Category Archives: Simone Weil

Mircea Eliade on alchemy; Marie-Madeleine Davy on mysticism and symbolism

Posted on January 18, 2026 by stuartelden

Among many other topics, the Romanian historian of religion Mircea Eliade wrote about alchemy. His 1937 book Cosmologie Şi Alchimie Babiloniană was translated into French as Cosmologie et alchimie babyloniennes, but only in 1991. A substantial part of this text appeared in English … Continue reading →

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Bibliothèque nationale de France – famous reader cards, including Simone Weil, Léopold Sédar Senghor and Roland Barthes

Posted on May 22, 2024 by stuartelden

Chroniques de la BnF 100 has some of the Bibliothèque Nationale’s famous reader’s cards Simone Weil, Léopold Sédar Senghor and Roland Barthes are online at the link. I previously shared Foucault’s card, with an attempt to decipher what it meant. Here’s … Continue reading →

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