THE HISTORY OF MAGIC · LESSON 3 OF 7 · 15 MIN
Medieval Magic — Monks, Necromancers & the Picatrix
Natural and demonic magic, the Arabic inheritance, and the clerical grimoire.
Medieval Europe did not reject magic so much as argue endlessly about it. Theologians, physicians and monks all accepted that hidden powers existed; the question was where they came from — nature, the stars, angels or demons.