Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. The Magus Anatomized: The Case of Faustus 1
4. Chapter One Criticism and Experiment: Medieval Magi 17
5. Chapter Two Power over Nature: Art, Engineering, and Humanism 49
6. Chapter Three The Learned Magus: Pico and Ficino 90
7. Chapter Four Johannes Trithemius: Magic and the Book 125
8. Chapter Five Occult Philosophy in Theory and Practice: Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa 172
9. Notes 221
10. Acknowledgments 281
11. Index 283