Joscelyn Godwin is an emeritus professor of music at Colgate University and the author, editor, and translator of many books, including Cosmic Music, The Golden Thread, and Atlantis and the Cycles of Time. Known for his translations of Fabre d’Olivet and Julius Evola, he lives in Hamilton, New York.

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Preface and Acknowledgments
One
Fludd’s Life and Work
Two
How the World Is Made
Three
Nature’s Ape
Four
How Man Is Made
Five
Psychology and Divination
Six
Kabbalah
Seven
Anatomy
Eight
Meteorology
Nine
Universal Medicine Appendices
1. Astrology Solves a Crime
2. The Wisdom of the Ancients
3. Fludd on His Own Times
4. Symbolic Ornaments
5. Fludd Finds “Star Jelly”
6. Three Stories of Prophecy
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Plan of Fludd’s History of the Macrocosm and the Microcosm
Plan of Fludd’s Medicina Catholica
Fludd’s Writings
Manuscripts
Modern Editions and Translations
General Bibliography
Index

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