Utriusque Cosmi Maioris Scilicet et Minoris Metaphysica, Physica Atque Technica Historia
The Metaphysical, Physical, and Technical History of the Two Worlds, Namely the Greater and the Lesser
published between 1617 and 1621
The work is divided into two major volumes:
- Cosmologia (The Macrocosm) – the “Greater World,” dealing with the divine, the cosmos, the elements, angelic hierarchies, and metaphysical structure of reality.
- Anthropologia (The Microcosm) – the “Lesser World,” concerned with the human being as a mirror of the universe, including the soul, spirit, body, medicine, and arts.
Together, Fludd presents a total vision of reality, one rooted in the ancient Prisca Theologia, which he believed to be the original divine wisdom passed down from Adam through the patriarchs, Moses, Hermes Trismegistus, Orpheus, and others.
Utriusque Cosmi Maioris scilicet et Minoris Metaphysica, Physica Atque Technica Historia, c. 1617 by Robert Fludd