Peter J. Forshaw

Scholarly Authority

Peter J. Forshaw is a leading academic expert on early modern occult philosophy.

Scholarly Significance

Forshaw has done ground-breaking work on Heinrich Khunrath, Michael Maier, and the intricate intersection of alchemy, Christian Cabala, and magic in the 'amphitheatrical' traditions of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Scholarly Fragments

Infinite Fire Webinar II - The Emblemata of the Atalanta Fugiens by Dr. Peter J. Forshaw Source: Forshaw_Maier_Exegesis

The second webinar is online featuring dr. Peter J. Forshaw, who shares with us his knowledge on Michael Maier (1568--1622), a Renaissance alchemist, composer, physician and counsellor to Habsburg Emperor Rudolf II Habsburg. The webinar focusses in particular on Maier's Atalanta Fugiens (1618), a multimedia work containing 50 engraved emblems visualizing the alchemical stages and including corresponding epigrams, discourses and musical symphonies 'fugues', which he composed himself. Source: Forshaw_Maier_Exegesis