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The Philosophy of Natural Magic

By Henry Cornelius

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Originally published in 1531-3, De occulta philosophia libri tres, (Three books of Occult Philosophy) proposed that magic existed, and it could be studied and used by devout Christians, as it was derived from God, not the Devil. Agrippa had a huge influence on Renaissance esoteric philosophers, particularly Giordano Bruno. This edition is a pastiche of a portion of a translation of Agrippas' libri tres by an unidentified translator; excerpts from a book on Agrippa by Henry Morley with extensive background; and some self-promotional material by the publisher, L. W. de Lawrence. The Latin version (in scanned PDF format) can be found here.

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Publish dateMar 31, 2020

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1Introduction

2Agrippa

3Sublime Occult Philosophy

4Preface

5Early Life Of Cornelius Agrippa

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6Chapter 1. How Magicians Collect Virtues From The Three-Fold World Is Declared In These Three Books

7Chapter 2. What Magic Is, What Are The Parts Thereof, And How The Professors Thereof Must Be Qualified

8Chapter 3. Of The Four Elements, Their Qualities, And Mutual Mixtions

9Chapter 4. Of A Three-Fold Consideration Of The Elements

10Chapter 5. Of The Wonderful Natures Of Fire And Earth

11Chapter 6. Of The Wonderful Natures Of Water, Air And Winds

12Chapter 7. Of The Kinds Of Compounds, What Relation They Stand In To The Elements, And What Relation There Is Betwixt The Elements Themselves And The Soul, Senses And Dispositions Of Men

13Chapter 8. How The Elements Are In The Heavens, In Stars, In Devils, In Angels, And Lastly In God Himself

14Chapter 9. Of The Virtues Of Things Natural, Depending Immediately Upon Elements

15Chapter 10. Of The Occult Virtues Of Things

16Chapter 11. How Occult Virtues Are Infused Into The Several Kinds Of Things By Ideas Through The Help Of The Soul Of The World, And Rays Of The Stars; And What Things Abound Most With This Virtue

17Chapter 12. How It Is That Particular Virtues Are Infused Into Particular Individuals, Even Of The Same Species

18Chapter 13. Whence The Occult Virtues Of Things Proceed

19Chapter 14. Of The Spirit Of The World, What It Is, And How By Way Of Medium It Unites Occult Virtues To Their Subjects

20Chapter 15. How We Must Find Out And Examine The Virtues Of Things By Way Of Similitude

21Chapter 16. How The Operations Of Several Virtues Pass From One Thing Into Another, And Are Communicated One To The Other

22Chapter 17. How By Enmity And Friendship The Virtues Of Things Are To Be Tried And Found Out

23Chapter 18. Of The Inclinations Of Enmities

24Chapter 19. How The Virtues Of Things Are To Be Tried And Found Out, Which Are In Them Specially, Or In Any One Individual By Way Of Special Gift

25Chapter 20. The Natural Virtues Are In Some Things Throughout Their Whole Substance, And In Other Things In Certain Parts And Members

26Chapter 21. Of The Virtues Of Things Which Are In Them Only In Their Life Time, And Such As Remain In Them Even After Their Death

27Chapter 22. How Inferior Things Are Subjected To Superior Bodies, And How The Bodies, The Actions, And Dispositions Of Men Are Ascribed To Stars And Signs

28Chapter 23. How We Shall Know What Stars Natural Things Are Under, And What Things Are Under The Sun, Which Are Called Solary

29Chapter 24. What Things Are Lunary, Or Under The Power Of The Moon

30Chapter 25. What Things Are Saturnine, Or Under The Power Of Saturn

31Chapter 26. What Things Are Under The Power Of Jupiter, And Are Called Jovial

32Chapter 27. What Things Are Under The Power Of Mars, And Are Called Martial

33Chapter 28. What Things Are Under The Power Of Venus, And Are Called Venereal

34Chapter 29. What Things Are Under The Power Of Mercury, And Are Called Mercurial

35Chapter 30. That The Whole Sublunary World, And Those Things Which Are In It, Are Distributed To Planets

36Chapter 31. How Provinces And Kingdoms Are Distributed To Planets

37Chapter 32. What Things Are Under The Signs, The Fixed Stars, And Their Images

38Chapter 33. Of The Seals And Characters Of Natural Things

39Chapter 34. How, By Natural Things And Their Virtues, We May Draw Forth And Attract The Influences And Virtues Of Celestial Bodies