Directory of Renaissance Magic Resources

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During the Renaissance, roughly 1350-1527 CE, the Neo-Platonic revival initiated by the Qabalists of Provence swept Christian society. Though suspicion of Witchcraft was punishable by death, a mixed classical/Christian style replete with occult imagery, astrology, classical deities, alchemical medicine, and Neo-Platonic cosmological speculation was the norm among the educated classes of Europe. Many esoteric writers of the day still influence modern esotericism, such as Agrippa, Dee, Bruno, Rabelais, Trithemius, and the various Qabalists. In addition, the Renaissance brought a revival to the study of classical writers and works on theurgy and related subjects, such as Plotinus, Iamblichus, the Sepher Yetzirah, Merkabah mysticism, the Chaldean Oracles, and the Corpus Hermeticum, which have continued to exert a strong influence to the present day.

Subcategories

• Agrippa
• Alchemy
• Edward Kelly
• Enochian
• Giordano Bruno
• Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
• Jacob Boehme
• Johannes Trithemius
• John Dee
• Paracelsus
• Qabalah
• Rosicrucianism

Resources in This Category

• Ficino Venus Talisman

  http://www.renaissanceastrology.com/ficinovenustalisman.html
  Venus talisman example with astrological election, construction, ritual and results using methods of Marsilio Ficino.

• Picatrix

  http://www.renaissanceastrology.com/picatrix.html
  Resource for key text used in Renaissance magic. Contains history, translations and examples.

• Renaissance Astrological Magic

  http://www.renaissanceastrology.com/astrologicalmagic.html
  Introduction to theory and history of traditional magical astrology.

• Sympathy or the Devil

  http://www.esoteric.msu.edu/VolumeII/Sympdevil.html
  Excellent resource. Discusses hermetic tradition in Renaissance talismanic magic.

• The Impact of Freemasonry on Elizabethan Literature

  http://www.levity.com/alchemy/h_fre.html
  Article by Ron Heisler from the Hermetic Journal.

• The Kabbala of Shakespeare

  http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/spunk/library/misc/sp000277.txt
  Article by Paul T. Olson exploring the possible influence of Qabalistic themes on Shakespeare's works.

• Twilit Grotto -- Esoteric Archives

  http://www.esotericarchives.com/
  A collection of various esoteric writers from the Renaissance.

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