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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
- But Renaissance occult philosophy began in earnest with Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 's (1463 – 1494) insertion of Jewish Cabala into Christian magical thought.
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Feb 15, 2017 · De occulta philosophia, recovering “true magic” in the framework of Neoplatonic metaphysics and Hermetic theology, offers humankind a wonder-working knowledge, one which is able to restore human cognitive and practical capacities.
Oct 1, 2007 · Dee's first published work of any significance as a natural philosopher was the Propaedeumata aphoristica (Aphoristic Propositions) (1558), 120 aphorisms relating to ‘certain preeminent virtues of nature’ and engaged with both astronomy and astrology, displaying Dee's interest in cosmology, natural philosophy and scientific method in a ...
- Peter J. Forshaw
- 2007
Jul 22, 2024 · Blavatsky’s work was the ideological core of Theosophy, an esoteric new religion established in the United States during the 1870s, and she used occultism in reference to the ancient wisdom tradition that she claimed to be promoting on behalf of “the Masters,” a secretive body of spiritual adepts purportedly based in Tibet.
- Ethan Doyle White
Three Books of Occult Philosophy (De Occulta Philosophia libri III) is Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's study of occult philosophy, acknowledged as a significant contribution to the Renaissance philosophical discussion concerning the powers of magic, and its relationship with religion.
Neoplatonism, the foundation for much of later occult philosophy, naturally stemmed from Platonism starting with (as it is generally considered) Plotinus and developed further by Porphry, Iamblicus, and Proclus in the first few centuries CE.
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486 – 1535?) provided the first definitive statement for occult philosophy in his masterwork, De Occulta Philosophia Libri Tres (Three books on occult philosophy), originally drafted in 1510 but greatly revised for its final publication in 1533.
Aug 5, 2014 · Yates unequivocally demonstrates the pervasive influence of occult philosophy in the Renaissance, by revealing that practically all the great figures of the Renaissance were aware of and actively interested in Hermeticism, Cabala, magic and Neoplatonic philosophy.
