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The occult sciences in the Renaissance : a study in intellectual patterns /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley,
University of California Press
[1972]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Astrology. Introduction ; The beginning of all-out attack: Giovanni Pico's Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem ; Pro-astrological writings ; Further attacks
- Witchcraft. The human impact ; The theory of witchcraft ; Witches' activities ; Steps toward the denial of witchcraft
- White magic. Preliminary distinctions: natural magic, spiritual magic, goëtia or black magic, astrological magic ; Natural magic and Giovanni Baptista Della Porta's Magiae naturalis libri viginti ; Astrological magic and Marsilio ficino's De vita coelitus comparanda ; Spiritual or ceremonial magic and Cornelius Agrippa's De occulta philosophia libri tres
- Alchemy. Introduction ; History of alchemy ; Alchemical processes ; The mystical doctrine ; Mental habits: the importance of analogy ; Gain and loss in the disappearance of faith
- Hermes trismegistus. Background ; The Hermetic documents ; General characterization of the doctrine ; Detailed analysis ; Hermetic influence on the continent ; Hermetic influence in England.