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De Occulta Philosophia

a complete work on natural magic, white magic, black magic, divination, occult binding, sorceries, and their power. Unctions, love medicines and their virtues

Also known as De Occulta Philosophia LOC 1533; De occulta philosophia. Book 1. English; Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's von Nettesheim Magische Werke : sammt den geheimnitzvollen Schriften des Petrus von Abano, Pictorius von Villingen, Gerhard von Cremona, Abt Tritheim von Spanheim, dem Buche Arbatel, der sogenannten Heil. Geist-Kunst und verschiedenen anderen. Zweites Bändchen

by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Donald Tyson, Willis F Whitehead, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, Henry Morley & Harry Houdini Collection

  • First published:
  • 16th century
  • Languages: English, German, Latin, Russian
  • Content type: FictionPrimary source
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Description

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"By direction of the Brotherhood of Magic: The magic mirror, a message to mystics, containing full instructions on its make and use." Includes extracts from Henry Morley's "Life of Cornelius Agrippa": p. 221-277. Also available in digital form. LAC ecr 2018-08-20 LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-08-27

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Astrology, Demonology, angelology, and possession, Divination and oracles, Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism, Occultism and esotericism, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary-historical, and openlibrary-title-seed matched “Occultism” and “Three Books of Occult Philosophy”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the subtitle, “occult” in the alternative title, “Three Books of Occult Philosophy” in the alternative title, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Occultism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Occultism”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Occultism”· via Open Library
    • “Three Books of Occult Philosophy”· via Open Library
    • “occult”· in subtitle
    • “occult”· in alternative title
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, library-of-congress, online-books-page, openlibrary-historical, and openlibrary-title-seed matched “Magic”, “magic occult”, and “Three Books of Occult Philosophy”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subtitle, “Magic” in the alternative title, “Three Books of Occult Philosophy” in the alternative title, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Magic”· via Internet Archive
    • “magic occult”· via Library of Congress
    • “Magic”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Magic”· via Open Library
    • “Three Books of Occult Philosophy”· via Open Library
    • “Magic”· in subtitle
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    A contributing source assigned this topic during controlled cataloging, but the exact triggering term is not present in the merged metadata.

  • Astrology

    A contributing source assigned this topic during controlled cataloging, but the exact triggering term is not present in the merged metadata.

  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary, openlibrary-historical, and wellcome matched “divination” and “Geomancy”. Retained metadata contains “Divination” in the subtitle, “Geomancy” in the subject metadata, “Divination” in the edition title, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Geomancy”· via Open Library
    • “divination”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Divination”· in subtitle
    • “Geomancy”· in subject
    • “Divination”· in edition title
    • “Divination”· in edition subtitle
  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Kabbalah”. Retained metadata contains “Kabbalah” in the subject metadata.

    • “Kabbalah”· via Internet Archive
    • “Kabbalah”· in subject
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Demonology”. Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Demonology”· via Internet Archive
    • “Demonology”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 19 editions; 7 cataloged here.

The philosophy of natural magic : a complete work on natural magic, white magic, black magic, divination, occult binding, sorceries, and their power. Unctions, love medicines and their virtues ....

HathiTrust catalog record

1974——
  • 9780821602188
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De Occulta Philosophia LOC 1533

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1533-01-01T00:00:00Z—Latin—Public digitized item

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's von Nettesheim Magische Werke : sammt den geheimnitzvollen Schriften des Petrus von Abano, Pictorius von Villingen, Gerhard von Cremona, Abt Tritheim von Spanheim, dem Buche Arbatel, der sogenannten Heil. Geist-Kunst und verschiedenen anderen. Zweites Bändchen

Library of Congress digitized edition

1855—German—Public digital item

Subjects

23 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

How this record was assembled, and the authority identifiers it carries.

Identifiers

ISBN-13
ISBN-10
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OCLC
Open Library work
Internet Archive
HathiTrust
Library of Congress
  • 11008996
  • 2008570112
Open Library work (alias)
Wellcome

Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
  • Contributors: Morley, Henry
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: The Library of Congress
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Editors: Whitehead, Willis F
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 19 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: Kirtas APT 2400
  • Scanner: scribe3.capitolhill.archive.org
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BF1600 .A3613 1898
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: no further books published in this edition; Chicago: Hahn and Whitehead, 1898
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openlibrary-work:OL1114830W
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