Travis Simpkins

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Giordano Bruno. Astrology and Hermeticism. Freemasonry. by Travis Simpkins

Giordano Bruno. Hermeticism, Astrology and Masonic Ideals. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Giordano Bruno

1548 - 1600

Dominican Friar, Philosopher, Poet

Mathematician, Astrologer

Renaissance Hermeticist &

Influence on Masonic Principles
The Art of Memory

by Travis Simpkins

based on a sculpture by Ettore Ferrari

Campo de'Fiori, Rome

Giordano Bruno: Heretic of the Infinite

For more info, please visit:

galileo.rice.edu/bruno

Giordano Bruno. by Travis Simpkins. Freemasonry. Memorial

Monday, October 10, 2022

The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered. Robert Eisenman. Michael Wise

"The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered" by Robert Eisenman and Michael Wise is concise and insightful.

Two scholars compile and interpret fifty documents that are key and previously inaccessible portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

"For the first time the public will be able to see the most interesting and exciting texts from the unpublished corpus and judge for itself. Providing precise English translations and complete transcriptions into modern Hebrew characters, The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered makes generally available in a clear and accessible style fifty of the best texts. Accompanied by incisive and readable commentaries aimed at both lay person and scholar alike, these texts provide exciting and ground-breaking insights into Messianism, an alternative presentation of the flood story, ecstatic visions, prophecies, Mysteries, astrology, divination, and much more." "This is nothing less than the literature of the Messianic Movement in Palestine. Responsible for the uprising that led to the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, its later stages are virtually indistinguishable from the rise of Christianity in Palestine. Professors Eisenman's and Wise's research will go a long way towards solving the problem of the Scrolls in the context of Jewish history of the period and shed new light on the formation of early Christianity."