It is hard to overestimate the importance of the contribution made by Dame Frances Yates to the serious study of esotericism and the occult sciences. To her work may also be attributed the latest working out of the occult origins of much of Western scientific thinking, indeed of Western civilization itself. The Occult Philosophy of the Elizabethan Age was once her last book, and in it she condensed many aspects of her wide learning to provide a clear, penetrating, and, above all, accessible survey of the occult movements of the Renaissance, highlighting the work of John Dee, Giordano Bruno, and other key esoteric figures. The book is invaluable in illuminating the relationship between occultism and Renaissance thought, which in turn had a profound affect on the upward thrust of science within the seventeenth century. Stunningly written and highly engaging, Yates’ masterpiece is a should-read for any individual interested within the occult tradition.
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The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age Paperback – 18 May 2001
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