De occulta philosophia
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De occulta philosophia is a work by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, a German scholar and physician of the Renaissance. Published around 1530, this book explores the hidden philosophies of nature and the divine, drawing heavily on Kabbalistic analysis of Hebrew letters and Pythagorean numerology. Agrippa viewed magic as a means to understand God and the natural world.1
The work contributed to the Renaissance revival of interest in magic and influenced later legends, such as those of Faust. However, Agrippa also published a scathing critique of occultism and other sciences, which led to him being branded a heretic. His writings reflect a complex engagement with the occult, mysticism, and the burgeoning scientific thought of his era.123
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