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Three Books of Occult Philosophy

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

The first new and complete English translation of Agrippa’s classic masterwork in more than 350 years • Three hardcover volumes in slipcase

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Stuff You Should Know

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Stuff You Should Know

It was mentioned as a poem from 1992 that was part of a Cicada 3301 puzzle, where a key was used to decode the poem, leading to another puzzle.

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I think it was from cyberpunk writer William Gibson's poem, Agrippa that was from 1992.

— Episode: True Mysteries of the Internet

Episode: True Mysteries of the Internet

It was mentioned as a poem from 1992 that was part of a Cicada 3301 puzzle, where a key was used to decode the poem, leading to another puzzle.

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I think it was from cyberpunk writer William Gibson's poem, Agrippa that was from 1992.

Behind the Bastards

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Behind the Bastards

It was mentioned as a possible book found in a large occult library belonging to Helena Blavatsky's great-grandfather, implying a connection to her early exposure to occult and hermetic philosophy.

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there. She found hundreds of decaying books by the 16th and 17th century Masters of alchemy and hermetic philosophy such as Paracelsus Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Heinrich Kunrath

— Episode: Part One: Helena Blavatsky: the woman wh...

Episode: Part One: Helena Blavatsky: the woman who inspired...

It was mentioned as a possible book found in a large occult library belonging to Helena Blavatsky's great-grandfather, implying a connection to her early exposure to occult and hermetic philosophy.

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there. She found hundreds of decaying books by the 16th and 17th century Masters of alchemy and hermetic philosophy such as Paracelsus Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Heinrich Kunrath

Classic Audiobook Collection

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Classic Audiobook Collection

The episode highlighted the book as a source that defended magic as a lawful means to understand God and nature, noting that its ideas left a lasting impression on the deeply religious mind of Dee. The host referenced the work while discussing Dee's mystical background, emphasizing its influence on his thinking.

Episode: Dr. John Dee - Elizabethan Mystic and Astrologer b...

Agrippa's book defended the practice of magic as a lawful way for man to attain knowledge of God and nature. His opinions made a lasting impression on the restless, profoundly religious mind of Dee.

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The opinions of Agrippa, who in this book defends the practice of magic as one of the lawful ways by which man can attain to a knowledge of God and nature, evidently made a lasting impression upon the restless yet profoundly religious mind of Dee.

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