The Magical Amulets of the Ancient Sages and Bibliotheca Necromantica by Johannes Trithemius (Author)

The Magical Amulets of the Ancient Sages and Bibliotheca Necromantica by Johannes Trithemius (Author)Other authors: Robert Nixon (Translator)Hadean Press Limited (2023), Hardcover, 92 pages Condition: New / Unread In the year 1482, on a freezing, winter night in the midst of a heavy snowstorm, a solitary and penniless young man, fleeing from an abusive and violent home, sought refuge in a Benedictine monastery in the German province of Sponheim. This young man was the legendary Johannes Trithemius. Within a few months of his entrance into the monastery, he attained the position of abbot, and very soon after, he established himself as the friend and confidante of the Emperor and the trusted advisor on occult and spiritual matters to most of the German nobility. His students included Agrippa and Paracelsus. Trithemius was esteemed as the most learned man of his age, and wrote extensively on cryptography, alchemy, angelic magic, witchcraft, history, theology, and philosophy. An avid bibli