Should the French King make peace with the Holy Roman Emperor? On 21 July 1536, Cardinal Agostino Trivulzio visited France to broker peace between Francis I “le Roi Chevalier” (think Henry VIII with a big nose) (pictured) and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The Geomancer Christopher Cattan was asked, “should peace be allowed to […]
Prayer from Delphi (became the Prayer of the Salamanders) Ineffable father of the immortals, eternal, adept, lord, borne upon the ethereal widths of the ever-changing worlds, where the might of your Power is established, you who beholds all and hears all with your beauteous ears, hear your children, whom you bore when the time was […]