Renaissance Magic History Esoteric and Occult

During the Renaissance, roughly 1350-1527 CE, the Neo-Platonic revival initiated by the Qabalists of Provence swept Christian society. Though suspicion of Witchcraft was punishable by death, a mixed classical/Christian style replete with occult imagery, astrology, classical deities, alchemical medicine, and Neo-Platonic cosmological speculation was the norm among the educated classes of Europe. Many esoteric writers of the day still influence modern esotericism, such as Agrippa, Dee, Bruno, Rabelais, Trithemius, and the various Qabalists. In addition, the Renaissance brought a revival to the study of classical writers and works on theurgy and related subjects, such as Plotinus, Iamblichus, the Sepher Yetzirah, Merkabah mysticism, the Chaldean Oracles, and the Corpus Hermeticum, which have continued to exert a strong influence to the present day.

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• - Excellent resource. Discusses hermetic tradition in Renaissance talismanic magic.
  
• - Article by Paul T. Olson exploring the possible influence of Qabalistic themes on Shakespeare's works.
  
• - Venus talisman example with astrological election, construction, ritual and results using methods of Marsilio Ficino.
  
• - Introduction to theory and history of traditional magical astrology.
  
• - Resource for key text used in Renaissance magic. Contains history, translations and examples.
  
• - Article by Rafal T. Prinke from the Hermetic Journal. Examines the life of Sendivogius and attrempts to determine if his life was the model for the myth of Fr. C. R. C. and the Fama Fraternitas.
  
• - Article by Ron Heisler from the Hermetic Journal.
  
• - A look at Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, including a description of Elizabethan perspectives on the occult and Faust's magic.
  
  

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