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Libra Esoterica

The Occult in Early Modern Europe

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  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English

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Witchcraft and the occult sciences are areas which have benefited enormously from the spread of more sophisticated cultural studies in recent years. The old debate as to whether or not witches were really believed to exist has collapsed in the face of the overwhelming bodies of evidence suggesting a genuine and widespread acceptance of the occult in a notionally Christian Europe. This excellent and wide-ranging documentary anthology shows the genuinely pan-European nature of the phenomenon, its spread through all classes and its importance in people's thinking about the natural world. It covers magic, witchcraft, astrology, alchemy and other related occult themes and presents them, not as disparate elements of folkloric belief and intellectual aberrations, but as parts of a coherent, intellectually rigorous and scientifically challenging world-view, consistently argued in accordance with its given basic principles. This collection is drawn from a very wide range of authors from the early modern period and includes many newly translated documents which appear in English here for the first time.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Astrology, Occultism and esotericism, Ritual magic and grimoires, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “occultism”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the title, “occult” in the description, “Occult sciences” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “occultism”· via OpenAlex
    • “occult”· in title
    • “occult”· in description
    • “Occult sciences”· in description
    • “occult”· in subject
    • “occult”· in edition title
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description and “Magic” in the subject metadata.

    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in subject
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the description and “witches” in the description.

    • “Witchcraft”· in description
    • “witches”· in description
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description and “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Alchemy”· in description
    • “Alchemy”· in subject
  • Astrology

    Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the description and “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Astrology”· in description
    • “Astrology”· in subject

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1999-01-01Bloomsbury Publishing plc; Bloomsbury Publishing Plc eBooksEnglish—Unknown

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openalex:W2504626129
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