william t. walker, reviewing two books on fludd in "the sixteenth century journal" (by joscelyn godwin, and william huffman), writes that "fludd relied on the bible, the cabbala, and the traditions of alchemy and astrology. many of his contemporaries labelled fludd a magician and condemned him for his sympathy for the occult." he cites godwin's book as arguing that fludd was part of the tradition of christian esotericism that includes origen and meister eckhart. he finds convincing the argument in huffman's book that fludd was not a rosicrucian but was "a leading advocate of renaissance christian neo-platonism. fludd's advocacy of an intellectual philosophy in decline has done much to assure his general neglect."