2 Natural magic: The basilisk and the Lodestone

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Abbreviations xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Monks and their magic texts at St. Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury 5
8. 2 Natural magic: The basilisk and the Lodestone 31
9. 3 The liber vaccae: magical uses of monstrous creations 49
10. 4 Image magic: harnessing power in the harmonious universe 73
11. 5 The liber de essentia spirituum: magic, revelation, and fellowship with spirits 93
12. 6 The ars notoria and its monastic audience 112
13. Epilogue: John Dee, St. Augustine’s manuscripts, and renaissance magic 131
14. Appendix 1 Translation of the Glossulae super Librum imaginum lunae, Oxford, Corpus Christi College 125, fols. 109r–110v 141
15. Appendix 2 Translation of the Liber de essentia spirituum, Oxford, Corpus Christi College 125, fols. 169–173 147
16. Notes 161
17. Selected Bibliography 215
18. Index 225