: Religion, Esotericism and Science at the Court of Peter the Great, 1689-1725
\ by Robert Collis.
; Boston
: Brill
, 2012.
xx, 583 p.
:ill.
Aries book series. Texts and studies in Western esotericism,
; v. 14
Index
Bibliography
Quirinus Kuhlmann's millenarian mission to Moscow in 1689 -- Jacobite servitors. Jacob Bruce (1669-1735): a scientific sorcerer at the court of Peter the Great ; Scottish Jacobite roots ; Mathematics, astronomy and astrology: early training in the foreign quarter in Moscow and in London in 1698 ; Natural philosophy, alchemy and Mysticism religion ; Advancement of learning ; Robert Erskine (1677-1718): an iatrochemist at the Petrine court ; Robert Erskine's ancestry and Jacobite links ; Medicine and alchemy: an iatrochemist at the Petrine Court ; Erskine the chemical philosopher ; Erskine, balneology and his treatment of Peter the Great ; Astral and divine medicine ; Erskine and natural philosophy ; Erskine the natural philosopher ; Erskine and religion -- Ukrainian clerics. Stefan Iavorskii (1658-1722): an esoteric wordsmith at the court of Peter the Great ; Iavorskii's Kievan period ; For tsar and country: the apocalyptic, mystical and esoteric sermons of Stefan Iavorski ; Mystical orthodoxy, progressive pietism and esoteric science: the eclectic worldview of Feofan Prokopovich (1681-1736) ; Prokopovich's theological system ; Prokopovich's natural philosophy ; Prokopovich's educational vision: pietism and the Petrine instauration -- Peter the Great. Peter the Great's divine mission ; Peter the Great as King David ; The prophetic significance of the Nystad Peace of 1721 ; St. Petersburg as "New Jerusalem" ; The role of religion and esotericism in shaping Peter the Great's vision of scientific reform ; Francis Lee's vision of scientific reform in Russia ; Gottfried Leibniz's vision of scientific reform in Russia ; Collecting and marvelling at the curious: Peter the Great and the development of the St. Petersburg Kunstkamera ; Towards an Academy of Sciences ; Esoteric interests of Peter the Great.
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Peter, I,1672-1725-- Relations with occultists.
Bri︠u︡s, I︠A︡kov Vilimovich,1670-1735.
Erskine, Robert,1677-1718.
I︠A︡vorsʹkyĭ, Stefan,1658-1722.
Feofan,1681-1736.
پطر اول،۱۶۷۲-۱۷۲۵م. -- روابط با مخالفین
Occultism-- Russia-- History-- 18th century.
Mysticism-- Russia-- History-- 18th century.
Occultism and science-- Russia-- History-- 18th century.