My main research interest is in Asian Herbal medicine, mainly Chinese with frequent excursions into Russian far eastern herbal medicine and Tibetan. You might not expect someone in those areas would ever need Latin but it turns out surprisingly often one encounters references to herbal books that are entirely in Latin, untranslated. Recently seeking an obscure book by a Russian diplomat and herbalist Alexander Tartarinov (1817-1886) I find a part of the book is in Latin !
In addition, it is my belief that Latin is a key language of western civilization, of great interest, perhaps even necessity for politics, science, religion and that, therefore, its revival and use as an actual spoken language is important.
After an extensive review of books and courses, I have submitted a request to purchase a copy of the Cursus Linguae Latinae Vivae course from Florida, from an organization started by Carmelite Father Siedl and I thank user Bedewere for his review on YouTube which convinced me that this was the best course for my goals which go beyond mere research and involve reading of historical and other tracts, in Latin, and listening as well…perhaps even speaking.
Have not yet heard back from them, hoping that organization is still operational and that the course is still available.
Glad to have found this group !
Jimserac
Caserta, Italy