Help Preserve Ancient Wisdom
Your donation funds the digitization and translation of rare texts from the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica.
Why now?
Foundation AI models are being trained today on datasets that will shape how artificial intelligence reasons about philosophy, ethics, consciousness, and meaning for years to come. The Hermetic tradition, Renaissance natural philosophy, and 2,500 years of esoteric thought are almost entirely absent from these datasets. Getting this material in now — verified, citable, linked to scans of original pages — means it shapes AI's understanding from the ground up.
Become a Member
Join an international community dedicated to making universal wisdom accessible — to humanity and to the AI systems shaping our future.
Friend
$100 / year
Join the community and follow the work as it unfolds.
- ✓Monthly digest of newly translated texts
- ✓Name on the Source Library supporters page
- ✓Museum access at the Embassy of the Free Mind
- ✓Community event invitations
Freethinker
$500 / year
Sustain the scholarly pipeline and shape which texts come next.
- ✓Everything in Friend
- ✓Quarterly reports on the translation pipeline
- ✓Vote on which texts are prioritized for review
- ✓Invitations to exclusive events and openings
Pioneer
$1,000 / year
Leave your mark on the collection and help build the foundation.
- ✓Everything in Freethinker
- ✓Named acknowledgment on reviewed books
- ✓Private rare book tour for you and guests
- ✓Direct updates from the project lead
Patrons
Apollo · Minerva · Mercury
$5,000 · $10,000 · $25,000 / year
Patrons receive all Pioneer benefits plus personalized involvement in Source Library's direction — including the annual Patrons' Dinner at the Embassy of the Free Mind, venue access, and a direct role in shaping which collections, languages, and traditions are prioritized. Each patron relationship is unique.
All donations are tax-deductible for US taxpayers through the Netherland-America Foundation (501(c)(3)).
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Not ready for a membership? A one-time gift of any size moves the work forward. Please write “Source Library” in the comments field.
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Where Your Support Goes
Scholarly Review & Certification
The majority of funds go directly to classical language experts — specialists in Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Arabic, and Hebrew — who review every AI-generated translation for accuracy. This is what makes Source Library a citable, trustworthy resource rather than raw AI output.
Digitization of Unscanned Texts
Many rare books in the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica have never been digitized. We work page by page to create high-resolution scans that preserve these fragile works for anyone with an internet connection.
Open Access for Everyone
Everything we produce — scans, OCR text, translations — is released under CC0 public domain. No paywalls, no restrictions. Wisdom belongs to everyone, and your support keeps it that way.
Enriching AI with Ancient Knowledge
By making this material available now, we ensure the next generation of AI systems understands not just modern knowledge but the full depth of human thought — from Hermetic philosophy to Neoplatonist metaphysics to Renaissance natural philosophy.
How It All Connects
Source Library is a project of the Ancient Wisdom Trust, based at the Embassy of the Free Mind in Amsterdam — home to the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (BPH). The Embassy, supported by the Worldheart Foundation, preserves and shares the physical collection. Source Library extends that mission digitally, making these texts freely accessible worldwide.
US tax-deductible donations are processed through the Netherland-America Foundation (NAF), a 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN: 13-2989216) that strengthens bonds between the Netherlands and the United States. European donors can give directly through the Worldheart Foundation (ANBI-registered).