Woensdag 12 augustus – Mijn eerste fysieke werkoverleg na de vakantie is een kennismaking met Thieu Besselink in de prachtige bloementuin achter de Embassy of the free mind. Dennis Kerkhoven is de aanstichter en is er ook bij. Ik weet niet of ik ooit iemand ontmoet heb met wie ik zoveel inhoudelijke fascinaties deel (ontwerpen, leren, commons, de donut, het subsidiariteitsbeginsel, herenboeren, Christopher Alexander...) en Thieu is ook nog eens een doener, een ondernemer. Ik zie uit naar de samenwerking die ongetwijfeld gaat volgen.

Founded in 1957, the Ritman Library, or Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, was only open to the public in 1984. Its founder, Joost Ritman, began collecting rare books on spirituality as a teenager, beginning with a 17th-century edition of Aurora.

In June 2016, Dan Brown, writer and author of books such as The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons and who had done several research there during his creative processes, announced a donation of 300 thousand euros to the Library could digitize its collection and make the works accessible to a larger audience.

Of the approximately 4600 books in the Ritman Library, just over 2100 are now available online and can be accessed through the Free Mind Embassy website. There are several studies on topics such as alchemy, astrology, magic and other topics dear to the occult.

It is important to emphasize that the works are written in different European languages, with predominance for texts in Latin. There are also books in English, French, German and Dutch, and the easiest way to filter the searches in the catalog is to select by Publication Place.

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