Description Three Books of Occult Philosophy (De Occulta Philosophia Libri III) is Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa\'s study of occult philosophy, acknowledged as a significant contribution to the Renaissance philosophical discussion concerning the powers of ritual magic, and its relationship with religion.
Thank you very much for looking at a book by One-Eye Publishing, we hope you enjoy it We are always adding to our catalogue, so please check back soon Happy reading About the Author Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim was a German polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, theologian, and occult writer..
These books are often read as authoritative by those interested in the occult even today.
Unlike many grimoires of the time, these books are more scholarly and intellectual than mysterious and foreboding.
In fact, Agrippa\'s interpretation of magic is similar to the authors Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola and Johann Reuchlin\'s synthesis of magic and religion, and emphasize an exploration of nature.
These arguments were common amongst other hermetic philosophers at the time and before.
The books outline the four elements, astrology, kabbalah, numbers, angels, God\'s names, the virtues and relationships with each other as well as methods of utilizing these relationships and laws in medicine, scrying, alchemy, ceremonies, origins of what are from the Hebrew, Greek and Chaldean context.
The three books deal with Elemental, Celestial and Intellectual magic.
Description Three Books of Occult Philosophy (De Occulta Philosophia Libri III) is Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa\'s study of occult philosophy, acknowledged as a significant contribution to the Renaissance philosophical discussion concerning the powers of ritual magic, and its relationship with religion
