John Dee's Occultism: Magical Exaltation through Powerful Signs
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A comprehensive look at the life and work of one of the towering figures of Renaissance mysticism. Front Cover John Dee's Occultism: Editorial John Dee’s Occultism: Magical Exaltation through Powerful Signs Copyright Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Part 1: Definitions 1. Principles and Demarcations The Challenge of the Esoteric From Science History to Cultural Anthropology The Post-Communist Perspective 2. Mysticism, Occultism, Magic Exaltation Fall and Rebirth The Organic World Model The Doctrine of Exaltation Part 2: Input "In many books and sundry languages..." 3. The Sources of Renaissance Magic Traditions of Classical Magic Frances Yates and the Rediscovery of Renaissance Magic Hermetic Magic Neoplatonism and Classical Theurgy Medieval Magic Medieval Ceremonial Magic Magical Exaltatio in the Picatrix 4. Florentine Neoplatonism and Christian Magic Ficino's Talismanic Magic Pico's Enconium of Exaltatio Cabala and 'exaltatio' Pico's “Oration,” Cabalistic Magic, and Exaltatio 5. Occult Philosophy, Symbolism,and Science Trithemius and Angel Magic Agrippa's Tripartite Magic De occulta philosophia De incertitudine et vanitate omnium scientiarum Paracelsus, Alchemy, Theosophy Enoch, Science, Apocalyptic Prophecy Part 3: Output "Glyms or Beame of Radicall Truthes" 6. The Ideology and Occult Symbolism of Dee's Natural Philosophy Astrology: Propaedeumata Aphoristica Alchemy: Monas Hieroglyphica Magic: The Mathematicall Praeface 7. Illumination and Angel Magic Angel Magic and the Search for the Perfect Language The Theory and Technology of Angel Magic Theory and Sources The Choreography of the Scrying Sessions Dee's Religion and Theology The Theological Framework of His Vision Humanism, Religion, and Denomination 8. Dee and the Interpretive Community "Eastward Ho!" Dee, Patronage, and Central Europe The Lure of East-Central Europe The Lure of Dee and Kelly for Eastern Europe Meric Casaubon and the Politics of Interpretation Magician, Heretic, and Witch Casaubon's Politics 9. Conclusion: Dee and Renaissance Symbolism Notes Bibliographies John Dee's Works Sources and their Modern Editions Reference Works Paranthetically Cited Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z Back Cover
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