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  2. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa - Wikipedia

    • Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim was a German Renaissance polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, knight, theologian, and occult writer. Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy published in 1533 drew heavily upon Kabbalah, Hermeticism, and Neoplatonism. His book was widely influential among esotericists of the early moder… See more

    Early life and education

    Agrippa was born in Nettesheim, near Cologne on 14 September 1486 to a family of middle nobility. Many members of his … See more

    Military career

    In 1508 Agrippa traveled to Spain to work as a mercenary. He continued his travels by way of Valencia, the Baleares, Sardinia, Naples, Avignon, and Lyon. He served as a captain in the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Em… See more

    Died18 February 1535 (aged 48) · Grenoble, Kingdom of France
    Occupation(s)Occult writer, theologian, physician, legal expert, and soldier
    Academic career

    Agrippa's academic career began in 1509, receiving the patronage of Margaret of Austria, governor of Franche-Comté, and Antoine de Vergy, archbishop of Besançon and chancellor of the University of Dole. He was given t… See more

    Works

    Agrippa is perhaps best known for his books.
    De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum atque artium declamatio invectiva (Declamation Attacking the Uncertainty and Vanity of th… See more

    See also

    Celestial Alphabet – Occult alphabet
    Renaissance magic – Magical science during the Renaissance See more

    Further reading

    • Gurashi, Dario (2020). "The stargazing physician: how to read Agrippa's astrological calendar". Bruniana & Campanelliana. 26 (2): 571–585 – via Academia.edu.
    • Gurashi, Dario (2021). In deifico spe… See more

     
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