Internationally renowned scholars will gather at Princeton Thursday and Friday, Feb. 10-11, for a conference on "Renaissance Magic: Performance, Technology, Theater." The event, sponsored by the ...
One has to admire Philip Ball's courageous undertaking in writing a biography of Paracelsus, arguably the most controversial medical writer in the Renaissance. Not only are the works of Paracelsus' ...
Magic is halfway between science and religion. Hear me out, secularists, hear me out. Religion is concerned with a spiritual realm beyond the visible world. Science only accepts – for practical ...