Peter J Forshaw
I researched my doctorate in Early Modern Intellectual History on the complex hieroglyphic and theosophical figures and the interplay of alchemy, magic and cabala in the Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae (1595/1609) of Heinrich Khunrath of Leipzig (1560-1605), 'doctor of both medicines and faithful lover of Theosophy'.
Following my PhD, I was then awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship for research into the History of Ritual Magic in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This period of research was then followed by fellowships at the universities of Strathclyde and Cambridge, where I worked on projects related to early modern alchemy and astrology.
In 2009 I was appointed Assistant Professor/Senior Lecturer for History of Western Esotericism in the Early Modern Period at the Center for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents, University of Amsterdam.
I was Editor in Chief of Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism from 2010-2020 and continue to serve on the editorial board. For more information about the content of the issues, please visit the Aries Journal: Western Esotericism (2010-2020) link below.
I am also member of the editorial boards of Ambix, Journal for the Society of the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (ed. Bruce Moran), História Revista, Correspondences: Online Journal for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism (ed. Aren Roukema), Ashgate's new book series, Universal Reform: Studies in Intellectual History, 1550-1700 (eds. Howard Hotson and Vladimír Urbánek), Peter Lang's new series Apocalypticism: Cross-Disciplinary Explorations (ed. Carlos Segovia) and OUP's new Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism (ed. Henrik Bogdan).
From 2004-2011 I was elected council member and webmaster of the SRS (Society for Renaissance Studies). I served as webmaster and council member for ESSWE (European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism) from 2009-2017. I've been council member for SHAC (Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry) since 2007.
From 2018-2022 I worked part-time as Head of the Ritman Research Institute, Amsterdam, in The House with the Heads, once owned by a “Mercator Sapiens”; hence the heads of Mercury and Minerva above the door. I worked on the Geheime Figuren der Rosenkreuzer (Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians), on a long-term project of 'Teaching by Images', and various other projects including plans for Alchemy and Hermetica rooms. This came to an abrupt and unexpected end in July 2022.
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Address: Center for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents,
University of Amsterdam,
Oost-Indisch Huis,
Kloveniersburgwal 48,
Room D1.08A
1012 CX Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Following my PhD, I was then awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship for research into the History of Ritual Magic in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This period of research was then followed by fellowships at the universities of Strathclyde and Cambridge, where I worked on projects related to early modern alchemy and astrology.
In 2009 I was appointed Assistant Professor/Senior Lecturer for History of Western Esotericism in the Early Modern Period at the Center for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents, University of Amsterdam.
I was Editor in Chief of Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism from 2010-2020 and continue to serve on the editorial board. For more information about the content of the issues, please visit the Aries Journal: Western Esotericism (2010-2020) link below.
I am also member of the editorial boards of Ambix, Journal for the Society of the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (ed. Bruce Moran), História Revista, Correspondences: Online Journal for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism (ed. Aren Roukema), Ashgate's new book series, Universal Reform: Studies in Intellectual History, 1550-1700 (eds. Howard Hotson and Vladimír Urbánek), Peter Lang's new series Apocalypticism: Cross-Disciplinary Explorations (ed. Carlos Segovia) and OUP's new Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism (ed. Henrik Bogdan).
From 2004-2011 I was elected council member and webmaster of the SRS (Society for Renaissance Studies). I served as webmaster and council member for ESSWE (European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism) from 2009-2017. I've been council member for SHAC (Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry) since 2007.
From 2018-2022 I worked part-time as Head of the Ritman Research Institute, Amsterdam, in The House with the Heads, once owned by a “Mercator Sapiens”; hence the heads of Mercury and Minerva above the door. I worked on the Geheime Figuren der Rosenkreuzer (Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians), on a long-term project of 'Teaching by Images', and various other projects including plans for Alchemy and Hermetica rooms. This came to an abrupt and unexpected end in July 2022.
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Address: Center for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents,
University of Amsterdam,
Oost-Indisch Huis,
Kloveniersburgwal 48,
Room D1.08A
1012 CX Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
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Authors: Egil Asprem, Justine M. Bakker, Tessel M. Bauduin, Henrik Bogdan, Jean-Pierre Brach, Roelof van den Broek, Dylan M. Burns, Allison P. Coudert, Antoine Faivre, Claire Fanger, Christine Ferguson, Peter J. Forshaw, Joscelyn Godwin, Kennet Granholm, J. Christian Greer, Olav Hammer, Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Boaz Huss, Massimo Introvigne, Andreas B. Kilcher, Jeffrey J. Kripal, John MacMurphy, Mriganka Mukhopadhyay, Bernd-Christian Otto, Marco Pasi, Mark Sedgwick, Julian Strube, Gyorgy E. Szonyi, Elliot R. Wolfson, Mike A. Zuber.
Contributing authors are: Michael J.B. Allen, Susanna Åkerman, Lina Bolzoni, Aaron Cheak, Robert Collis, Francesca M. Crasta, Per Faxneld, Laura Follesa, Victoria Ferentinou, Joshua Gentzke, Joscelyn Godwin, Hans Thomas Hakl, Theodor Harmsen, Elke Morlok, Noel Putnik, Jonathan Schorsch, György Szönyi, Carsten Wilke, and Thomas Willard.
Contributors include: Unn Irene Aasdalen, Constance Blackwell, Paul Richard Blum, Stephen Clucas, Ruth Clydesdale, Brian Copenhaver, John Dillon, Peter J. Forshaw, James Hankins, Hiro Hirai, Sarah Klitenic Wear, David Leech, Letizia Panizza, Valery Rees, and Stéphane Toussaint.
Papers by Peter J Forshaw
Der bekannteste Kupferstich aus dem Amphitheater ewiger Weisheit (1595/1609) des „Doktors der beiden Medizinen und treuen Liebhabers der Theosophie“, Heinrich Khunrath aus Leipzig (1560–1605), ist ohne Zweifel die runde „theosophische“ Figur des Oratorium-Laboratorium. Arbeit und Gebet, so wird hier deutlich, sind gleichermaßen von Bedeutung. Dieser Beitrag diskutiert die beiden Hauptachsen des Bildes und identifiziert einige Quellen der Inschriften. Zugleich werden aber auch der Vorder- und Hintergrund des Stichs in den Blick genommen, wodurch sich weitere Dimensionen in Khunraths okkulter Praktik eröffnen.
If you are interested in short descriptions and analyses of images from alchemy, magic, Kabbalah, and tarot, please take a look at my Instagram page @petrus.malus
Authors: Egil Asprem, Justine M. Bakker, Tessel M. Bauduin, Henrik Bogdan, Jean-Pierre Brach, Roelof van den Broek, Dylan M. Burns, Allison P. Coudert, Antoine Faivre, Claire Fanger, Christine Ferguson, Peter J. Forshaw, Joscelyn Godwin, Kennet Granholm, J. Christian Greer, Olav Hammer, Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Boaz Huss, Massimo Introvigne, Andreas B. Kilcher, Jeffrey J. Kripal, John MacMurphy, Mriganka Mukhopadhyay, Bernd-Christian Otto, Marco Pasi, Mark Sedgwick, Julian Strube, Gyorgy E. Szonyi, Elliot R. Wolfson, Mike A. Zuber.