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~Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae- 'The Great Art of Light and Shadow'~
(Athanasius Kircher, 1646)
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Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae- The Great Art of Light and Shadow
(Athanasius Kircher, 1646)
Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae
("The Great Art of Light and Shadow") is a 1646 work by the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher.[1] It was dedicated to Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans and published in Rome by Lodovico Grignani. A second edition was published in Amsterdam in 1671 by Johann Jansson. Ars Magna was the first description published in Europe of the illumination and projection of images.[3] The book contains the first printed illustration of Saturn and the 1671 edition also contained a description of the magic lantern.en.m.wikipedi
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Kircher dealt comprehensively with many different aspects of light, including physical, astronomical, astrological and metaphysical. He discussed phenomena such as fluorescence, phosphorescence and luminescence, optics and perspective.[6]: 101 He also described pareidolia.[8] The work deals first with the sun, moon, stars, comets, eclipses and planets. It also discusses phenomena related to light, such as optical illusions, colour, refraction, projection and distortion. The work includes one of the first scientific on phosphorescence and the luminosity of fireflies. He devoted much care to descriptions of instruments such as sundials, moondials and mirrors that make use of light. He had written extensively on these subjects in an earlier work, the Primitiae gnomoniciae catroptricae. Kircher also discussed the "magic lantern" - he is sometimes, incorrectly, credited with inventing this device.[2]: 13
In the section “Cosmometria Gnomonica”, Kircher set out to show how, by measuring sunlight and shadow, it was possible to measure the universe itself.wikipedia.
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The book concludes with a verse:
"Disperge has radiis animae fulgentibus umbras
Ut tua sit mea lux lux mea sit tua lux"
("Disperse the shadows of the soul with splendid rays, so that your light be mine, and my light, yours.")
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Occult and Psychical Sciences
~Named after "Complete illustrated book of the psychic sciences" Book by Walter B. Gibson. 1966 (a fun and interesting read) 'Occult and Psychical Sciences' on DK is a spooky group on DK.
The group will consist of stories about the spooky and scary, personal anecdotes, and general Paranormal, Philosophical,metaphysical,
Arcane, Esoteric,and Existential information,& conversation about the unexplained.
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"To admit ignorance is the highest knowledge. It is the necessary condition for all learning"
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Occult and Psychical Sciences:
Some Historic Rochester Hauntings, WNY
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Fear in your ear: the unstoppable rise of the horror podcast:
The Battersea Poltergeist is just one of many surging up the charts. Its creator, and others, explain why the pandemic led people to seek out scary stories guardian.com
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