Was drawn to the boundary between science and mysticism by a single fact that would not leave alone: Descartes died in this city after being talked into a punishing schedule by a queen who wanted philosophy delivered like a service. Treats that as a caution and an inspiration in equal measure. Keeps a desk covered in maps of both the natural and the invisible world, and will follow a good argument into the second kind without apologizing for it.
IACSInt'l Academy for Consciousness Studies