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D. P. Walker (1914–1985) was trained at Oxford and spent most of his career at the Warburg Institute of the University of London. His other books are The Decline of Hell (1964), The Ancient Theology (1972), and Unclean Spirits: Possession and Exorcism in France and England in the Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries (1981).
“Spiritual and Demonic Magic remains the basis of contemporary scholarly understanding of the theory of magic in postmedieval Europe.”
—Brian Copenhaver, UCLA
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Covers show light scuffing and handling wear. Does not affect legibility. Bottom of spine is lightly frayed, but binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # 1137843
Book Description Originalbroschur. Condition: Gut. 244 S. Einband leicht berieben. - FICINO AND MUSIC Ficino's music-spirit theory -- Ficino's astrological music -- Ficino's music & later musical theorists -- FICINO'S MAGIC Diacceto -- Sources of Ficino's magic -- Ficino & the demons -- Ficino & Giovanni Pico -- PLETHO, LAZARELLI & FICINO: Pletho -- Lazarelli -- General theory of natural magic -- FICINO'S MAGIC IN THE 16TH CENTURYWriters favourable to magic and astrology -- Trithemius -- Agrippa -- Paracelsus and Gohory -- Pomponazzi -- Giorgi -- Tyard & La Boderie -- Paolini & the Accademia degli Uranici -- FICINO'S MAGIC IN THE 1ÖTH CENTURY Condemnations -- G. F. Pico -- Johann Wier -- Thomas Erastus -- Champier & Lefèvre d'Etaples Jean Bodin -- Del Rio -- TELESIANS Telesio -- Donio -- Persio -- Francis Bacon -- CAMPANELLA Campanella's magic & Urban VIII -- Campanella's defences & theory of astrological magic -- Campanella & the angels -- Music & words in Campanella's magic. ISBN 0268016704 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Reprint of the 1958 Wartbur Institue edition. Seller Inventory # 1149444