Комений, Ян Амос

John Amos Comenius AKA Johann Amos Comesky Bohemia /Czech Republic 1592 - 1671 Teachers: Christopher Kotter; Jan Hus; Irish Jesuit William Bathe; Johann Piscator; Heinrich Gutberleth; Heinrich Alsted; Francis Bacon; Jakob Bohme; Robert Fludd; Johannes Valentinus Andreae AKA Christian Rosenkreutz, 1628 Students: Samuel Hartlib; Jean Piaget, educator; Heinrich Nollius; Cyprian Kinner of Elbing; Abraham von Franckenberg; John Dury of Scotland; Cardinal Richelieu of France; John Jonston (1603-1675); Rafal Leszczynski; Chuck Furnace; Hedy Kiesler Markey aka Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler aka Hedy Lamarr, actress and inventor or an 88 key code for torpedo control, early wi-fi and bluetooth technology; Friends: The Winter King, Frederick V, Elector Palatine a copy of his "Lux in Tenebris" AKA Light in Darkness ; Cotton Mather; John Winthrop the Younger; Rene Descartes ; published the visions of Christopher Kotterus; Mikuláš Drabík (lat. Nicolaus Drabicius) ; Christina Poniatowska; Theodore Haak; John Hunyades; Enemies: Organizations: Freemasonry; The Royal Society; Unity of the Brethren or Bohemian Brethren; Hussite movement; The Hartlib Circle; the Office of Address project; Cryptography; 1645 Group; wanted to start "The College of Light to the True fundamental universal Church of Philadelphia or Brotherly Love;

Author: Pansophiæ Prodromus; Didactica Magna (Great Didactic); Janua Linguarum Reserata (The Gate of Languages Unlocked); Orbis Sensualium Pictus; Synopsis physicae ad lumen divinum reformatae; Lux in tenebris; The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart, 1623; Via Lucis AKA Way of Light 1668; Panegersia; Comments: Major Esoteric Figure ; Intellegencer; gave a copy of LUX IN TENEBRIS to the Winter King; earliest champions of universal education; created 1st idea of Pansophia, a "system of the world" that would gather and resolve any conflicts in the world's knowledge, both scientific and Spiritual; first proponent of universal education from birth to death, to improve Mankind; Inspired the Royal Society and Hartib Circle Office of Address projects, as well as the American education system ; Warned them against developing technology without Spirituality; Learning should be fun, picture books for adults and children;

Resources: http://books.google.com/books?id=sE9MAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=Christopher+Kotter,++Comenius&source=bl&ots=kCSrF_W7qb&sig=pYu5vJGfS1P4e0fOenWNde-3TQ4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=90stUJCMFsq56wGX3oHwDA&ved=0CFIQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Christopher%20Kotter%2C%20%20Comenius&f=false; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr