Hildegard of Bingen

The word “Polymath” is one that gets used for quite a few people that are already residents of the Fools Gallery, but I don’t think anyone deserves that title more than the mystic and visionary medieval abbess Hildegard of Bingen. Given to service god by her parents at a young age, Hildegard didn’t start to […]

Emanuel Swedenborg

For a time, Emanuel Swedenborg was a name that many in Europe and America were familiar with. These days, very few have even heard the name and those who have, the words ‘Madness’ or ‘Liar’ are not behind. Called by Ralph Waldo Emerson ‘A Mastodon of Literature’ the work and life of Swedenborg are indeed […]

Carl Jung

Welcome to the Fools Gallery! Our first resident is Carl Jung. For many, such words as Archetype, Collective Unconscious, Introvert and Extrovert are perhaps all they know about The Hexenmeister of Zurich. But Jung lived a life absolutely awash in the occult and was certainly a mystic (although he would never say so). My guest Daniel joins […]