Musical Backgrounds for English Literature, 1580-1650Greenwood Press, 1976 - 292 pages
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Gretchen Ludke Finney. spiritual being . Outward material form varied in correspon- dence with the subtlety of its spirit . Demons and genii were " personalized " world spirit , clothed in air . Angels were pure spirit , with no visible ...
Gretchen Ludke Finney. spiritual being . Outward material form varied in correspon- dence with the subtlety of its spirit . Demons and genii were " personalized " world spirit , clothed in air . Angels were pure spirit , with no visible ...
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... world spirit and infuse it in a philo- sopher's stone which could then , it was believed , be used to cure all human ills . Music , as well as plants or stones or talismans , was thought to transmit celestial spirit and influence . On ...
... world spirit and infuse it in a philo- sopher's stone which could then , it was believed , be used to cure all human ills . Music , as well as plants or stones or talismans , was thought to transmit celestial spirit and influence . On ...
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... world and the souls of the spheres and stars . ' >>> 26 Ficino avoided the idolatry inherent in Hermes ' state- ment . Demons and genii , like angels , were world spirit , but they were personalized world spirit , and because they were ...
... world and the souls of the spheres and stars . ' >>> 26 Ficino avoided the idolatry inherent in Hermes ' state- ment . Demons and genii , like angels , were world spirit , but they were personalized world spirit , and because they were ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
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