First published in 1911, “Mystics Of The Renaissance And Their Relation To Modern Thought” is a detailed account of Renaissance mysticism with reference to contemporary philosophy and theosophy. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (1861 – 1925) was an Austrian social reformer, philosopher, economist, architect, esotericist, and economist. He rose to celebrity during the latter part of the twentieth century as a literary critic and author of philosophical works, later founding a spiritual movement called “anthroposophy” which was heavily influenced by German theosophy and idealist philosophy. Contents include: “Introduction”, “Meister Eckhart”, “Friendship with God (Tauler, Suso and Ruysbroeck)”, “Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa”, “Agrippa von Nettesheim and Theophrastus Paracelsus”, “Valentine Weigel and Jacob Boehme”, “Giordano Bruno and Angelus Silesius”, and “Afterword”. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

Excerpt from Mystics of the Renaissance and Their Relation to Modern Thought: Including Meister Eckhart, Tauler, Paracelsus, Jacob Boehme, Giordano Bruno, and Others Meaning critic Offered the advice: Before he goes on reforming further and gives his Philosophy of Freedom to the world, he should be pressingly advised first to work himself through to an understanding of these two philosophers [hume and The critic unfortunately knows only so much as he is himself able to read in Kant and Hume; practically, there fore, he simply advises me to learn to see no more in these thinkers than he him self sees. When I have attained that, he will be satisfied with me. Then when my Philosophy and Freedom appeared, I was found to be as much in need of cor rection as the most ignorant beginner. This I received from a gentleman who probably nothing else impelled to the writing of books except that he had not understood innumerable foreign ones. He gravely informs me that I should have. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

During the renaissance science was never separated from mysticism and alchemy. Some of the finest minds such as Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton were all heavily involved in what they would of called the mystic arts. This is a fascinating guide to the less well known pioneers of scientific discovery, including Meister Eckhart, Nicholas of cusa and Giodarno Bruno. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.