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Western Esotericism: History & Scholarship
Occult and Scientific Mentalities in the Renaissance
- First published1984
- TraditionHistory & Scholarship
- Shelf68 books
A collection of essays by historians of science and ideas that examines the relationship between occult thought and the emerging sciences. Several contributions, including the editor's own, challenged Frances Yates's thesis that Hermetic magic helped produce the Scientific Revolution.
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The Crisis of the Modern WorldRené Guénon De sphaera of Johannes de Sacrobosco in the Early Modern PeriodMatteo Valleriani (ed.) De sphaera of Johannes de Sacrobosco in the Early Modern PeriodMatteo Valleriani (ed.) 
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