Author : John C. Wright
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 40,97 MB
Release : 2012-12-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 076532928X
A kaleidoscopic vision of future history and human evolution, as witnessed by the one man who may hold the key to humanity's salvation against an approaching alien threat.
Author : John C. Wright
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 12,68 MB
Release : 2017-12-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466882816
Count to Infinity is John C. Wright's spectacular conclusion to the thought-provoking hard science fiction Eschaton Sequence, exploring future history and human evolution. An epic space opera finale worthy of the scope and wonder of The Eschaton Sequence: Menelaus Montrose is locked in a final battle of wits, bullets, and posthuman intelligence with Ximen del Azarchel for the fate of humanity in the far future. The alien monstrosities of Ain at long last are revealed, their hidden past laid bare, along with the reason for their brutal treatment of Man and all the species seeded throughout the galaxy. And they have still one more secret that could upend everything Montrose has fought for and lived so long to achieve. The Eschaton Sequence #1 Count to a Trillion #2 The Hermetic Millennia #3 The Judge of Ages #4 The Architect of Aeons #5 The Vindication of Man At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : John C. Wright
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 16,30 MB
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765367457
The first book in an all-new space adventure!
Author : Joshua Ramey
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 15,96 MB
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 082235229X
In this book, Joshua Ramey examines the extent to which Gilles Deleuze's ethics, metaphysics, and politics were informed by, and can only be fully understood through, this hermetic tradition.
Author : John C. Wright
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 41,29 MB
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0765329298
The year is 10,515 AD. The Hyades Armada, traveling at near lightspeed, will reach Earth in just four centuries to assess humanity's value as slaves. For the last 8,000 years, two opposing factions have labored to meet the alien threat in very different ways. One of them is Ximen del Azarchel, immortal leader of the mutineers from the starship Hermetic and self-appointed Master of the World, who has allowed his followers to tamper continuously with the evolutionary destiny of Man, creating one bizarre race after another in an apparent search for a species the Hyades will find worthy of conquest. The other is Menelaus Montrose, the posthuman Judge of Ages, whose cryonic Tombs beneath the surface of Earth have preserved survivors from each epoch created by the Hermeticists. Montrose intends to thwart the alien invaders any way he can, and to remain alive long enough to be reunited with his bride Rania, who is on a seventy-millennia journey to confront the Hyades' masters, tens of thousands of light-years away. Now, with the countdown to the Hyades' arrival nearing its end, del Azarchel and Montrose square off for what is to be their final showdown for the fate of Earth, a battle of gunfire and cliometric calculus; powered armor and posthuman intelligence. Judge of Ages is the wildly inventive third volume in a series exploring future history and human evolution from John C. Wright.
Author : Michael Hayes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 45,40 MB
Release : 2008-05-27
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1594777721
An examination of the precise code that connects ancient spirituality with modern science • Shows how the numerical patterns in ancient philosophies are evident in both the structure of the universe and the helical structure of DNA • Reveals that music theory comes from an intuitive understanding of the resonant harmony of the cosmos Many have observed the distinct numerical patterns embedded in ancient philosophies and religions from all over the world; others have noted that these same patterns are apparent in many of the theories of groundbreaking science. Michael Hayes reveals that there is a precise code, the Hermetic Code, that connects these patterns--information once known to ancient cultures but apparently lost over time. Mirrored in the structure of this code are the ordering principles of the universe and, intriguingly, also the harmonic ratios of music. Our notions of what is harmonious in music may therefore arise not from an abstract aesthetic sense but as a response to an intuition of a fundamental cosmic harmony. The resonance between biology and cosmology shows that life is music, complete with “overtones”--nowhere more strikingly present than in the helical structure of life itself: DNA.
Author : Timothy Freke
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 46,92 MB
Release : 2008-12-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 158542692X
The first easily accessible translation of the esoteric writings that inspired some of the world's greatest artists, scientists, and philosophers. Here is an essential digest of the Greco-Egyptian writings attributed to the legendary sage-god Hermes Trismegistus (Greek for thrice-greatest Hermes), a combination of the Egyptian Thoth and the Greek Hermes. The figure of Hermes was venerated as a great and mythical teacher in the ancient world and was rediscovered by the finest minds of the Renaissance. The writings attributed to his hand are a time capsule of Egyptian and Greek esoteric philosophy and have influenced figures including Blake, Newton, Milton, Shelley, Shakespeare, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Jung. Providing a fascinating introduction to the intersection of the Egyptian and Hellenic cultures and the magico-religious ideas of the antique world, The Hermetica is a marvelous volume for anyone interested in understanding the West's roots in mystical thought.
Author : Lucien X. Polastron
Publisher : Lucien X. POLASTRON
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 39,47 MB
Release : 2007-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781594771675
Almost as old as the idea of the library is the urge to destroy it. Author Lucien X. Polastron traces the history of this destruction, examining the causes for these disasters, the treasures that have been lost, and where the surviving books, if any, have ended up. Books on Fire received the 2004 Societe des Gens de Lettres Prize for Nonfiction/History in Paris.
Author : Brian P. Copenhaver
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 45,47 MB
Release : 2015-09-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1316299481
The story of the beliefs and practices called 'magic' starts in ancient Iran, Greece, and Rome, before entering its crucial Christian phase in the Middle Ages. Centering on the Renaissance and Marsilio Ficino - whose work on magic was the most influential account written in premodern times - this groundbreaking book treats magic as a classical tradition with foundations that were distinctly philosophical. Besides Ficino, the premodern story of magic also features Plotinus, Iamblichus, Proclus, Aquinas, Agrippa, Pomponazzi, Porta, Bruno, Campanella, Descartes, Boyle, Leibniz, and Newton, to name only a few of the prominent thinkers discussed in this book. Because pictures play a key role in the story of magic, this book is richly illustrated.
Author : Austin Coppock
Publisher : Three Hands Press
Page : pages
File Size : 48,83 MB
Release : 2014-06-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781945147104
A history and comprehensive guide to the pictorial symbols of the ancient system of the thirty-six Astrological Decans, with notes on symbolism and astrological interpretation.
