The occult sciences in the Renaissance;: A study in intellectual patterns

Shumaker, Wayne

ISBN 10: 0520020219 / ISBN 13: 9780520020214

Published by University of California Press, 1972

About this Item

Offers a summary and analysis of five esoteric 'scientific' system: astrology, natural or white magic, witchcraft, alchemy, and the meditative philosophy associated with Hermes Trismegistus. Illustrated, black & white. Notes to each of the chapters. Includes a Bibliographical Note. Index. xxxi, 284 pp. Fine Hardcover in full cloth w/ Fine dj.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The occult sciences in the Renaissance;: A study in intellectual patterns
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520020219
• ISBN 13: 9780520020214
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Well-illustrated
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

GREAT BOOK.

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"The only short and acceptable summary and analysis of the five Renaissance occult sciences." - Times Literary Supplement

"The . . . usefulness of this book for students of Renaissance literature and culture will not soon be ended." - Virginia Quarterly Review

"The absence of contaminating traces either of condescension or of credulousness give this absorbing volume a special authority and place on the shelves of any reader or any library where the history of modern thoughts is relevant." - Scientific American

"A remarkable summary and analysis of the five systems of esoteric science so influential in the Renaissance." - Milton Quarterly

"A magnificent job of tying together a vast number of diverse sources into a unified whole . . . engrossing in its entirety." -The Sciences