Cover of The History of Magick, by Way of Apology for All the Wise Men Who Have Been Unjustly Reputed Magicians

The History of Magick, by Way of Apology for All the Wise Men Who Have Been Unjustly Reputed Magicians

Gabriel Naude, trans. J. Davies (1657)

Public domain

Public domain (pre-1928, 1657). John Davies's English translation of Naude's learned defence of the great philosophers and sages wrongly accused of magic, an early landmark in the history of magic that surveys Zoroastrian, Hermetic, Pythagorean, medieval and Renaissance magical traditions.

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