Surrealist and Fantastic Realist Painter
Petition:
Express your protest against the dissolution of the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (Ritman Library)
Last week this turned out to be incorrect. An extremely valuable medieval manuscript owned by the BPH (The Grail of Rochefoucauld) was put on sale at Sotheby’s, and this triggered a reaction from the Friesland Bank, which took possession of the library, that had apparently been brought in as collateral, in order to get back a 15 million euro loan from mr Ritman. At present the BPH is closed, and intense negotiations are going on behind closed doors. It is impossible at this moment to predict the outcome, but there is no doubt that the situation is extremely serious. There is a very real possibility that the Friesland bank will try to sell at least the ca. 60% of the library that is still owned by mr Ritman, and nobody knows what implications this will have for the rest of the collection and the BPH as a whole, including its staff. The brand-new government of the Netherlands has announced a program of radical financial cuts in the culture section and elsewhere, which makes a renewed intervention from that side highly unlikely.
If the Ritman library would go down, this would mean an enormous blow to international scholarship in hermetic studies. The damage would be irreversible. By signing this petition you express your concern, and ask the Dutch government and the Friesland bank to do their utmost to ensure that the collection will be saved and will remain available for the international scholarly community.
Additionally, you can express your concern by means of a signed letter. The initiative for this petition comes from the Center for History of Hermetic Philosophy and related Currents at the University of Amsterdam (organizationally independent of the BPH, and not in any danger itself), so please send your letter to its director: Prof. Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Oude Turfmarkt 141-147, 1012 GC Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Email: w.j.hanegraaff [ at ] uva.nl
Help save the library: Sign the petition.
UPDATE: A new blog has been created for the preservation of the Ritman Library. Check it out and show your support!
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A Fantastic Realist Painter, Sufi Mystic and Musician - Erol Deneç is a former student and protégé of the Master Ernst Fuchs. Initially discovered by Anton Lehmden in Turkey during a guest lecture, Erol was taken under the wings of Ernst Fuchs in Vienna and introduced to the secrets of the old masters. He is a contemporary and friend of De Es Schwertberger, and they are members of what is considered the "Second Wave" of the "Vienna School of Fantastic Realism".
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