another Kiefer influence. . .

Robert Fludd, an alchemist and MD in sixteenth/seventeenth century, was the first person to write about the circulatory system in the human body. According to WIKI/encyclopedia, Fludd got it right. He analogized the human circulation system/microcosm to mirror the macrocosm of heaven. The heart corresponded to the sun and the blood corresponded to the planets. The planets, of course, circulate around the sun and the blood, basically, circulated around the heart.

I am loving the idea of considering the human body a microcosm for the heavens. This is similar to my understanding of how Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Anthroposophy, viewed the human body. Every element of the human body mirrors supersensible realities.

WIKI might not be a definitive authority but I don't know where to look, in this moment, for more on Fludd.

Fludd was a lightning rod that many scientists of his time (modern science was just beginning) focussed on to eschew his old, alchemical ways. Fludd ushered in the Renaissance's rejection of a mystical approach to science.

Now I am thinking of Goethean science. If only we had listened to Goethe instead of Newton. . .