Sentence examples for medieval magic from inspiring English sources

Agrippa, who wanted to purge magic of the superstitious and dangerous rituals of medieval witches and sorcerers but (unlike the Florentine Neoplatonists) did not conceal his continuing interest in medieval magic, represents the merger of popular and intellectual magical learning as well as the union of northern European and Italian occultism.

Cruel, medieval magic' complained Norrell.

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Federici Vescovini (2011) has now provided the essential context and linkage between medieval magic and philosophy, enabling scholars to grasp the dimensions of fate and freedom as understood by medieval philosophers and theologians.

It's brutal, gaudy, and complex, but it's one little corner of medieval magic we've managed to hold onto until today.

Its methods are medieval and its magic is simple.

In this period the works ascribed to Hermes Trismegistos were primarily on astrology; to these were later added treatises on medicine, alchemy (Tabula Smaragdina [ Emerald Tablet"], a favourite source for medieval alchemists), and magic.

Indeed, not only were Agrippa's contemporaries puzzled but also those who have studied him in later centuries: how could the same author have produced both a credulous collection of ancient, medieval, and recent magic and also an incredulous and destructive repudiation of all ranks of society and all fields of learning, including his own magical work?

Her attempts to rescue dad are intercut with sudden dreams of a Howls Moving Castle ish realm where medieval hierarchy meets magic and advanced technology.

As the insanely catchy (and treacherous) theme song composed by Ramin Djawadi mentally prepares you for the next hour of murder, treachery, medieval politics, and magic, you can look around Wall's digital clockwork dioramas of Castle Black, King's Landing, Winterfell, Dorne, and the rest.

But then this, as much as the wine and the food, is the beauty of the bar crawl – it takes you through the medieval alleyways and floating magic of this amazing city.