Book of Magic - From Antiquity to Enlightenment
Author(s): Brian Copenhaver (editor)
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.
General Information
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : UNKNOWN
- : 0.367
- : 31 October 2016
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 December 2016
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Brian Copenhaver (editor)
- : Paperback
- : 1216
- : 133.4309
- : 704
More About The Product
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 -- Philip Ball Prospect
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.