
Esotericism • Magic and ancient beliefs
Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh
The book represents the most ambitious attempt by the Baigent-Leigh duo (authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail) to show how Western culture, art, science, and politics from the Renaissance to the present day are actually the fruit of a single, millennia-old o
The authors trace the “hermetic thread” from ancient Egypt and Alexandria through the Arab alchemists, Templars, Cathars and troubadours to the Renaissance magicians (Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola, John Dee), the Rosicrucian circles of the 17th century, Freemasonry of the 18th century and all the way to contemporary esoteric societies.
Key theses:
- Hermeticism was not only a “mysti...
Stari grad, 2000.Hardcover.