My Alchemical Bromance

EP 18 – Scott Gosnell on Giordano Bruno and Other Stuff

11.08.2017 - By My Alchemical BromancePlay

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YOU GUYS, I GOT TO INTERVIEW SCOTT GOSNELL! Okay, okay, I'm calming down. In this episode, Erik interviews Scott Gosnell, entrepreneur, scientist, writer, wizard, autodidact, and translator of the collected works of Giordano Bruno. We spend a lot of time diving into Bruno's life and works, but we also talk about other stuff. It is a really fascinating conversation that touches on the origins of psychology, the art of memory, Neoplatonism, and even Dzogchen Buddhism.

The Beers

No beer this episode! We recorded in the middle of the day so it seemed like a bad idea.

Links and Notes

Scott's blog, Bottle Rocket Science

Startup Geometry, Scott's podcast

The Collected Works of Giordano Bruno

Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition by Frances Yates

Deep Principles of Kabbalistic Alchemy by David Chaim Smith

John of Morigny

Rewriting Magic: An Exegesis of the Visionary Autobiography of a Fourteenth-Century French Monk and The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching by Claire Fanger

Daniel Ingram, who claims to be an Arhat

"It seems like Giordano Bruno's superpower was pissing people off. And memorizing things."

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