Альберт Великий

Albertus Magnus AKA Albert the Great AKA Albert of Cologne AKA Count of Bolstadt aka Albert de Groot

German between 1193-1206 – 1280 Teachers: Peter Lombard; influenced by Aristotle; Salomon Trismosin;

Students: Thomas Aquinas; Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim; Friends: Roger Bacon ; mentioned by Dante Alighieri; Pope Alexander the VI; Organizations: Catholic Church; Dominican 1223; Author: thirty-eight volumes, De mineralibus; The Book of Secrets; probably NOT the author of Egyptian Secrets for Man and Beast attributed to him; Comments: Scholasticism; inspired Freemasonry; created the Gothic Style of Architecture; May have been head of the Operative Masons of Cologne, who took instruction from him; Created an ALCHEMICAL /mechanical creature named ANDROID which correctly answered his questions when asked, and his disciple St. Thomas Aquinas destroyed, thinking it was diabolical rather than a creation of Alchemy; Resources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus_Magnus; http://www.renaissanceastrology.com/albertusmagnus.html; http://www.farlang.com/gemstones/magnus-virtue-stones/page_001; Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, Vol I (1873) & Vol II (1878) by Albert Mackey; or listen to an essay here - http://librivox.org/author/5669 ;