''De Umbris Idearum'' (Latin for ''"On the Shadows of Ideas"'') is a book written in 1582 by
Italian Dominican friar
A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders founded in the twelfth or thirteenth century; the term distinguishes the mendicants' itinerant apostolic character, exercised broadly under the jurisdiction of a superior general, from the ol ...
and
cosmological theorist Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno (; ; la, Iordanus Brunus Nolanus; born Filippo Bruno, January or February 1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian philosopher, mathematician, poet, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist. He is known for his cosmologic ...
. In this book, he proposes a system integrating
mnemonics,
Ficinian psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...
, and
hermetic magic
Magic or Magick most commonly refers to:
* Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces
* Ceremonial magic, encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic
* Magical thinking, the belief that unrela ...
. It is the first book he wrote covering the subject of
memory
Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. If past events could not be remembered, ...
, a topic on which he would focus the rest of his works.
[Peterson, Joseph H., prologue to the digital edition of Giordano Bruno's ]
De Umbris Idearum
'.
Notes
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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).
Books by Giordano Bruno
Metaphysics books
Grimoires