John Dee's Occultism
Title | John Dee's Occultism PDF eBook |
Author | Gyorgy E. Szonyi |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2010-07-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0791484424 |
Delving into the life and work of John Dee, Renaissance mathematician and "conjurer to Queen Elizabeth," György E. Szo‹nyi presents an analysis of Renaissance occultism and its place in the chronology of European cultural history. Culling examples of "magical thinking" from classical, medieval, and Renaissance philosophers, Szo‹nyi revisits the body of Dee's own scientific and spiritual writings as reflective sources of traditional mysticism. Exploring the intellectual foundations of magic, Szo‹nyi focuses on the ideology of exaltatio, the glorification or deification of man. He argues that it was the desire for exaltatio that framed and tied together the otherwise varied thoughts and activities of John Dee as well.
The Magic Circle of Rudolf II
Title | The Magic Circle of Rudolf II PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Marshall |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2006-08-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0802715516 |
An intriguing portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, heir to the Habsburg empire, focuses on the thirty-six-year reign and the extraordinary mathematicians, alchemists, artists, astronomers, and philosophers who made up his court--including Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, Francis Bacon, and others--and made Prague the artistic and scientific center of Europe. 25,000 first printing.
In the Valley of the Weed
Title | In the Valley of the Weed PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Wilding |
Publisher | Australian Scholarly Publishing |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2017-03-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1925333973 |
Plant, hired to find him, heads off into the Valley of the Weed.
The Queen's Conjurer
Title | The Queen's Conjurer PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Woolley |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2002-02 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780805065107 |
Although his accomplishments were substantial-he became a trusted confidante to Queen Elizabeth I, inspired the formation of the British Empire, and plotted voyages to the New World-John Dee's story has been largely lost to history. In The Queen's Conjurer, Benjamin Woolley brings to life the tale of one of the most colorful characters of the Renaissance. In the midst of a pivotal era when the age of superstition collided with the world of science and reason, Dee's mathematics anticipated Newton by nearly a century, and his mapmaking and navigation were critical to exploration. Obsessed with alchemy, astrology, and mysticism, his library was one of the finest in Europe, a vast compendium of thousands of volumes. Yet, despite his powerful position and prodigious intellect, Dee died in poverty and obscurity, reviled and pitied as a madman. Written with flair and vigor, and based on numerous surviving diaries of the period, The Queen's Conjurer is a highly readable account of an extraordinary and nearly forgotten life.
Delphic Intimations
Title | Delphic Intimations PDF eBook |
Author | Pradeep Trikha |
Publisher | Sarup & Sons |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Australian literature |
ISBN | 9788176257435 |
Bridging Traditions
Title | Bridging Traditions PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Hunger Parshall |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Pages | 462 |
Release | 2015-06-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1612481353 |
Bridging Traditions explores the connections between apparently different zones of comprehension and experience—magic and experiment, alchemy and mechanics, practical mathematics and geometrical mysticism, things earthy and heavenly, and especially science and medicine—by focusing on points of intersection among alchemy, chemistry, and Paracelsian medical philosophy. In exploring the varieties of natural knowledge in the early modern era, the authors pay tribute to the work of Allen Debus, whose own endeavors cleared the way for scholars to examine subjects that were once snubbed as suitable only to the refuse heap of the history of science.
Little Demon
Title | Little Demon PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Wilding |
Publisher | Australian Scholarly Publishing |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2018-04-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1925588734 |