14th September 1486, birth of German polymath, physician, and occult writer Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, one of the major figures of the Occult Renaissance. Writing in his major work ‘De occulta philosophia libri tres’ (Three Books Concerning Occult Philosophy), published between 1531 and 1533; Agrippa formulated a vision of magic whereby the natural world combined with the celestial and the divine. The book was a major influence on fellow Occult Renaissance figures such as Giordano Bruno and John Dee. Agrippa also wrote and compiled older occult works such as the Ars Notoria, the fifth and oldest book from ‘The Lesser Key of Solomon’, also known as the ‘Clavicula Salomonis Regis’, an anonymous grimoire (or spell book) on demonology. The Ars Notoria contains a series of prayers, and learning interspersed with magical words, to master eidetic memory, (the ability to recall images, sounds, or objects after only a few instants of exposure) and instantaneous learning to the magician. Despite being known to the Inquisition, which tried to stop the printing of De occulta philosophia, he was never tried by them, and died of natural causes on this day. Rumours continued to circulate however of his occultist involvement, Agrippa’s dog it was claimed had jumped into the River Rhone, as he was dying, a clear sign that his dog was really a demon. 16th September 1498, death of Castilian Dominican friar, and first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition Tomas de Torquemada, known as the "the hammer of heretics”. The association of the Spanish Inquisition with religious fanaticism, brutal torture and horror stems from de Torquemada, whose fifteen year reign turned the Inquisition from a single tribunal in Seville Spain, (Continued in the comments) #occulthistory #occult #occultism #occultismart #agrippa #occultphilosophy #johndee #arsnotoria #grimoire #grimoirepages #inquisition #spanishinquisition #15thcentury #renaissance #renaissancehistory #occultist #occultists #darkhistory #macabrehistory #magick #magickal #lesserkeyofsolomon #occultbooks #gothichistory #historystory #historyfacts #hiddenhistory #historicaltales #historicalfacts https://www.instagram.com/p/CT7b4YVlCox/?utm_medium=tumblr