Lumos: Renaissance Thinkers Behind the Magic
2. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486–1535)
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, 1645
Creator: Theodor de Bry
Courtesy National Library of Medicine
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim was a German occultist who wrote about ancient magic and its practical uses in De Occulta Philosophia, published in 1533. Agrippa believed that magic could benefit humanity if used respectfully and unselfishly.
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