Born in what would become Italy, Giordano Bruno lived from 1548-1600, at the precipice of an era of novel scientific and religious thought. His writings encourage speculation about his true beliefs through an ambiguity of illusions to unapproved modes and allows the reader to infer much while preserving religious solidarity. Bruno studied a wide variety of religious thought, both traditional and unorthodox, as well as many pagan, esoteric, scientific and pseudo-scientific genres. Through his concept of Divine Universality, he incorporates the divine into and throughout each level of existence. His forthrightness remains an opening for debate on a wide variety of subjects. He was a staunch believer that varied spiritualities should be melded …show more content…
He held ancient religious knowledge in higher esteem than the cultural aspects of intellectualism praised by early humanists. Throughout Bruno’s works, the theme of Hermeticism is constant and encourages him to seek hidden truths in the manner of the early Church adherents. Bruno is considered a Hermeticist as well as a friar, intellectual and philosopher; he believed life was as universal and unlimited as God was, since it was a reflection of the Creator and His divinity. He further believed that seeking God was best done through the individual, as Bruno believed God was in everything. Thus, to seek God through the path that one knows the best, themselves was natural to …show more content…
Each aspect of Bruno’s study supported his supposition that “being is perceived and distinguished under three headings… God, nature and art” manifesting in spiritual, corporeal and rational forms which are interlinked by the divinity which is inherent in each. By founding his theory on an omnipotent God, he firmly connects everything to the interpretation of Christianity, explaining