Orlando Fernandez

Teaches: Science and the Esoteric Imagination from the Renaissance to the Post-Modern

Originally from Mexico, Orlando was first introduced to esotericism through his mother’s Mexican shamanic practice. During his adolescent years he  felt that the Western Esoteric tradition was a better fit for him and started to study and practice with several esoteric organizations operating in Mexico City, such as the Theosophical Society, AMORC and Builders of the Adytum.

In addition to his interest in the esoteric, Orlando had a keen interest in science and mathematics. He completed his bachelor degree in Mathematics and Physics at the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). After graduating he emigrated to France where he obtained his DEA in Mathematical Physics from the Université de Paris, where his research focused on mathematical aspects of Quantum Mechanics. In 1998 he moved to the UK where he continued his scientific studies at King’s College, London. During his time in France and the UK he remained involved with several esoteric organizations. At a London meeting of the Theosophical Society Orlando first encountered the academic study of Western Esotericism and so embarked on the EXESESO MA in Western Esotericism at the University of Exeter, from which he successfully graduated in 2007.

Orlando’s scientific background and lifelong involvement with esotericism led him to pursue doctoral research at EXESESO bridging the two, and he is presently finishing a PhD dissertation about the esoteric influences on the Ontological Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics proposed by the American physicist David Bohm. Orlando lives in Cambridge, UK with his wife and two children.