Terror of History: Mystics, Heretics, and Witches in the Western Tradition

The Mysteries of the Renaissance (1x14)

Air date: Jan 01, 2002

We move from millenarian movements to a discussion of Renaissance concerns with "deep time," the recovery of what were thought to be the most ancient forms of knowledge. The lecture outlines briefly the different intellectual influences on the development of mysteries: hermeticism, astrology, alchemy, and magic.