Brian Copenhaver's wonderful anthology will be welcomed by everyone from those with the most casual interest in the magical tradition to anyone drawn to the Renaissance and the tangled, arcane roots of the scientific tradition.
Brian Copenhaver is Professor of Philosophy and History at the University of California, Los Angeles and is one of the world's foremost scholars on Renaissance magic and mysticism. This book is in many ways a summa of the interests and writers with which he has been preoccupied throughout his career.
This illuminating book should dispel the notion that magic was just
superstition and secure its place in the history of ideas... for
anyone wanting a more informed view of the uses of enchantment,
Copenhaver's volume is a peerless resource
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