The divinatory arts, according to the English esotericist, Robert Fludd (1574-1637). While there appears to be seven divinatory arts, there are in fact eight, for Fludd regards man himself as the main source of the chief method of divination, divine influx: this is why the radiant triangle of the Godhead hovers over the man's head. At his feet is the monkey, no demonic simian, but a symbol of Nature's Ape - that is, Man, who seeks to practise art, or to imitate the creative process of Nature. From Book II of Utriusque Cosmi Maioris, 1617.
The divinatory arts, according to the English esotericist, Robert Fludd (1574-1637). While there appears to be seven divinatory arts, there are in fact eight, for Fludd regards man himself as the main source of the chief method of divination, divine influx: this is why the radiant triangle of the Godhead hovers over the man's head. At his feet is the monkey, no demonic simian, but a symbol of Nature's Ape - that is, Man, who seeks to practise art, or to imitate the creative process of Nature. From Book II of Utriusque Cosmi Maioris, 1617.