Giordano Bruno; 1548 – February 17, 1600), born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and astrologer. He is celebrated for his cosmological theories, which went even further than
the then-novel Copernican model: while supporting heliocentrism, Bruno also correctly proposed that the Sun was just another star moving in space, and claimed as well that the universe contained an infinite number of inhabited worlds, identified as planets orbiting other stars.
Beginning in 1593, Bruno was tried for heresy by the Roman Inquisition on charges including denial of several core Catholic doctrines (including the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, the virginity of Mary, and Transubstantiation). Bruno’s pantheism was also a matter of grave concern. The Inquisition found him guilty, and in 1600 he was burned at the stake in Rome’s Campo de’ Fiori. After his death he gained considerable fame, particularly among 19th- and early 20th-century commentators who regarded him as a martyr for science, though scholars emphasize that Bruno’s astronomical views were at most a minor component of the theological and philosophical beliefs that led to his trial. Bruno’s case is still considered a landmark in the history of free thought and the future of the emerging sciences.
Bruno is a prime example of a more advanced soul who has incarnated into the earth plane to bring the Higher Principles of thought to this world, only to be scorned and killed by those who have not yet learned a better understanding of the Infinite Intelligence. We bring you this video to portray how the Higher Brothers are routinely treated by the superstitious earthman, yet, still come again and again to help them overcome their ignorance – despite such abuse!!
<-The trial of Giordano Bruno by the Roman Inquisition. Bronze relief by Ettore Ferrari, Campo de’ Fiori, Rome.
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Whenever I read about Giordano Bruno, I have mixed feelings. He was one of the Advanced Brothers who came down bringing Higher Principles of thought to this world, and demonstrated many advanced and admirable talents. However, due to his forceful, and outspoken criticisms of his contemporaries, most critics find Bruno’s own behavior the source of his downfall.
The reason I react to these more dogmatic attitudes is because they ‘mirror’ my own critical behavior when I was an extremist monk around that same time period. Only my rantings were religiously inspired…of Hellfire and Damnation…not of Infinite Principles. This monk life was sponsored by a ‘guilt’ reaction to my lifetimes in the military, where in battle I had taken the lives of others.
Bruno’s life was recently honored in March of this year on the TV show Cosmos. He was described as one of the most fascinating free-thinkers of his time, an Italian Socrates who will always be remembered for his original cosmological views and being a martyr for Science.
Ken – Your comments are very pertinent. Whenever more advanced souls incarnate into one of these lower domains, they are always faced with the dichotomy between what they know to be true with the desire to face the ignorant forces opposing knowledge and the jurisprudence to use wisdom and compassion in order to channel the Higher Energies into the world.
Beside Bruno (who was uncompromising in expressing his beliefs) there have been many who faced this same dilemma. Even Jesus displayed a temper when he confronted the money changers in the temple. Galileo also attempted to face the forces of ignorance by publishing a heretical book that told the truth of things – which he was forced to recant (by threat of torture) in front of the inquisition. Socrates forced the limits of thought in the streets of Athens, being finally forced to drink hemlock because he ‘corrupted the youth’. Then we have the most ardent of them all – John the Baptist. There are numerous examples of this personal struggle down through the ages.
So, your analysis is true – even those who are aware of Higher Truths also come to this world with a past that must be confronted and worked out!
Dr. Norman purposely kept a low profile this time in order to bring the teachings to us unfiltered and unfettered – because he knew that if he became visible to the ignorant forces controlling this world, they would certainly have gotten rid of him prematurely!
Excellent Post Brother!