I'm so tired, I'm feeling so upset Although I'm so tired I'll have another cigarette And curse Sir Walter Raleigh He was such a stupid git. (Beatles: I'm So Tired) Sir Walter Raleigh smoking a pipe, with his servant throwing water over him! 💦 On this day - 27th July 1586: Sir Walter Raleigh brings tobacco to England. One of the best-known stories in English history, claims that on 27th July 1586, Sir Walter Raleigh returned from the New World carrying tobacco from Virginia. According to a famous legend, Raleigh's servant walked into the room and saw smoke pouring from his master's mouth. Thinking his master had burst into flames 🔥 he promptly threw a bucket of water over him! 💦 Whether true or not, it's a tale that has entertained generations...... However, tobacco had been around long before this date. Tobacco had been smoked by Spanish and Portuguese sailors for many years. It is likely that British sailors adopted the habit of pipe smoking, be...
Samuel Hartlib(1595-1662): El Reformador Rosacruz Víctor. Arturo. Cabello. Reyes. El Camino y Sendero de Luz de la Rosa es una fuerza oculta que como principio espiritual reside en el Corazón florido. ''Regresa al lugar de donde has venido, a la Casa del Corazón...y allí,...cierra la Puerta tras tus espaldas.'' ( Refrán Rosacruz antiguo) Cuando Sir Francis Bacon publica su importante obra New Atlantis(1627), Samuel Hartlib emprende su camino a Inglaterra en busca de mejor lugar para sus ideas de Reforma espiritual. Hartlib fue un alquimista polaco que vivió en Inglaterra. Un nuevo mundo ya se palantea en 1619 con la publicación de Christianapolis y las corrientes Rosacruces que ya comienzan{o siguen} en proceso de maduración efectiva. Samuel Hartlib abandona Polonia en 1628, y comienza su peregrinación como=''Mercader de la Luz''. En algún momento histórico, Samuel Hartlib escribe a Amos Comenius(1592-1670) que visite Inglaterra. Es interesante ...