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Martin Del Rio

Investigations into Magic

By: P. G. Maxwell-Stuart

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Martin Del Rio

Investigations into Magic

By: P. G. Maxwell-Stuart

This is the first English translation of one of the most important, interesting and comprehensive discussions of the occult sciences ever published. Investigations into Magic deals not only with magic in all its forms, from the manipulation of angelic and demonic powers to straightforward conjuring and illusion, but also with witchcraft, alchemy, astrology, divination, prophecy, and possession by evil spirits. In addition, Del Rio gives judges and confessors practical advice on the most effective ways of dealing with people who are accused of practicing magic, and enlivens his whole discussion with anecdotes drawn from a remarkable range of sources, including his own experience. Nothing so panoramic had ever appeared before, and for the next one hundred and fifty years Investigations into Magic was the indispensable reference work on the subject.

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Manchester University Press

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0719080533

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9780719080531

Gómez Pereira's Antoniana Margarita (2 vols)

A Work on Natural Philosophy, Medicine and Theology

By: José Manuel García-Valverde,Peter Maxwell-Stuart

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Gómez Pereira's Antoniana Margarita (2 vols)

A Work on Natural Philosophy, Medicine and Theology

By: José Manuel García-Valverde,Peter Maxwell-Stuart

Nearly a century before Descartes, Gómez Pereira published the Antoniana Margarita with the purpose of demonstrating the thesis of animal automatism, among many other things. The author included in his book several proofs of animal insensitivity and an original model aimed at explaining animal behaviour in the grounds of a purely mechanical system. In this sense, Pereira's work represents a critical appraisal of the traditional scholastic theory of the animal mind, as well as one of the first efforts to develop this question in the field of empirical observation and physio¬logical knowledge. It is precisely for this reason that Gómez Pereira must be recognized as one of the most valuable thinkers of the Spanish Renaissance. The editors, García Valverde and Maxwell-Stuart, offer the first critical edition of the Latin text, a careful translation and an extensive study that contextualizes its content in the philosophy of the sixteenth century.

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1338

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BRILL

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9004395040

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9789004395046

Investigations into Magic, an Edition and Translation of Martín Del Río’s Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex

Volume 4

By: José Manuel García Valverde,Peter Maxwell-Stuart

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Investigations into Magic, an Edition and Translation of Martín Del Río’s Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex

Volume 4

By: José Manuel García Valverde,Peter Maxwell-Stuart

The first full modern English version of Del Río’s treatise, unrivalled in its breadth, detail, and scholarship, on the occult sciences as they were understood, experienced, and combatted at the end of the sixteenth century.

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702

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9004468943

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9789004468948

Investigations into Magic, an Edition and Translation of Martín Del Río’s Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex

Volume 2

By: José Manuel García Valverde,Peter Maxwell-Stuart

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Volume 2

By: José Manuel García Valverde,Peter Maxwell-Stuart

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9004468927

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9789004468924

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Martin Del Rio

Martin Del Rio

Gómez Pereira's Antoniana Margarita (2 vols)

Gómez Pereira's Antoniana Margarita (2 vols)

Investigations into Magic, an Edition and Translation of Martín Del Río’s Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex

Investigations into Magic, an Edition and Translation of Martín Del Río’s Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex

Investigations into Magic, an Edition and Translation of Martín Del Río’s Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex

Investigations into Magic, an Edition and Translation of Martín Del Río’s Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex

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