Dreams, the Soul and the Imagination

About this book

Can a dream foretell the future? Can fear or joy change the body — and can a strong imagination act on another person? This beautifully illustrated notebook is the sixth in a series that divides Agrippa's work by theme. It contains Book I, chapters 58–68: the reviving of the seemingly dead, long sleep and fasting, divination through dreams, ecstasy and the power of melancholy, the makeup of man — the senses, the mind and the threefold appetite of the soul — the passions of the soul and how they change the body, the power of imagination over one's own and other bodies, and how the mind was believed to join with the heavens and bind lower things.

What is inside

• 11 complete chapters of Agrippa's text, nothing shortened
• every chapter in four parts: In Agrippa's words · In plain words · Terms (with the Latin) · Historical note — where the idea comes from and what modern science says
• 11 original illustrations in an antique archival style
• 2 printable charts: the powers of the soul from the outer senses to the mind, and the passions of the soul
• foreword, closing words and a 61-term glossary

Who it is for

Readers of Hermeticism, alchemy, Renaissance history and the Western esoteric tradition who want the original text made readable — and honestly explained.

About the series

1 Magic and the Four Elements · 2 Occult Virtues, Sympathies and Antipathies · 3 The World of the Planets · 4 Talismans, Fumigations and Rings · 5 Light, Fascination and Divination · 6 Dreams, the Soul and the Imagination · 7 The Power of Words and Letters. Each notebook sold separately.

A historical text, not a manual or medical advice.