The Occult Sciences in the Renaissance - A Study in Intellectual Patterns

"The only short and acceptable summary and analysis of the five Renaissance occult sciences." - Times Literary Supplement

"The . . . usefulness of this book for students of Renaissance literature and culture will not soon be ended." - Virginia Quarterly Review

"The absence of contaminating traces either of condescension or of credulousness give this absorbing volume a special authority and place on the shelves of any reader or any library where the history of modern thoughts is relevant." - Scientific American

"A remarkable summary and analysis of the five systems of esoteric science so influential in the Renaissance." - Milton Quarterly

"A magnificent job of tying together a vast number of diverse sources into a unified whole . . . engrossing in its entirety." -The Sciences

About the author

Wayne Shumaker is Professor of English at University of California, Berkeley.

Summary

"The only short and acceptable summary and analysis of the five Renaissance occult sciences." - Times Literary Supplement

Product details

• Authors: Wayne Shumaker, Shumaker Wayne
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.07.1979
• EAN: 9780520038400
• ISBN: 978-0-520-03840-0
• No. of pages: 287
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Study in Intellectual Patterns; Study in Intellectual Patterns
• Subjects: RELIGION / Wicca, PSYCHOLOGY / Experimental Psychology, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Parapsychological studies, Occult Studies, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Psychic Phenomena / General, Occult studies / Supernatural studies