KnowraRenaissance magicLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Renaissance magic, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 1Related 7Marsilio FicinoRelated: Ficino treated certain forms of natural magic as compatible with his account of cosmic sympathy.OccultismRelated: Renaissance thinkers gave occultism influential systems that joined natural and spiritual causes.EsotericismBroader topic: Renaissance scholars revived Hermetic and magical sources central to Western esotericism.Hermes TrismegistusRelated: Renaissance thinkers used Hermetic writings to authorize theories of cosmic influence and spiritual ascent.Giovanni Pico della MirandolaRelated: Pico’s defense of natural magic helped legitimize it within a Christian philosophical framework.Isaac CasaubonRelated: Casaubon’s critique weakened the ancient authority claimed for writings used in Renaissance occult philosophy.ThaumaturgyRelated: Renaissance writers applied thaumaturgical ideas to operations believed to alter nature.White magicRelated: Renaissance thinkers defended some forms of magic as natural or divinely grounded.