John Dee's Occultism: Magical Exaltation Through Powerful Signs by Gyorgy E. Szonyi
John Dee's Occultism: Magical Exaltation Through Powerful Signs by Gyorgy E. Szonyi
English | Oct. 2004 | ISBN: 0791462234 | 380 Pages | PDF | 11 MB
English | Oct. 2004 | ISBN: 0791462234 | 380 Pages | PDF | 11 MB
Delving into the life and work of John Dee. Renaissance mathematician and "conjurer to Queen Elizabeth," Gyorgy E. Szonyi presents an analysis of Renaissance occultism and its place in the chronology of European cultural history. Culling examples of "magical thinking" from classical, medieval, and Renaissance philosopher, Szonyi revisits they body of Dee's own scientific and spiritual writings as reflective sources of traditional mysticism.