E. M. Butler

The Myth of the Magus

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Legends of the Magus are explored and compared with the historical record in this fascinating account, first published in 1948, of one of the major figures in religious and occult mythology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9780521437776
• ISBN-10: 0521437776
• Artikelnr.: 21132250

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface
Introduction: Origins (a) The Ritual Hero, (b) The Professional Practitioner Part I. The Golden Age: 1. The Wise Men of the East (a) The Magi, (b) Zoroaster
2. Hebrew Holy Men (a) Moses, (b) Solomon
3. The Sages of Greece (a) Pythagoras (b) Apollonius of Tyana
4. The Downfall of the Magus (a) Christ, (b) Simon Magus Part II. The Dark Ages: 1. Under the Christian Cloud (a) Cyprian, (b) Theophilus, (c) Gerbert
2. Post-Pagan Shades (a) Virgil, (b) Merlin
3. Beneath a Black Sun (a) Zyto, (b) Joan and Gilles, (c) Doctor Faust, (d) Friar Bacon
4. In the Light of Common Day (a) Dee and Kelley (b) Gauffridi and Grandier
Part III. Return of the Magi: 1. Aristeas Redivivus
2. The Man of Mystery
3. The Grand Copht
4. Madame and the Masters
5. The 'Holy Devil'
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.