THE HISTORY OF THE TWO WORLDS,

NAMELY THE GREATER and THE LESSER,

METAPHYSICAL, PHYSICAL, AND TECHNICAL.

Divided into two Volumes according to the distinction of the COSMOS.

BY THE AUTHOR ROBERT FLUDD, also known as "of the Floods," original: "de Fluctibus" Esquire and Doctor of Medicine of Oxford.

Volume One

Concerning the History of the Macrocosm Macrocosm: From the Greek 'makros' (large) and 'kosmos' (world); the universe as a whole. divided into two treatises.

Of which

• The First is about
  • The Metaphysical origin of the Macrocosm and its creatures.
  • The Physical progress of the Macrocosm in generation and decay.
• The Second is about the Art of Nature’s ape This famous phrase refers to the human arts and sciences which, in Fludd's view, "mimic" or imitate the divine creative processes of Nature. produced within the Macrocosm and therein nourished and multiplied, whose principal daughters we have here reviewed through living anatomy, namely:
  • Arithmetic.
  • Music.
  • Geometry.
  • Perspective.
  • The Art of Painting.
  • The Military Art.
  • The Science } of Motion.
  • The Science } of Time.
  • Cosmography.
  • Astrology.
  • Geomancy A traditional method of divination using patterns made in the earth or sand..