They say Latin is a “dead language”, but it is so full of life!

Today we honor one of the most prolific authors in human history: Athanasius Kircher (Athanasii Kircheri) [May 02, 1602 - November 28, 1680]

While 35 of his principal works are still admired today, very few of them have been translated in the public realm. Hermetic Genetics has collected an additional 79 of his works, and location collectors and museums in possession of hundreds more. Translation from the original Latin is a painstaking, but rewarding experience. The scale of the collections of knowledge are comparable to that of a modern day university. Many areas of science and technology clearly expressed in his books would not resurface in our modern world for hundreds of years. Some of these are still not clearly understood by many today. Yet they are real, replicable sciences that may have modern applications.

From advancements in magnetics, geopositioning, communications, and acoustic technology, vibrational mechanics, thermal sciences, miscoscopics, macro astronomy, biology, chemistry, geometry, physics, architecture, history, linguistics, theology, psychology, and more, Kircher brought together the knowledge of scholars and scientists from around the world, and compiled it into coherent manuscripts which have survived the test of time.

Technologies currently being translated from his manuscripts may help advance many of our modern sciences, by utilizing rediscovered knowledge.