The Royal Society and The Invisible College (thinkdrafts)

submitted ago by MercurysBall2

Invisible College https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_College

Invisible College is the term used for a small community of interacting scholars who often met face-to-face, exchanged ideas and encouraged each other. One group that has been described as a precursor group to the Royal Society of London, consisted of a number of natural philosophers around Robert Boyle.

The concept of "invisible college" is mentioned in German Rosicrucian pamphlets in the early 17th century. Ben Jonson in England referenced the idea, related in meaning to Francis Bacon's House of Solomon, in a masque The Fortunate Isles and Their Union from 1624/5.[3] The term accrued currency for the exchanges of correspondence within the Republic of Letters.

..In letters in 1646 and 1647, Boyle refers to "our invisible college" or "our philosophical college". The society's common theme was to acquire knowledge through experimental investigation.[5] Three dated letters are the basic documentary evidence: Boyle sent them to Isaac Marcombes (Boyle's former tutor and a Huguenot, who was then in Geneva), Francis Tallents who at that point was a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge,[6] and London-based Samuel Hartlib

The Hartlib Circle were a far-reaching group of correspondents linked to Hartlib, an intelligencer. They included Sir Cheney Culpeper and Benjamin Worsley who were interested, among other matters, in alchemy.

John Wilkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkins

John Wilkins, FRS (14 February 1614–19 November 1672) was an Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher and author, and was one of the founders of the Royal Society...Wilkins is one of the few persons to have headed a college at both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. ..He was one of the founders of the new natural theology compatible with the science of the time.[3] He is particularly known for An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language (1668) in which, amongst other things, he proposed a universal language and an integrated system of measurement, similar to the metric system.

John Wilkins and the heliocentric system https://kingscollections.org/exhibitions/specialcollections/to-scrutinize-nature/scrutinizing-the-skies/john-wilkins-and-the-heliocentric-system

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MercurysBall2 ago

Bethlem Royal Hospital https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlem_Royal_Hospital

Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as St Mary Bethlehem, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, is a psychiatric hospital in London. Its famous history has inspired several horror books, films and TV series, most notably Bedlam, a 1946 film with Boris Karloff.

The hospital is closely associated with King's College London and, in partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, is a major centre for psychiatric research. It is part of the King's Health Partners academic health science centre and the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health.

In 1997, the Bethlem Gallery was established to showcase the work of artists that have experienced mental distress. In 1999, Bethlem Royal Hospital became part of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust ("SLaM"), along with the Maudsley Hospital in Camberwell, and the merger of mental health services in Lambeth and Lewisham.[

MercurysBall2 ago

Ehud Barak's lawyers Mishcon de Reya are involved with children's charity Place2Be. Royal family, CAMHS and Tavistock connections...

Place2Be is a children's mental health charity .. One of the officers.. Professor Stephen Scott CBE FRCPsych FMedSci, Chair of ACAMH. Stephen is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the CAMHS Adoption and Fostering Service and the Conduct Problems Service at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. He is also a Professor of Child Health and Behaviour at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London and the Director of the National Academy for Parenting Research, London.

Voat post re CAMHS:

Mental health text support service SHOUT launched by royals - Lord Rothschild and Tavistock connections .. A new text service for people who are feeling suicidal or facing a mental health crisis has been launched by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Shout will be funded with money from the Royal Foundation, the primary philanthropic and charitable vehicle for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Information about the service and volunteering can be found at giveusashout.org

Peter Fonagy and Place2Be director Stephen Scott work together...Peter Fonagy is Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Director of the Sub-Department of Clinical Health Psychology at University College London. He is Chief Executive of the Anna Freud Centre, London...Mary Target PhD is Professor of Psychoanalysis at University College London, and Professional Director of the Anna Freud Centre, London. She is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Yale University School of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Psychoanalysis in London, and maintains a half-time adult psychoanalytic practice.