Embassy of the Free Mind

08/11/2024

Last saturday we opened our doors during Museumnacht. It was a great success! our guests enjoyed themselves with tours, tarot readings 🔮, alchemical cocktails 🍸🧙‍♀️ and went wild on the dancefloor in the Grote Sael thanks to our Dj 💃🪩 🎶. What was your highlight of the evening? let us know!
Thanks to our volunteers and everyone who joined us to create this magical night 🪄 ❤️

28/10/2024

Less than a week until museumnacht! 🌙
Visit us for a mystical experience, with alchemical cocktails, music, speedy tours of our spiritual wisdom, AI visuals, our Cymatics Lab, and more suprises!
Will we see you there?

📍Keizersgracht 123
⏰19:00 - 2:00

26/10/2024

Recently, the MuseumKring of StadsdorpZuid visited The Embassy of the Free Mind.

StadsdorpZuid is an organization that provides activities bringing neighbours in Amsterdam South closer together.

They received a tour of our collection and wrote a lovely article calling it an amazing experience.

Thank you very much for the visit and kind words!

You can read the article here!

https://www.stadsdorpzuid.nl/nieuws-van-de-museumkring-3/ #

De MuseumKring bezocht het Huis met de Hoofden Het was een geweldige ervaring de ochtend van 25 juli. We waren met 10 stadsdorpleden. Onze engelstalige gids leidde ons rond in dit huismuseum, dit bekende pand aan de Keizersgracht 123. Maar het is vooral een bibliotheek, en wel de eerste ‘bibliothe...

20/10/2024

Last Thursday, and took the visitors of our ADE event on a sonic journey that explored the connection between ancient principles and modern sound healing. ✨

🎶 Evenaris took us deep into electronic soundscapes using tuning forks and the monochord, showing us the connection between music and spirituality.

🔮 Derek Lomas, PhD shared fascinating insights on cymatics and the hidden principles of resonance 🔊 and how it connects us to the universe. ✨ He also demonstrated glasses that use specific light patterns to make you see all kinds of geometric shapes. 👁️

The performances alternated with deep discussions with the audience and even a spontaneous collaboration with Sufi singer , who performed 14th-century Sufi songs. Showing us the way music can connects us all. 💫

Thank you all for joining us in this amazing event!

16/10/2024

And we are one of those 5 not to be missed ADE spots! See you tomorrow between 12-4PM :)

In dit artikel zetten we vijf ADE hotspots die je echt niet mag overslaan dit jaar voor je op een rijtje. Locaties die net even anders zijn!

15/10/2024

Meet Derek Lomas Thursday 17th between 12-4 PM during our ADE event: Derek Lomas is an assistant professor of Human-Centered Design at TU Delft, working in the fields of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and, occasionally, renaissance magic. More info about the veent in the comments below:

Electronic music gathers here.

12/10/2024

✨ Join us for our ADE event, where ancient wisdom meets modern sound healing!

🎶 Experience an immersive journey with Evenaris, a sound & frequency weaver who crafts electronic healing soundscapes, revealing profound insights into the interconnectedness of sound, science, and ancient wisdom.

🔮 Another special guest, Derek Lomas (PhD), will showcase the interaction of sound with a cymatics device and deliver a lecture on harmony and resonance in ancient philosophy and AI.

Walk in anytime on Thursday, October 17, between 12-4 PM with ADE pass, Embassy membership or Museumcard. (otherwise entrance fee 15,-)

11/10/2024

Meet Evenaris next week on Thursday 17th during ADE at the Embassy between 12-4 PM!
Evenaris is a pioneering sound & frequency weaver, whose dynamic electronic healing soundscapes transport listeners to new dimensions of consciousness and connection. As a dedicated sound therapist, she delves deep into the science of frequencies, blending ancient wisdom with modern science to create transformative auditory experiences.
Her work is characterized by spontaneity and a profound connection to the present moment, ensuring each performance is unique and deeply resonant.

Read more in link below the picture:

25/09/2024

Yes! It's that time of the year again! Like previous years we are participating with a resonating sound program on Thursday 17 and Friday 18 of October. Clink the links below to find out what we will do this year!

20/09/2024

Saturday September 22nd @ 8 PM broadcasted on NPO2 this documentary about how the Embassy of the Free Mind & Hermetic Philosophy inspires musicians Joep Beving and Craig Leon. By Evi Schellens & Lotus Brouwer. https://www.2doc.nl/documentaires/2024/09/composing-my-mind.html (in case you miss(ed) it..it will be viewable for free on 'Uitzending gemist' afterwards).

'Composing My Mind' vertelt het verhaal van drie bezoekers van de Embassy of the Free Mind, een museum, bibliotheek en ontmoetingsplaats in Amsterdam. De bezoekers zijn artiesten, waaronder componist Joep Beving, die zich laten inspireren door het vrije woord en proberen zo hun eigen ideeën over te...

17/09/2024

This Thursday: Lecture Judaism, Spirituality, and European Emancipation in the 19th Century: The case of Heinrich Heine (online and at EFM)

In 1819, a few young students came together to establish the ‘Association for the Culture and Science of Judaism’ ('Verein für Cultur und Wissenschaft der Juden’). Whilst some of them followed philosophical courses of Hegel and others studied law, they all had a common question that would remain relevant up until today: What is modern Judaism and how to be a modern Jew? In 1822, Heinrich (born Harry) Heine joined the Verein, who would one day become one of the most famous German writers, known for his wit, poetry, religious and political writings. He was a paragon of his generation, and wandered between Jewish and non-Jewish, German and Parisian, and religious and secular worlds. After his studies in law and the humanities, he converted to Protestantism and eventually married a Catholic Frenchwoman, but never really left Judaism. In Paris, he was in contact with the philosophy of the Saint-Simonists (a pre-Marxist, utopian socialist movement), befriended Parisian elite, and joined a Freemason Lodge in 1844. He, and many contemporaries, were also aware of the writings of Jacob Boehme and Emanuel Swedenborg. During this lecture, we will explore modern Judaism, emancipation developments, and religious plurality in 19th Century Germany and beyond. It will introduce the life and work of Harry Heine, his contemporaries, and his struggle on how to relate to religion, spirituality, and God in a modern world.

When? 19 September, 7:30 pm Amsterdam Time
Where? Hybrid on location (Embassy of the Free Mind) and online via Zoom
Tickets? Available via link in bio (Regular 15€, Student 5€, Zoom 10€)

Image: Heine on the Cover of the 'Jugend' Magazine, 1906 n. 8.

12/09/2024

On Saturday, September 21, at 8 p.m. the short documentary Composing my Mind will be shown on NPO2. This documentary is made by Lotus Brouwer and Evi Schellens. They follow 2 visitors of the Embassy, musicians Joep Beving and Craig Leon who are inspired by the Hermetic Philosophy for their work and like to visit the Embassy of the Free Mind. The documentary is 25 minutes and it became a beautiful piece of art hence we are happy to point it out to you. Enjoy the show!

11/09/2024

This weekend poet and rapper Dje-Rimo will perform during the Open Monumenten Dagen on Saturday 12 September at 1 pm 1:30 and 2 pm. He will do a Spoken Word performance about the subscousiouss layers of our mind. Come check out our monument that day and on Sunday we are open too. Free access! #1622 -rimo

04/09/2024

On September 14 & 15 Embassy of the Free Mind is participating in the Open Monumenten Dagen. On Saturday Poet/rapper Dje Rimo Holle from the Poetry Circle will perform in our Grote Sael. Theme this year is basements and cellars, he will do Spoken Word about the subliminal in our consciousness.

De bibliotheek van dit wijsgerige studiecentrum bevat veel werken van vrijdenkers die in hun tijd verboden of controversieel waren. Onder hen de 17e-eeuwse Tsjechische humanist en pedagoog Jan Amos Comenius, die tijdens zijn langdurige ballingschap enige tijd in het Huis met de Hoofden onderdak vond...

03/09/2024

One of our partners (the Humanistisch Verbond) made this great app to ask questions Spinoza :) Enjoy it!

Krijg je graag antwoord op grote of juist hele kleine levensvragen? Zou je die eens aan een bekende filosoof willen stellen? Lees verder!

10/08/2024

Dan Brown visiting us for research..