In the weeks and months to come, you will see this college page gradually expanding.  At the moment, I am creating curricula for courses, and sources for students to utilize.  The main purpose is to present you with an opportunity to study a variety of topics, some fairly conventional disciplines, and many topics which one might otherwise not be able to study in a conventional setting, all under my tutelage.

 

Courses of study will be based on readings of classic texts and other sources, generally, an assignment per course, and interaction with your instructor, me.  Topics of study will include, but will certainly not be limited to the following:

 

Philosophy                       will be available

 

                                                      Sincerely,

                                                      Judd H. Burton

 

The Invisible College exists to offer learning opportunities in a variety of unique and sometimes unusual subjects.  One might think of it as a grass roots educational institution.  Its function is the dissemination and acquisition of knowledge, with an emphasis on classical methods in the learning process.  The College provides students with quality instruction with the purpose of giving them exposure to an array of liberal arts and esoterica.  All who seek to learn and gain knowledge are welcome here.

 

The Invisible College is a cyber academy.  It combines the nature of the Library of Alexandria, the classical educational style of the Greek academy, and the functions of the 19th century Lyceum.  As such, this college is a venue in which students may explore subjects both natural and supernatural in the style of classical instruction and mentoring.

 

The term "invisible college" was an idea that arose in seventeenth century Europe.  It consisted of networks of scholars sharing their findings via letters.  Since then, its usage has extended to not only scholars of conventional knowledge, but also esoterica, and their exchange of ideas.  In essence, an invisible college is a grass roots educational system related, in many ways, to the old guilds of medieval and Renaissance Europe, and is led by and comprised of independent scholars.

 

Therefore, the Invisible College operates with no inerference from the state.  There is no need for accreditation because it is not a conventional institution, college, or university.  The college is in the learning process together, working to sharpen one another.  Here we embrace knowledge for knowledge sake, and the right to procure it.