nagasiva
2004-10-01 21:51:16 UTC
anybody who's read these wish to compare them?
The Language of Demons and Angels: Cornelius Agrippa's Occult
Philosophy (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 119)
by Christopher I. Lehrich
ABOUT THE BOOK
From the Publisher
[Brill, N.H.E.J., N.V. Koninklijke, Boekhandel en Drukkerij
This is the first modern study of Agrippa's occult philosophy as
a coherent part of his intellectual work. By demonstrating his
sophistication, it challenges traditional interpretations of Agrippa
as an intellectual dilettante, and uses modern theory and philosophy
to elucidate the intricacies of his thought. It also argues for a
new, interdisciplinary approach to magic and its place within early
modern culture, using a transhistorical conversational model to
understand and interpret the texts.
I wonder of what that model consists. what else has the author done?
Synopsis
In letters to friends, Heinrick Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
(1486-1535) wrote of a secret key to his occult philosophy....
...Cultural historian Lehrich (Boston U.) looks for it right in
the text of his great treatise on magic.... He draws insights
and methods from the history of religions, the history of ideas,
and textual criticism as well as the more common tools used to
study Agrippa: intellectual history and the history of science.
Annotation (c)2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
that sounds like it might be more wide-ranging than this text
I've got here by Willy Schrodter published by Weiser called
"Commentaries on The Occult Philosophy of Agrippa", whose
2000 bookjacket has:
Agrippa, the 16th-century philosopher, published
a well-known and often referenced esoteric
classic -- *Three Books of Occult Philosophy*
(*Natural Magic, Celestial Magic, and Ceremonial
Magic*). Until recently these three volumes were
hard to find in English, although they had been
translated in the 17th century and published in
England. Willy Schrodter saw the value in these
texts from a contemporary point of view, and
compiled copious notes and commentary on many
of the subjects mentioned in Agrippa's opus.
His research makes Agrippa understandable,
providing scientific confirmation for Agrippa's
seemingly outlandish claims with carefully
documented parallel cases. It is Schrodter's
illuminating examples, taken from the most
varied fields of research, that constitute
the real and lasting value of this compilation.
as I say it is interesting, but I'm not sure how valuable
it really is. I've only referred to it a few times and it
hasn't been all that helpful. the author doesn't appear
to be an academic, for example, probably an interested
occultist or something. he died in 1971 according to the
interior bio, so I suspect he was an esotericist without
credentials (no crime, but of questionable substance).
ISBN 900413574X
Language of Demons and Angels: Cornelius Agrippa's Occult Philosophy
Christopher I. Lehrich Hardcover, December 2003
Our Price: $87.00 Barnes & Noble Member Price: $82.65
Product Details:
Format: Hardcover, 258pp
Pub. Date: December 2003
Publisher: Brill, N.H.E.J., N.V. Koninklijke, Boekhandel en Drukkerij
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 551,193
Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History
Usually ships within 2-3 days.
intellectual history is different than something
like the "Magic in History" series out of Penn State
(e.g. Kieckhefer's "Forbidden Rites" for example).
the last book comparable I obtained was as a present
from family, edited with contributors in the history
of magic as regards the conjuration of spirits (ed.
by Claire Fanger), and this has proven to be quite
valuable on the whole, even containing a translation
of The Book of Angels, which has a pre-Agrippa set
of magic squares as far as I know (something I want
to key in as to its configuration(s) soon -- the
editor of that essay *corrected the squares*!).
Dummett and +++ are putting out a competitor with
Kaplan's "Encyclopedia of Tarot" which should be
exhorbitantly expensive. I'm not convinced that
it will be worth the investment, especially when
Kessinger is putting out reprints of Thorndike's
8 volumes on the history of magic and science at
$20 a volume (ack!!!).
what I'd like to know and haven't been industrious
or studious enough to check out as yet is how many
different English editions of Agrippa there *are*
and what their differences or comparable values are.
y
r B
o l b
n e e
w s a
o s s
d e t
e d !
***@nagasiva
nagasiva
antiquarian: magic history.
The Language of Demons and Angels: Cornelius Agrippa's Occult
Philosophy (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 119)
by Christopher I. Lehrich
ABOUT THE BOOK
From the Publisher
[Brill, N.H.E.J., N.V. Koninklijke, Boekhandel en Drukkerij
This is the first modern study of Agrippa's occult philosophy as
a coherent part of his intellectual work. By demonstrating his
sophistication, it challenges traditional interpretations of Agrippa
as an intellectual dilettante, and uses modern theory and philosophy
to elucidate the intricacies of his thought. It also argues for a
new, interdisciplinary approach to magic and its place within early
modern culture, using a transhistorical conversational model to
understand and interpret the texts.
I wonder of what that model consists. what else has the author done?
Synopsis
In letters to friends, Heinrick Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
(1486-1535) wrote of a secret key to his occult philosophy....
...Cultural historian Lehrich (Boston U.) looks for it right in
the text of his great treatise on magic.... He draws insights
and methods from the history of religions, the history of ideas,
and textual criticism as well as the more common tools used to
study Agrippa: intellectual history and the history of science.
Annotation (c)2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
that sounds like it might be more wide-ranging than this text
I've got here by Willy Schrodter published by Weiser called
"Commentaries on The Occult Philosophy of Agrippa", whose
2000 bookjacket has:
Agrippa, the 16th-century philosopher, published
a well-known and often referenced esoteric
classic -- *Three Books of Occult Philosophy*
(*Natural Magic, Celestial Magic, and Ceremonial
Magic*). Until recently these three volumes were
hard to find in English, although they had been
translated in the 17th century and published in
England. Willy Schrodter saw the value in these
texts from a contemporary point of view, and
compiled copious notes and commentary on many
of the subjects mentioned in Agrippa's opus.
His research makes Agrippa understandable,
providing scientific confirmation for Agrippa's
seemingly outlandish claims with carefully
documented parallel cases. It is Schrodter's
illuminating examples, taken from the most
varied fields of research, that constitute
the real and lasting value of this compilation.
as I say it is interesting, but I'm not sure how valuable
it really is. I've only referred to it a few times and it
hasn't been all that helpful. the author doesn't appear
to be an academic, for example, probably an interested
occultist or something. he died in 1971 according to the
interior bio, so I suspect he was an esotericist without
credentials (no crime, but of questionable substance).
ISBN 900413574X
Language of Demons and Angels: Cornelius Agrippa's Occult Philosophy
Christopher I. Lehrich Hardcover, December 2003
Our Price: $87.00 Barnes & Noble Member Price: $82.65
Product Details:
Format: Hardcover, 258pp
Pub. Date: December 2003
Publisher: Brill, N.H.E.J., N.V. Koninklijke, Boekhandel en Drukkerij
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 551,193
Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History
Usually ships within 2-3 days.
intellectual history is different than something
like the "Magic in History" series out of Penn State
(e.g. Kieckhefer's "Forbidden Rites" for example).
the last book comparable I obtained was as a present
from family, edited with contributors in the history
of magic as regards the conjuration of spirits (ed.
by Claire Fanger), and this has proven to be quite
valuable on the whole, even containing a translation
of The Book of Angels, which has a pre-Agrippa set
of magic squares as far as I know (something I want
to key in as to its configuration(s) soon -- the
editor of that essay *corrected the squares*!).
Dummett and +++ are putting out a competitor with
Kaplan's "Encyclopedia of Tarot" which should be
exhorbitantly expensive. I'm not convinced that
it will be worth the investment, especially when
Kessinger is putting out reprints of Thorndike's
8 volumes on the history of magic and science at
$20 a volume (ack!!!).
what I'd like to know and haven't been industrious
or studious enough to check out as yet is how many
different English editions of Agrippa there *are*
and what their differences or comparable values are.
y
r B
o l b
n e e
w s a
o s s
d e t
e d !
***@nagasiva
nagasiva
antiquarian: magic history.