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Mercator Sapiens
Amsterdam has a long tradition of trade going hand in hand with wisdom. The De Geer family, owners of the ‘House with the Heads’, raised Sweden from an agricultural country to an industrial giant. They also supported the philosopher Comenius who wrote his most important works as their guest. Rembrandt, who lived around the corner on the Rozengracht, painted them.
At the Embassy of the Free Mind we keep this great tradition alive. Our library unites wisdom, tolerance while earning enough money to sustain us now, and in the future. Our message has little to do with a specific religion, but everything with tolerance, understanding and what unites us. Wisdom can be found all over the world.
You can join us in this great adventure:
As a patron who is interested in helping us financialy while following her or his own interest, and communicate with scholars in that field.
By supporting researchers worldwide that work with us. We are currently spreading our wings: following in the footsteps of Jung we will explore the world of Daoism, we hope to support a great scholar who connects us to Armenian history and culture.
By helping us creating the greatest online library on Hermetism and related fields: Freemasonry, Rosicrucians, Alchemy, Astrology or Mysticism.
You may be interested to become an owner by buying part of the beautiful monument that houses the library — an interesting option to become indeed a mercator sapiens, a wise merchant.
Last but not least: we will soon start an antiquarian bookshop that has no equal in its fields of interest: Dutch culture and literature and bibliophile editions. The famous antiquarian Schuhmacher donated its collection of about 150.000 books to the Embassy. We will add many of these to our collection, most will in time be donated to public libraries worldwide, but there are also lots and lots of books that we will sell online.
If you are interested in any of the subjects mentioned above and want more information, we invite you to contact the director of our library and the research institute: Dr. Paul Dijstelberge, former assistant professor for the history of the book at the University of Amsterdam and former curator at the Allard Pierson. He is looking forward to your mail! pdijstelberge@efm.amsterdam.