The History of Magic and the OccultCovers astrology, divination, witchcraft, the Tarot, the Cabala, alchemy, and vampires, from ancient Mesopotamia to eighteenth-century Europe. |
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... Agrippa von Nettesheim ( 1486–1535 ) In the whirlpool of the Renaissance , Henry Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim , perhaps the most important figure among the occultists of that age , was driven from one position to the other , from ...
... Agrippa von Nettesheim ( 1486–1535 ) In the whirlpool of the Renaissance , Henry Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim , perhaps the most important figure among the occultists of that age , was driven from one position to the other , from ...
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... Agrippa arrived at Dole , of which Margaret of Austria , Maximilian's daughter , was mistress , together with Burgundy . With the aid of a friend , Agrippa obtained permission to lecture at the university , where he expounded Reuchlin's ...
... Agrippa arrived at Dole , of which Margaret of Austria , Maximilian's daughter , was mistress , together with Burgundy . With the aid of a friend , Agrippa obtained permission to lecture at the university , where he expounded Reuchlin's ...
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... Agrippa was made historiographer . It was at this time that he published his famous work , On the Vanity of Arts and Sciences , in which he declared human thought and activity is vain . Once more , his enemies were exasperated . The ...
... Agrippa was made historiographer . It was at this time that he published his famous work , On the Vanity of Arts and Sciences , in which he declared human thought and activity is vain . Once more , his enemies were exasperated . The ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
FOREWORD | xvii |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
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