Moradas filosofales, Las

by Stephen King

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Genres: Alchemy, Philosophy, History, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Occult

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First published January 1, 1930

About the author

Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.

Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.

He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.

Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.

In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.

Reviews

[Les75 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un libro non per tutti. Anzi, in realtà, è un libro proprio per pochi. Addentrandosi nelle corpose pagine dei suoi due tomi, si comprende sempre meglio in cosa consista la differenza tra ciò che è essoterico e ciò attiene alla sfera esoterica. Inutile dilungarsi sui contenuti: se non si posseggono le chiavi esoteriche di decrittazione non si possono comprendere le forbite allegorie di Fulcanelli, e pertanto (come avviene con qualunque testo alchemico) si corre il rischio di rimanere frustrati dagli oscuri e indecifrabili concetti esposti. È un testo fondamentale (forse IL testo fondamentale) nel lungo e intricato cammino nei meandri del percorso sapienziale dell'Arte Sacra.

[álvaro]

Lo tiene Sergio.

Dice que cuando lo compró, al salir de la librería miró hacia atrás... y el local había desaparecido.

[Y · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fulcanelli discusses the hidden alchemical symbolism behind various works of art and architecture across Europe, interpreting them as instructions on about the creation of the Philosopher’s Stone. Then at the very end he warns against periodic cataclysms that befall earth, which are primarily extreme climate variations. This part kind of comes out of nowhere and feels like an entirely different book.

He clearly is a highly intelligent person, with a deep knowledge of history, art, and science. It helped me get into the mindset of very different worldview than the one I have.

[Dan Zarfati · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really interesting and fascinating book by Fulcanelli, not that difficult to read, but to grasp the inner meaning you must read several times, and for the practical people, you have to do the actual work. Interesting read.

[Catarina PBatista · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazing books to understand the clues of past and expectations for the future~

[Saturned · Rating 4 out of 5]

Increíble la cantidad de información que hay en cada página.
Un libro para leer y releer con paciencia.

[Lea]

I feel I would not recommend this book even to the enemy... although I have no enemies.