Mathematics – 𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐒 ֎ 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈

The "revival" of Astrology in the 900s according to Eliade, Jünger and Santillana

Published on: December 28 2018 Last updated on: October 6, 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Astrotheology, Esotericism, Philosophy, Characters, History of Religions

The revival of the astrological discipline in the last century has aroused the attention of some of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century, who analyzed the phenomenon philosophically and from a mythical-traditional point of view: from Ernst Jünger to Mircea Eliade, up to the "Fatalism" by Giorgio de Santillana.

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Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient India: The Insights of Brahmagupta and Bhāskara Acārya

Published on: December 6 2018 Last updated on: December 6 2018 Written by: Valentino Bellucci Categorized into: Astrotheology, Middle Ages, Characters, Science, History

Centuries before Galileo and Newton some Indian scholars **such as Brahmagupta and Bhāskara Acārya, heirs of the millenary knowledge of the Vedas,** they had already theorized the heliocentric model and the force of gravity; and again, calculus, second degree equations and the number zero.

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Luitzen EJ Brouwer: when Mathematics meets Mysticism

Published on: 12 September 2018 Last updated on: December 2 2020 Written by: Valentino Bellucci Categorized into: Characters, Science

The most advanced physics now gives reason to 'heretical' scientists like Brouwer, who in his work tried to reconcile mathematics and mysticism, leading him to perspectives that are nothing short of unusual, albeit influenced by the Pythagorean School of ancient Hellas and by oriental mystics.

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