Machine-assisted translation. The original Russian publication is linked below.
Preceptor and Chronicler of Ways Larson, Preceptory of Axis Mundi.
We are starting a series of posts dedicated to magicians and occultists of the past. And the first will be about Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim (1486–1535), a German humanist, doctor, lawyer, theologian and alchemist, whose life was spent constantly wandering around Europe. He managed to be both a military man in the service of Emperor Maximilian I and a court historiographer, but he entered history thanks to his fundamental work “On Occult Philosophy” (De Occulta Philosophia).
His assemblage point was at the transition between the 3rd and 4th caste. His character was methodical, the ability to concentrate and work with a large volume of materials. Towards the systematization of knowledge. Quite good oratory skills set him apart from others. His good academic education also helped him in this. But there was also mediumship. Good intuition helped him out more than once, but he did not always hear it. Sometimes he heard more of tips and his own thoughts. Another thing was more important - his “sticking”, as happens with many mediums, on people and ideas. At first, he studied the topic as earnestly as possible, and then disappointment set in, and he, fed up with the proximity to the self-imposed authority, turned around and ran away from him. And then he started looking and quickly found a new one. I was fascinated by it, flew up like a butterfly to a fire, got burned and ran away. But, with each such hobby, thanks to his efficiency, passion and consistency, he made good progress in the subject. This allowed him to work as a doctor and a lawyer and a military man and he was not kicked out of anywhere as a charlatan.
He felt women well and knew how to gain their trust. No, he was not a womanizer - he was not interested in that. He was more interested in ideas and concepts (after all, he went to the 4th caste and one of his strong allies helped him with this). But the third caste didn’t let me go either - I wanted to prove the “truth” and argue with people. It is possible that during his lifetime he did not become a strong magician, but his work “On Occult Philosophy” (by the way, at the end of his life he disowned it, but the book had already sold out and was rewritten many times), inspired subsequent generations to study the occult and magic, for which they are grateful to him.
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