John Dee's occultism : magical exaltation through powerful signs / Gyorgy Endre Szonyi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szőnyi, György Endre.

Series:

SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.

SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Symbolism.

Magic--History.

Magic.

Occultism--History.

Occultism.

Renaissance.

Dee, John, 1527-1608.

Dee, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (383 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Delving into the life and work of John Dee, Renaissance mathematician and "conjurer to Queen Elizabeth," György E. Szo‹nyi 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 philosophers, Szo‹nyi revisits the body of Dee's own scientific and spiritual writings as reflective sources of traditional mysticism. Exploring the intellectual foundations of magic, Szo‹nyi 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.

Contents:

""John Dee�s Occultism""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part 1. Definitions""; ""1. Principles and Demarcations""; ""THE CHALLENGE OF THE ESOTERIC""; ""FROM SCIENCE HISTORY TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY""; ""THE POST-COMMUNIST PERSPECTIVE""; ""2. Mysticism, Occultism, Magic Exaltation""; ""FALL AND REBIRTH""; ""THE ORGANIC WORLD MODEL""; ""THE DOCTRINE OF EXALTATION""; ""Part 2. Input: “In many bokes and sundry languages . . .�""; ""3. The Sources of Renaissance Magic""; ""TRADITIONS OF CLASSICAL MAGIC""

""Frances Yates and the Rediscovery of Renaissance Magic""""Hermetic Magic""; ""Neoplatonism and Classical Theurgy""; ""MEDIEVAL MAGIC""; ""Medieval Ceremonial Magic""; ""Magical Exaltatio in the Picatrix""; ""4. Florentine Neoplatonism and Christian Magic""; ""FICINO�S TALISMANIC MAGIC""; ""PICO�S ENCOMIUM OF EXALTATIO""; ""Cabala and �exaltatio�""; ""Pico�s “Oration,� Cabalistic Magic, and Exaltatio""; ""5. Occult Philosophy, Symbolism, and Science""; ""TRITHEMIUS AND ANGEL MAGIC""; ""AGRIPPA�S TRIPARTITE MAGIC""; ""De occulta philosophia""

""De incertitudine et vanitate omnium scientiarum""""PARACELSUS, ALCHEMY, THEOSOPHY""; ""ENOCH, SCIENCE, APOCALYPTIC PROPHECY""; ""Part 3. Output: ""Glyms or Beame of Radicall Truthes�""; ""6. The Ideology and Occult Symbolism of Dee�s Natural Philosophy""; ""ASTROLOGY: PROPAEDEUMATA APHORISTICA""; ""ALCHEMY: MONAS HIEROGLYPHICA""; ""MAGIC: THE MATHEMATICALL PRAEFACE""; ""7. Illuminaton and Angel Magic""; ""ANGEL MAGIC AND THE SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT LANGUAGE""; ""THE THEORY AND TECHNOLOGY OF ANGEL MAGIC""; ""Theory and Sources""; ""The Choreography of the Scrying Sessions""

""DEE�S RELIGION AND THEOLOGY""""The Theological Framework of His Vision""; ""Humanism, Religion, and Denomination""; ""8. Dee and the Interpretive Community""; ""“EASTWARD HO!� DEE, PATRONAGE, AND CENTRAL EUROPE""; ""The Lure of East-Central Europe""; ""The Lure of Dee and Kelly for Eastern Europe""; ""MERIC CASAUBON AND THE POLITICS OF INTERPRETATION""; ""Magician, Heretic, and Witch""; ""Casaubon�s Politics""; ""9. Conclusion: Dee and Renaissance Symbolism""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliographies""; ""JOHN DEE�S WORKS""; ""SOURCES AND THEIR MODERN EDITIONS""

""REFERENCE WORKS PARENTHETICALLY CITED""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-351) and index.

ISBN:

9780791484425

0791484424

OCLC:

808346455