10-24-2023, 06:01 PM
Alchemy of the Ancient Goths: Johannes Bureus’ Search for the Lost Wisdom of Scandinavia
Håkan Håkansson
Lund University Library
The Swedish polymath Johannes Bureus (1568–1652), Royal Librarian and close friend of King Gustavus Adolphus, is primarily known as an exponent of early modern
“Gothicism,” i.e., the idea that the ancient Goths of Scandinavia were the first rulers of Europe and Sweden the true origin of Western culture. But Bureus was also an avid
reader of alchemical literature, as well as a practising alchemist"
https://lucris.lub.lu.se/ws/portalfiles/...809108.pdf
Håkan Håkansson
Lund University Library
The Swedish polymath Johannes Bureus (1568–1652), Royal Librarian and close friend of King Gustavus Adolphus, is primarily known as an exponent of early modern
“Gothicism,” i.e., the idea that the ancient Goths of Scandinavia were the first rulers of Europe and Sweden the true origin of Western culture. But Bureus was also an avid
reader of alchemical literature, as well as a practising alchemist"
https://lucris.lub.lu.se/ws/portalfiles/...809108.pdf