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The Esoteric Relativity of the Camera Obscura

  The Esoteric Camera Obscura Spiritual Manifestations Article by: Chris Webster  Kircher's Steganographic mirror, 1645, Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae If you study the occult long enough, you come to understand that mystics, and esoteric ways of thinking aren't necessarily fully descriptive to the ears or in the eyes of the modern vernacular. In any case, the above image is one of the first recorded depicting the process of our invention of the hand-held photographic device, or as known today, a camera . Before science caught up with philosophy, and philosophy caught up with rationalism, religion and symbolism pervaded the thought of invention, and morality. Even without much conviction personally, anyone of any standing in the public eye would need to appease the institutional authorities of the day to be relieved of any persecution. One of his works was even dedicated to the King of Rome. Though that lens was widening as this was during the time of the Scientific Revolution, as t

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