John Dee's occultism [[electronic resource] ] : magical exaltation through powerful signs / / György Endre Szőnyi

• Autore: Szőnyi György Endre
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (383 p.)
• Disciplina: 133/.092
• Soggetto topico: Symbolism; Magic - History; Occultism - History; Renaissance
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-351) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""John Deeâ€?s Occultism""; ""Contents""; ""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 bokes and sundry languages . . .â€?""; ""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""; ""FICINOâ€?S TALISMANIC MAGIC""; ""PICOâ€?S ENCOMIUM OF EXALTATIO""; ""Cabala and â€?exaltatioâ€?""; ""Picoâ€?s “Oration,â€? Cabalistic Magic, and Exaltatio""; ""5. Occult Philosophy, Symbolism, and Science""; ""TRITHEMIUS AND ANGEL MAGIC""; ""AGRIPPAâ€?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 Truthesâ€?""; ""6. The Ideology and Occult Symbolism of Deeâ€?s Natural Philosophy""; ""ASTROLOGY: PROPAEDEUMATA APHORISTICA""; ""ALCHEMY: MONAS HIEROGLYPHICA""; ""MAGIC: THE MATHEMATICALL PRAEFACE""; ""7. Illuminaton 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"" ; ""DEEâ€?S RELIGION AND THEOLOGY""""The Theological Framework of His Vision""; ""Humanism, Religion, and Denomination""; ""8. Dee and the Interpretive Community""; ""“EASTWARD HO!â€? 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""; ""Casaubonâ€?s Politics""; ""9. Conclusion: Dee and Renaissance Symbolism""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliographies""; ""JOHN DEEâ€?S WORKS""; ""SOURCES AND THEIR MODERN EDITIONS"" ; ""REFERENCE WORKS PARENTHETICALLY CITED""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""
• Titolo autorizzato: John Dee's occultism
• ISBN: 0-7914-8442-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779137903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.