Marsilio Ficino (Western Esoteric Masters)
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (754 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1556435606 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Angela Voss has a PhD from City University, London, where her work was on Ficino’s astrological music therapy. Voss is a lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury, where she convenes a Masters program in the Cultural Study of Cosmology and Divination.
. Voss is a lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury, where she convenes a Masters program in the Cultural Study of Cosmology and Divination. Angela Voss has a PhD from City University, London, where her work was on Ficino’s astrological music therapy
Marsilio Ficino was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance. Though an ordained priest, he was also a practicing astrologer and magician whose daunting life’s work was to reconcile religious faith with philosophical reason — which included integrating pagan magical practice with Christianity. In a lengthy introduction, editor Angela Voss puts Ficino’s achievement in context as a complete re-visioning of traditional astrological practice and the beginning of a humanistic and psychological approach that prefigured contemporary holistic approaches to astrology as therapy.
Grant Hemingway said The Perfect Introduction To The Great Marsilio Ficino. Marsilio Ficino is perhaps one of the most overlooked figures of the Italian Renaissance. I have long been interested in the relationship between Platonism and Christianity and just completed my MA dissertation on the topic. While I focused more on the early influence of Neoplatonism on Augustine of Hippo it was Ficino's work that first highlighted the importance of the relating Greek philosophy and the Christian religion. This vol. More Ficino please! D. F. Cicora There is a very good biographical introduction to Marisilio Ficino, his world, and contemporaries in this book. Anyone who studies the Renaissance, the history of Italy, and is even seeking some background into later European history absolutely needs to become familiar with and attempt to understand Ficino and his influences. It is a reasonably well balanced portrayal of Ficino's beliefs and his impact through his translations of P. Treating esotericism esoterically This volume in the Western Esoteric Masters series is devoted to Marsilio Ficino (1Treating esotericism esoterically Ashtar Command This volume in the Western Esoteric Masters series is devoted to Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), the Florentine philosopher who played a central role in resurrecting the Hermetic and Neo-Platonic traditions during the Renaissance. Ficino's single most important contribution was translating the Hermetic corpus from Greek to Latin. For some reason, this volume “only” deals with Ficino's astrological speculations. That is not. 33-1Treating esotericism esoterically Ashtar Command This volume in the Western Esoteric Masters series is devoted to Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), the Florentine philosopher who played a central role in resurrecting the Hermetic and Neo-Platonic traditions during the Renaissance. Ficino's single most important contribution was translating the Hermetic corpus from Greek to Latin. For some reason, this volume “only” deals with Ficino's astrological speculations. That is not. 99), the Florentine philosopher who played a central role in resurrecting the Hermetic and Neo-Platonic traditions during the Renaissance. Ficino's single most important contribution was translating the Hermetic corpus from Greek to Latin. For some reason, this volume “only” deals with Ficino's astrological speculations. That is not