THE HISTORY OF MAGIC · LESSON 4 OF 7 · 16 MIN
The Renaissance Magi
Ficino, Pico, Reuchlin, Trithemius, Bruno and Dee — magic as the height of learning.
For about two centuries, from the 1460s to the 1600s, magic stood near the summit of European learning. The "magus" was not a village cunning man but a philosopher, physician and scholar who believed he could understand — and work with — the hidden harmony of the cosmos.