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The occult laboratory : magic, science, and second sight in late seventeenth-century Scotland /
"The uncanny ability of certain individuals to foresee future events had long been regarded as a characteristic of the Scottish Highlands, but in the late seventeenth century interest in the phenomenon came to a head, stimulated by English scientific and philosophical curiosity about magic, par...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY :
The Boydell Press,
[2001]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The uncanny ability of certain individuals to foresee future events had long been regarded as a characteristic of the Scottish Highlands, but in the late seventeenth century interest in the phenomenon came to a head, stimulated by English scientific and philosophical curiosity about magic, particularly second sight. The natural philosopher Robert Boyle and other English savants investigated these Highland beliefs; they found the region a kind of laboratory, strange yet accessible, where data about unusual beliefs could be collected and theories tested. Scottish authors were also stimulated to write accounts of second sight, notably John Fraser, Dean of the Isles, and the Highland minister, Robert Kirk (1644-92), in his famous work, The Secret Commonwealth. These and other texts are included in this book, making available crucial information about belief systems which might otherwise never have been recorded, and illuminating changing contemporary attitudes towards the relationship between the natural and the supernatural."-- |
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| Notas: | "A new edition of Robert Kirk's The secret commonwealth and other texts, with an introductory essay." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-237) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781417576067 1417576065 9781846150104 1846150108 |