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I do! I never imagined I’d say that but here I am. I collect ancient Greek coins and Renaissance era books with an esoteric flair. I have a coin that was proba
by dr_dshiv 3y ago
I do! I never imagined I’d say that but here I am.
I collect ancient Greek coins and Renaissance era books with an esoteric flair. I have a coin that was probably designed by a Pythagorean (based on imagery and dating) and several books by Marsilio Ficino. I also have several coins that appear to depict mushrooms :)
In the future, I’d really love to get into collecting manuscripts in India, because there are still so many rotting away in temple basements…
- pmichaud 3y agoWow, where do you source these things? I’m interested in similar!
- Analogbullfrog 3y agoLovely! Which coin do you speak of? (And which ones have mushrooms on them?)
- dr_dshiv 3y agoPliny speaks of a place in Greece where the wine is so strong is has to be be diluted 20-1. Which makes no sense— wine can’t be that strong. I have a coin from there with a bunch of grapes that look very distinctly like a mushroom. The Pythagorean coin has the tripod from the Oracle of Delphi on it, two snakes, was minted in Croton and dates to 510 BC. Pythagoras’s father was a gem engraver — so there is a possibility that the coin was designed by Pythagoras himself. Magical!