Brian P. Copenhaver
Autor(a) de The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment
About the Author
Obras por Brian P. Copenhaver
Associated Works
Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and… (0200) — Editor, algumas edições — 527 exemplares
Spiritual & Demonic Magic: from Ficino to Campanella (1958) — Introdução, algumas edições — 208 exemplares
The Scientific Enterprise in Antiquity and Middle Ages: Readings from Isis (1996) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
Plotinus' Legacy: The Transformation of Platonism from the Renaissance to the Modern Era (2019) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
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Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Copenhaver, Brian Paul
- Data de nascimento
- 1942-12-21
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Locais de residência
- North Carolina, USA
- Educação
- Loyola College, Baltimore
Creighton University
The University of Kansas (PhD)
Warburg Institute - Ocupações
- Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and History
journal editor - Organizações
- University of California Los Angeles
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Journal of the History of Philosophy
Council of the Instituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 7
- Also by
- 5
- Membros
- 368
- Popularidade
- #65,433
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 3
- ISBN
- 21
- Línguas
- 1
- Marcado como favorito
- 2
It's stated that “magic can be illicit and still effective..." For example, King Saul’s meeting with the Witch of Endor or the Three Magi who saw through Herod’s deception by using astrology and interpreting dreams. We also learn that the Church stole the terminology of “principalities, thrones, powers” from the old gods to classify Christian angels. Misconceptions are busted: Moses’ did not call forth most of the Plagues of Egypt and Jesus was not the only one to resurrect someone. In Antiquity, Pliny can’t stand charms and chants; Hippocrates doesn’t believe epilepsy to be “a sacred disease” and Socrates is entertained by it all. Plato and Proclus argue that the body is ruled by the Love and Harmony, the spiritual connectors to the gods. To indulge the body in good and healthy things is good magic. The Farmer’s Almanac is a form of astrological divination (Cicero + Ptolemy) and Plotinus argues that music is magic. As the Church expands, magic becomes the realm of the Devil (St. Augustine), yet Christians participate in chants and rituals to receive a blessing. But Albert the Great argues that astrology is a natural philosophy and not demonic, and Nicole Oresme claims that natural wonders are neither acts of God or demons. By the Renaissance the Hammer of the Witches emerges and corruption of ancient texts for Kabbalah. By the 17th c. we have Matthew Hopkins and full-blown witch hunts. Eventually it is the magic of science that conquers.
My only issue is that Arabic, Egyptian and Celtic texts were left out. Some excerpts could've been swapped for these. But still, this book is quite the resource, plenty of obscure references in here!… (mais)