Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 284 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780520340916
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0520340914
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-266)
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Astrology.
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Introduction ;
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The beginning of all-out attack: Giovanni Pico's Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem ;
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Pro-astrological writings ;
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Further attacks
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Witchcraft.
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The human impact ;
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The theory of witchcraft ;
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Witches' activities ;
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Steps toward the denial of witchcraft
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White magic.
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Preliminary distinctions: natural magic, spiritual magic, goëtia or black magic, astrological magic ;
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Natural magic and Giovanni Baptista Della Porta's Magiae naturalis libri viginti ;
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Astrological magic and Marsilio ficino's De vita coelitus comparanda ;
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Spiritual or ceremonial magic and Cornelius Agrippa's De occulta philosophia libri tres
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Alchemy.
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Introduction ;
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History of alchemy ;
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Alchemical processes ;
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The mystical doctrine ;
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Mental habits: the importance of analogy ;
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Gain and loss in the disappearance of faith
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Hermes trismegistus.
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Background ;
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The Hermetic documents ;
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General characterization of the doctrine ;
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Detailed analysis ;
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Hermetic influence on the continent ;
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Hermetic influence in England.
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Shumaker, Wayne Occult sciences in the Renaissance Berkeley, University of California Press [1972] ISBN 0520020219
Sprache:
Englisch
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