Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's sixteenth century synthesis of Renaissance hermeticism, natural magic, astrology and kabbalah, one of the foundational texts of the later Western esoteric tradition. This record cites the primary text itself, Agrippa's own account, rather than any specific scholarly edition of it, and holds it as the tradition's own foundational statement: it documents what Renaissance occult philosophy actually taught, not that any of its claims are true. Use it to establish what Agrippa's system held and how later ceremonial magic drew on it. It is not a standalone authority on the older classical, Jewish or Arabic traditions it draws upon, each of which needs its own dedicated scholarship where a claim concerns them specifically rather than Agrippa's synthesis of them.
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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's own sixteenth century treatise on natural magic, astrology, kabbalah and ceremonial magic, cited here as the tradition's own foundational statement rather than as independent evidence that any of its claims are true. NotesA primary text: Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's 16th-century synthesis of Renaissance hermeticism, natural magic, astrology, kabbalah and ceremonial magic, foundational to the later Western esoteric tradition. Use it to document what Renaissance occult philosophy taught and how later ceremonial magic drew on it, not as evidence that any of its claims are true and not as a standalone authority on older traditions it draws on (classical, Jewish or Arabic sources), which should be cited to their own scholarship where a claim concerns them specifically.
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AuthorHeinrich Cornelius Agrippa
PublisherLlewellyn
Publication Year1533
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Books_of_Occult_Philosophy
Source Typeprimary-text
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Agrippa's own table of the ten orders (Three Books of Occult Philosophy) already places the Virtues at Tiphareth, matching this collection with no divergence to correct.
Claims Backed By This Source (1,305 claims)
This source backs 1,305 claims across the atlas. As facts: 842 well-attested. As cited relationships: 169 holds, 12 connected. Plus 282 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Alphabet Letters, 487 claims: 263 well-attested, 132 holds, 92 general references.
- Open Questions, 111 claims: 81 well-attested, 9 holds, 12 connected, 9 general references.
- Archangels, 107 claims: 87 well-attested, 20 general references.
- Articles, 94 claims: 91 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
- Planetary Magic, 77 claims: 63 well-attested, 7 holds, 7 general references.
- Hours, 72 claims: 48 well-attested, 24 general references.
- Geomantic Figures, 64 claims: 48 well-attested, 16 general references.
- Fixed Stars, 39 claims: 23 well-attested, 16 general references.
- Angelic Choirs, 38 claims: 28 well-attested, 10 general references.
- Subcategories, 29 claims: 25 well-attested, 4 general references.
- Periodic Elements, 21 claims: 14 well-attested, 7 general references.
- Scripts & Magical Alphabets, 19 claims: 10 well-attested, 5 holds, 4 general references.
- Colors, 16 claims: 8 well-attested, 8 general references.
- Metals, 14 claims: 7 well-attested, 7 general references.
- Olympic Spirits, 14 claims: 7 well-attested, 7 general references.
- Categories, 12 claims: 7 well-attested, 5 general references.
- Gemstones, 11 claims: 4 well-attested, 7 general references.
- Numbers, 11 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 5 general references.
- Planets, 10 claims: 5 well-attested, 5 general references.
- Disciplines, 9 claims: 7 holds, 2 general references.
- Organs, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Days of the Week, 7 claims: 7 holds.
- Plants, 7 claims: 1 well-attested, 6 general references.
- Esoteric Texts, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 general references.
- Alchemical Apparatus, 4 claims: 4 general references.
- Shem Angels, 4 claims: 4 general references.
- Goetic Demons, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Tarot Spreads, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Decans, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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