Isaac Newton's occult studies Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The unpublished work of Isaac Newton included much that would would now be classified as occult studies. He worked extensively outside the strict bounds of science and mathematics, particularly on chronology, alchemy, and Biblical interpretation (especially of the Apocalypse). Newton was an astronomer as well, and as astrology and astronomy were one and the same for thousands of years leading up to and during Newton's time in history (think combination word: astrolomy), it is not at all illogical to suggest that he studied or at least dabbled in astrology. Astrology and alchemy were had been intertwined as well for thousands of years (see those main articles); conversely, Newton's deep studies into mathematics were obviously related to his still accepted, breakthrough theories in gravity and astronomy, for which he is of course the best known for.It is, however, somewhat anachronistic to assume that the importance he attached to these is closely connected to contemporary attitudes. The work modern observers would call scientific, were perhaps to him of lesser importance. He was of his time, in still placing emphasis on rediscovering the occult wisdom of the ancients.
It has been suggested that:
- Newton believed that Pythagoras must have known about gravity, and even toyed with the idea of including margin notes attesting it.
- That he for that reason did not use his "fluxions", but geometric proofs which he thought would have been accessible to geometers of Pythagoras's era.
- That he also believed that Hebrews before the Great Flood knew of the atomic structure of matter.
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