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El mito del mago

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El mito del mago

El mito del mago

E. M. Butler, University of Cambridge
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    El mago, figura legendaria de poderes sobrehumanos, es uno de los principales arquetipos del mito y la religión de muchas culturas. Tras fijar sus orígines antropológicos en antiguos rituales llevados a cabo por un chamán o un brujo para asegurar la prosperidad de su tribu, E. M. Butler analiza su posterior desarrollo en los filósofos religiosos y místicos precristianos, en los hechiceros y alquimistas medievales y, finalmente, en el renacimiento esotérico de los siglos XVIII y XIX. De Zoroastro a Salomón, de Merlín a Fausto, de Cagliostro a Rasputín, este fascinante estudio explora las leyendas del Mago y analiza, allí donde es posible, sus conexiones históricas.
    'Lectura deliciosa y muy instructiva.' Bertrand Russell

    'Erudito, original y ameno'. The Times Literary Supplement

    'Este libro está lleno de valiosas historias y de un rico e interesante material. Constituye una excelente lectura.' Washington Post

    • a fascinating account of the legendary magician of superhuman powers, from pre-Christain times to the nineteenth century
    • Zoroaster, Merlin, Faust and Rasputin are among the numerous sorcerers and occultists discussed
    • highly readable and entertaining: plenty of information presented in a stimulating style

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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • Ilustraciones
    • Prefacio
    • Introducción: orígenes (a) El héroe ritual (b) El médico profesional
    • PARTE I. LA EDAD DE ORO:
    • 1. Los hombres sabios del Este (a) Los Reyes Magos (b) Zoroastro
    • 2. Los hombres santos hebreos (a) Moisés (b) Salomón
    • 3. Los sabios de Grecia (a) Pitágoras (b) Apolonio de Tiana
    • 4. La caída del mago (a) Cristo (b) Simón el Mago
    • PARTE II. LOS SIGLOS OSCUROS:
    • 5. Bajo la nube Cristiana (a) Cipriano (b) Teófilo (c) Gerberto
    • 6. Sombras post-paganas (a) Virgilio (b) Merlín
    • 7. Bajo un cielo negro (a) Zito (b) Juana y Gilles (c) El doctor Fausto (d) Fray Bacon
    • 8. A la luz del día (a) Dee y Kelley (b) Gauffridi y Grandier
    • PARTE III. EL REGRESO DE LOS MAGOS 9. Aristeas redivivus
    • 10. El hombre misterioso
    • 11. El Gran Copht
    • 12. Madame y los maestros
    • 13. El 'Diablo Santo'
    • Conclusión
    • Selección bibliográfica
    • Indice alfabético.
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