De umbris idearum explained

De Umbris Idearum
Author:	Giordano Bruno

De Umbris Idearum (Latin for "On the Shadows of Ideas") is a book written in 1582 by Italian Dominican friar and cosmological theorist Giordano Bruno. In this book, he proposes a system integrating mnemonics, Ficinian psychology, and hermetic magic. It is the first book he wrote covering the subject of memory, a topic on which he would focus the rest of his works.^[1]

Bibliography

• Yates, Frances A., "Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition" (1964).

External links

• Twilit Grotto—Esoteric Archives. Giordano Bruno's De Umbris Idearum. Digital edition by Joseph H. Peterson, 1997. (Latin, full text).

Notes and References

1. Peterson, Joseph H., prologue to the digital edition of Giordano Bruno's De Umbris Idearum.