Transfigured Light : Philosophy, Science and the Hermetic Imaginary

This original monograph investigates and re examines the ideas generated by the Hermetic tradition (hermetic imaginary). The work discusses the effects of the tradition on modern philosophy and science and assays the influence of Hermeticism on areas such as AI, Cybernetics, Cyberspace as well as Leibnitz and Fludd

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