Harmony and the Measure of Man

About this book

Why do two strings sound in agreement? Why was the human body drawn inside a circle and a square? This notebook is the fourth of Book II in a series that divides Agrippa's work by theme. It contains Book II, chapters 23–28: geometrical figures and the five Platonic bodies; musical harmony and the old stories of its power; sound and concord; the agreement of harmony with the heavens, where each planet is given its string and its mode; the proportion and measure of man's body, with the seven figures of the original edition — man in a circle, in a square, in a pentagram, in the square of the zodiac, in the circle of the planets, the square of measures and the palm with the planets; and the composition of the human soul.

What is inside

• 6 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
• 6 original illustrations in an antique archival style, plus the seven figures of the measure of man from the 1533 edition
• 2 printable charts: the concords of music (octave, fifth, fourth, the tones of the planets and the three means) and the measure of man (foot, palm, cubit and the proportions of the body)
• foreword, closing words and a 33-term glossary

Who it is for

Readers of sacred geometry, music history, Renaissance art and the Western esoteric tradition who want the original text made readable — and honestly explained.

About the series

1 The Power of Numbers · 2 The Sacred Numbers · 3 Marks and the Tables of the Planets · 4 Harmony and the Measure of Man · 5 Observations of the Heavens · 6 Images, Talismans and Characters · 7 The Soul of the World. Each notebook sold separately.

A historical text, not a manual.