 1954 and one for Peace in 1962. In his era, decades ago, these Nobel Prizes meant something more.
Pauling was born in Portland Oregon. In 1917 he entered Oregon Agricultural Collage which is now Oregon State University, in Corvallis, Oregon, he graduated in 1922. Pauling studied physical and chemical properties of substances as related to the structure of atoms.
He then moved to Pasadena to further his studies at California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech). He received his doctorate, in chemistry in 1925.
Pauling traveled in Europe for two years following his studies at Cal Tech. In Europe he continued with studies in the new field of quantum mechanics. . In the fall of 1927 Pauling was appointed assistant professor on Cal Tech's faculty of theoretical chemistry. Later he was made a full professor of chemistry. Pauling stayed at Cal Tech until 1963.
The contibutions that Pauling gave humanity over his long life are vast and varied. Several writings will discuss his work and spirit and more resources offered through out these current and upcoming articles.
QUACKENBOSE, G P
RUMI : Jalil al-Din Rumi. Maulan 1207- 1273
Jalaluddin was born in Balkh [modern province is in Afghanistan]. The name Rumi is how he is known in the West but other names attributed to Rumi are Mawlana, Mevlana and Jalaluddin. For many years of his life he lived in Anatolia [Turkiye] which in his day was refered to as Rum, [East Rome] as it was designated from the Byzantine. This is how Rumi became attached to his name.
He is known as a Persian Poet and Sufi mystic, [see Sufism] but at the time of his death he was mouned not only by Muslims, but also Christians and many other regious creeds. The volume of works we associate with Rumi were not written by him, but are thought to be works written by followers from oral teachings.
Rumi's father was a masters of Sufism in Balkh and a leading theologian of his day . In his youth Jalaluddin -Rumi received a thorough education in the Arabic and Persian classical texts and religious studies of his time, the 13 Century.
SCHUSSLER, Dr. Wilhelm Heinreich : 1821-1898 [also spelled Scheussler]
| source: direct from -Schuessler Cell Salts: Biography of Dr. Schuessler |
Dr. Wilhelm Heinrich Schüssler was a homoeopathic doctor. He became fascinated by the discoveries of Dr. Virchow [see listing on this page]who discovered the cells of the human body. Schuessler began to do research in the base of the cell knowledge for the causes of illness and their treatment. He laid his main focus on mineral salts and trace elements. Over time he discovered twelve mineral salts which are very important for the functioning of the human body.
Dr. Schüssler found out where these mineral substances exists in the human body. He developed a method to process the mineral salts homeopathically, that they can be assimilated by the body especially well. Nevertheless, according to Dr. Schüssler his new method clearly differs from the homoeopathy because with his mineral substance treatment the Simile principle is not applied what is so vital for the homoeopathy (Simile principle: The similar is cured by similar).
Dr. Schüssler called his method of treatment "biochemistry", because the chemical connections of the human biology are considered. In english the healing method is often called biochemic cell salts.
SCHWALLER de LUBICZ, Isha :1885-1963
SCHWALLER de LUBICZ, Rene Adolphe: 1887 -1961
To summarize any persons life is antithetical to life itself. But as humans we do this to chisel a material record of the soul that once limited the vast essence to the condensed physical body, for a time, and affected the material reality in this way. Following, is offered a summary of the man R A Schwaller. To know who he was in his vastness, one must look to his works.
| source: Translator's Preface of The Temple In Man -1977 English Translation- Robert and Carol Lawlor |
In 1949 an unusually large academic controversy began in the renowned Department of Egyptology of the College de France, Paris. It was was created by the book The Temple In Man. Rene Adolphe Schwaller, author of the book, was born in France. At the age of eighteen, after having completed his apprenticeship in pharmaceutical chemistry, he went to Paris. There he studied modern chemistry, physics and every alchemical text he could get his hands on. He was for a time a painter and student of Matisse and himself inflenced many artist in Paris at the time. One such was Prince O.V. de Lubicz Milosz who in 1919 conferred his family title on Schwaller as a means of expressing his admiration and gratitude.
Schwaller served as a chemist in WWI, at the close of the war he published works on implementing peace. Later he moved to the Swiss Alps where during this time his scientific and philosophic vision coalesced around an understanding of universal laws of harmony.
| source: Serpent In the Sky -John Anthony West |
"When Le Temple de l'Homme [The Temple of Man] first appeared in French in 1957, the eminent Egyptologist Etienne Drioton counseled his colleagues to "build a common wall of silence" around it lest it find its way out into public view. With just a few notable exceptions, that injunction was obeyed within Egyptology itself." -JA West
"Schwaller de Lubicz began his work at Luxor on the hunch that the Great Temple there was the Parthenon of Egypt — that is, a sacred structure built according to strict harmonic proportions. If this hunch could be proven, it would mean that knowledge of harmony and proportion existed some fifteen hundred years before their alleged invention by the Greeks. This in turn would necessitate a drastic revision of widely-held opinions of human social evolution. By the time he had finished his fifteen years' work at the site, the nature of the revelations forced upon him by the Temple had led Schwaller de Lubicz to reinterpret the whole civilisation of ancient Egypt." -
"The Temple of Man is not bedtime reading, but readers willing to put in the effort to study it in depth will finally understand why ancient Egypt was regarded by the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome as the source of all wisdom." -JA West
SINCLAIR, Upton: 1878-1968
STEINER, Rudolf: 1861-1925
The length and scope of this man has been reduced in our time to just a few splashes that come up when one dives into his deep and potent personage. To skim over Steiner's volume of work is to accept a handshake upon meeting as a deep and imtimate relationship. An overview may be read here.
The biography by Johannes Hemleben and autobiography by Steiner himself are essential. The resources of Thomas H Meyer, based in Basel are high quality, and additionally the archives of books and lectures are highly valuable if one is fully aware of choosing the translations of his work done by persons who lived among him and were indeed a part of his world and work. Modern non human translation will loose the very essence of being, and relay instead merely the mechanical material words fashioned without soul.
| source: Rudolf Steiner An Illustrated Biography JOHANNES HEMLEBEN |
Steiner called his spiritual philosophy 'anthroposophy' which he defined as 'the consciousness of one's humanity'. As a highly developed seer, he spoke out of his direct perception of the spiritual world. But rather than founding a new religion or sect, he provided suggestions for renewal of many human activities, including education, agriculture, medicine, economics, architecture, science, philosophy, the arts. His many published works, his books and lectures, feature his research into the spiritual nature of the human being, the evolution of the world and humanity, and methods of personal development. During his life he wrote some 30 books and delivered over 6000 lectures across Europe.
STEWART, Balfour : (1828-1887)
was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who was interested in psychical research. He was co-author with PG Tait of The Unseen Universe published 1875, a much-discussed attempt to reconcile modern physics with Christianity.
SUDHOFF, Karl (1853-1938)
Karl Sudhoff is remembered for many works but here we are noting his work The Paracelsus Project.
Paracelsus scholars are much indebted to Karl Sudhoff, the late Leipzig professor of the history of medicine. With his comprehensive Versuch einer Kritik der Echtheit der Paracelsischen Schriften in two volumes (1894, 1898), where he describes the Paracelsian prints and manuscripts, he had laid down a solid foundation for Paracelsus studies until today. Sudhoff implemented in his edtion only sparse textual criticism and no explanatory notes. Notwithstanding all these shortcomings, the Sudhoff Edition remains an important presentation of Paracelsus's natural-philosophic and medical works to this day. -source Zurich Paracelsus Project
THALES : 630-546 BCE
Greek philosopher of the Pre-Socratic Ionian Philosophy: The schools of Miletos and Ephesos
Thales of Miletos (630-546 B.C. ) is cited as having received instruction in Egypt. “One is inclined to believe, however, that Thales either learned very little from the Egyptian priests, or else transmits but a smattering of their teaching.” -source R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz - Sacred Science 1982 English Translation Appendix I.
Thales is said to have believed that everything is made of water, perhaps from the awareness of solid ice forming liquid, and liquid water evaporating into air.
-source 1961 book PHILOSOPHY A Study of Alternative Beliefs -Klausner & Kuntz
SUDHOFF, KARL 1853-1938
THORNDIKE, Lynn: 1882-1965
Thorndike taught history at Columbia University from 1924 until 1952. He was an authority of medieval history and science, and was also president of the American Historical Association from 1954 to 1955. He wrote college textbooks, and his major work an encyclopedic eight volume A History of Magic and Experimental Science.
TOWNSEND, Frances E: 1867-1960
| SOURCES: online -encyclopedia .com; Social Security History -SSA.gov website |
Townsend was a medical practionaer in the early decades of the 20th century. In 1919 he moved to California and settled in Long Beach. During the peak of the Depression years Townsend sought to reform some of the state politics and introduced a plan to assist citizens 60 years of age and older. The Townsend Plan sought to establish a pension plan of $200 a month funded by a 2% sales tax in the state. Suppoters of this plan became known as Townsendites, and formed a pressure group to push reform. On August 14 1935 President Roosevelt created the SSB, the Social Security Board which evolved into the Social Security Administration. Townsend and his plan supporters played a role in this part of California and U.S. History. article.
VELIKOVSKY, Immanual (1895-1979)
Velikovsky wrote several books suggesting a radical interpretation of history. In his book Worlds in Collision (1950), he argues that the Earth and other planets had been subject to cosmic catastrophies in historical times. Through extensive research he was able to see that this is what had been recorded in the oral traditions, myths and legends of the peoples of the world. His 1956 book Earth in Upheaval describes geological evidence that he gave to support the idea of global catastrophes in prehistorical and historical times. - source: The Velikovsky Encyclopedia
VIRCHOW, Rudolf: 1821-1902
| source: Boston Medical and Surgical Journal October 22 1891 |
Rudolph Ludwig Karl Virchow (13 October 1821 – 5 September 1902) was a
German doctor, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician,
known for his advancement of public health. Referred to as "the father of modern
pathology," he is considered one of the founders of social medicine.
.. no physician of our time has done more to promot the change, or by individual efforts to win his generation to accept, than Rudolf Virchow. He founded, in 1847 the celebrated archive, which now in its one hundred and twenty eighth volume, is the greatest storehouse of facts in scientific medicine possessed by us today.
Francesco Redi coined the maxim Omne vivum ex ovo ("every living thing comes from a living thing" — literally "from an egg"), Virchow (and his predecessors) extended this to state that the only source for a living cell was another living cell.
| source: Virchow: The Pope of Medicine, Richard B Gunderman MD, PhD The Pharos, Winter 2025 |
"Virchow exerted huge influence on medical education in Germany, helping to teach influential figures such as Ernst Haeckel, [see listing on this page] a physician and biologist who originated such terms as ecology, phylum, and Protista and played an improtant role in promoting Darwin's theory in Germany"
"Virchow also taught pathology to tow highly influential American phuysicians who served as founders of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, William Weich and Sir William Osler.
WALKER, Norman : 1886-1985
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Dr. Norman Wardhaugh Walker was born in Genoa, Italy, and moved to New York City in 1910. Later Dr. Walker moved to Long Beach, California and opened a juice bar together with a medical practitioner. By 1930 they invented several fresh juice formulas catering to specific conditions and ailments. His invention in 1930 of the ‘Norwalk Juicer’, one of his key contributions to the health of people.
After the San Francisco health department banned the sale of unpasteurized vegetable juices Dr. Walker began manufacturing his juice machine. The manufacturing plant which was set up in Anaheim, California, sustained despite the steel shortage during World War II. By the late 1940s, Dr. Walker had moved to St. George, Utah where he established a juice plant in an old cotton mill. However, when local health department regulations once again proved to be a stumbling block, he sold his share to his business partner. He then concentrated his energies on publication of a health magazine, The New Health Movement Review. For several years Dr. Walker ran a health ranch in Cottonwood, Arizona, but he eventually gave up the ranch to devote himself entirely to writing.
XERXES - era 440 B.C.E
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source: UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHY CONTAINING A COPIOUS ACCOUNT, CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL, OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER, LABORS AND ACTIONS OF EMINENT PERSONS, IN ALL AGES AND COUNTRIES, CONDITIONS AND PROFESSIONS. - BY J. LEMPRIERE, D.D. published 1810 |
Xerxes King of Persia, son of Darius Hystaspes, is celebrated for his expedition against Greece. Though accompanied by about five million of souls, he was defeated by the valor of the Greeks, and the battles of Thermopyla and Salamis convinced him that the conquest of the country was impossible.
He retired in disgrace to Persia, and was slain by Artabanus, B. C. 465. His weeping at the sight of his numerous armies, because not one man of them would survive a 100 years, is mentioned by historians as a proof of the goodness and benevolence of his heart. - Quoted from the above listed source