Difference between revisions of "Grimoire"

Alongside this, there was a rise in interest in the Jewish mysticism known as the [[Kabbalah]], which was spread across the continent by Pico della Mirandola and Johannes Reuchlin in his ''[[De Arte Cabbalistica]]''. The most important magician of the Renaissance was [[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]] (1486–1535), who widely studied [[occult]] topics and earlier grimoires and eventually published his own, the ''[[Three Books of Occult Philosophy]]'', in 1533. A similar figure was the Swiss magician known as [[Paracelsus]] (1493–1541), who published ''Of the Supreme Mysteries of Nature'', in which he emphasised the distinction between good and [[black magic|bad magic]]. A third such individual was [[Johann Georg Faust]], upon whom several pieces of later literature were written, such as Christopher Marlowe's ''Doctor Faustus'', that portrayed him as consulting with [[demon]]s.

Alongside this, there was a rise in interest in the Jewish mysticism known as the [[Kabbalah]], which was spread across the continent by Pico della Mirandola and Johannes Reuchlin in his ''[[De Arte Cabbalistica]]''. The most important magician of the Renaissance was [[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]] (1486–1535), who widely studied [[occult]] topics and earlier grimoires and eventually published his own, the ''[[Three Books of Occult Philosophy]]'', in 1533. A similar figure was the Swiss magician known as [[Paracelsus]] (1493–1541), who published ''Of the Supreme Mysteries of Nature'', in which he emphasised the distinction between good and [[black magic|bad magic]]. A third such individual was [[Johann Georg Faust]], upon whom several pieces of later literature were written, such as Christopher Marlowe's ''Doctor Faustus'', that portrayed him as consulting with [[demon]]s.

Most true grimoires of this period were hand-written manuscripts that were never properly published. The author is often unknown, and the books were merely sheafs of paper bound together with goatskin binding. An excellent example of this is the 1507 ''[[Book of Magical Charms]]''.

Most true grimoires of this period were hand-written manuscripts that were never properly published. The author is often unknown, and the books were merely sheafs of paper bound together with goatskin binding. An excellent example of this is the 1507 ''[[Book of Magical Charms]]''.