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‘Magus’ Review: Natural Magic in Renaissance Europe
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoDoctor Faustus was a real person—a conduit, said some (including Martin Luther) for diabolic magic. The Dutch physician Johann Wier wrote, in apparent...
How to speak with angels and summon demons
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe French philosopher Charles de Bovelles long recalled the horror of a stay in 1504 with the abbot Johannes Trithemius. There, Bovelles read the...
The bargain we could see back then
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 7 months ago“O my prophetic soul!” Shakespeare’s Hamlet exclaims when his father’s ghost reveals that his brother had murdered him to claim the throne and, along with it, his wife, the queen. Actually, ...
101 Valentine’s Day quotes to express all your love on February 14
TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoNeed a romantic message to express your love this February 14? Use one of these Valentine's Day...
These are the books Memphis-area high school students are reading. Educators explain why
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Commercial Appeal spoke to local school leaders and asked what books high schoolers were reading...
