John Dee's Occultism - Magical Exaltation Through Powerful Signs

Informationen zum Autor György E. Szonyi is Professor of English at the University of Szeged and of Intellectual History at the Central European University, Budapest. He is the author of two other books on John Dee. Klappentext Delving into the life and work of John Dee. Renaissance mathematician and "conjurer to Queen Elizabeth," Gyorgy E. Szonyi presents an analysis of Renaissance occultism and its place in the chronology of European cultural history. Culling examples of "magical thinking" from classical, medieval, and Renaissance philosopher, Szonyi revisits they body of Dee's own scientific and spiritual writings as reflective sources of traditional mysticism. Exploring the intellectual foundations of magic, Szonyi focuses on the ideology of exaltatio, the glorification or deification of man. He argues that it was the desire for exaltatio that framed and tied together the otherwise varied thoughts and activities of John Dee as well.

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• Authors: Gyorgy E. Szonyi, Gyorgy Endre Szonyi, György E Szönyi, György E. Szönyi
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2005
• EAN: 9780791462232
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-6223-2
• No. of pages: 362
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: SUNY Series in Western Esoteri; SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions; Suny Western Esoteric Traditio
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; SCIENCE / History, RELIGION / Wicca, History of Science, Occult Studies, Occult studies / Supernatural studies