Sunday Afternoon Public Programs
April 22, 2:00 PM  •  Presented by Patricia Fulbright

Leonardo, Dante, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Newton – their brilliant achievements remain benchmarks of human excellence. These giants are children of the Renaissance, an intellectually dynamic era illuminated by masterpieces of ancient Greek and Roman thinkers whose works, once thought lost to the West, were rediscovered and celebrated. Yet another almost forgotten inheritance empowering Renaissance ideas, values, and visions sprang from an array of Hermetic, alchemical, and Sufi wisdom traditions.

This presentation will introduce and explore several Hermetic, alchemical, and Sufi works inherited by and expressed in Renaissance arts and writings. Highlights include the Grail Quest, veneration of the Virgin Mary, and the cult of courtly love.

Patricia Fulbright has taught mythology and literature at Clark College. She is a lifelong student of Neoplatonic philosophy and ancient Greek literature.