Of the Occult Virtues of ThingsĬhapter XI. Of the Virtues of Things Natural, Depending Immediately upon ElementsĬhapter X. How the Elements Are in the Heavens, in Stars, in Devils, in Angels, and lastly in God HimselfĬhapter IX. Of the Kinds of Compounds, what Relation They Stand in to the Elements, and What Relation There Is Betwixt the Elements Themselves and the Soul, Senses and Dispositions of MenĬhapter VIII. Of the Wonderful Natures of Water, Air and WindsĬhapter VII. Of the Wonderful Natures of Fire and EarthĬhapter VI.
Of a Three-Fold Consideration of the ElementsĬhapter V.
Of the Four Elements, Their Qualities, and Mutual MixtionsĬhapter IV. What Magic Is, What Are the Parts Thereof, and How the Professors Thereof Must Be QualifiedĬhapter III. How Magicians Collect Virtues from the Three-Fold World is Declared in these Three BooksĬhapter II. Good example of early 20th century American occult publishing.Ĭhapter I. This end material is of interest because it is a Libri tres by an unidentified translator,Įxcerpts from a book on Agrippa by Henry Morley with extensive background,Īnd some self-promotional material by the publisher, de Lawrence, who This edition is a pastiche of a portion of a translation of Agrippas' While this is not a specialist edition, it will sufficeįor the casual reader who doesn't want to wade throughĮlizabethan typography and spelling, just enough of whichĪ more comprehensive transcription is located Philosophers, particularly Giordano Bruno. (Three books of Occult Philosophy) proposed that magic existed, and itĬould be studied and used by devout Christians, as it was derivedĪgrippa had a huge influence on Renaissance esoteric Originally published in 1531-3, De occulta philosophia libri tres, Magic, along with a wealth of background material. This is an early 20th century edition of Agrippa's Philosophy of Natural They say, also, that the blood of a basilisk, which they call the blood of Saturn, hath such great force in sorcery that it procures for him that carries it about him good success of his petitions from great men in power, and of his prayers from God, and also remedies of diseases, and grant of any privilege. de Laurence Ĭontents Start Reading Page Index Text The Philosophy of Natural Magic by Henry Cornelius Agrippa ed. Basilisk: Aurora Consurgens (Public Domain Image)
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