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Lives of the Necromancers

Lives of the Necromancers

Goodwin, William
Comegna, Anthony

Paperback

Series: Libertarianism.Org Classics, Book 1

PhilosophyLiterary CriticismOccult

ISBN10: 194442458X
ISBN13: 9781944424589
Publisher: Cato Inst
Published: Oct 3 2017
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.53 Width: 4.72 Depth: 7.48
Language: English

William Godwin's Lives of the Necromancers was an exceptional libertarian author's most unusual book. Exposing all things occult, Godwin takes us from the mists of ancient existence to the dawning of modernity. Throughout the ages, there have been those who would keep knowledge secret, monopolizing its power for their own aggrandizement. Those wealthy, powerful, and educated few who could best exploit the people's credulity could best satisfy the will to power. Christianity and Renaissance combined to break the knowledge-monopolists' power and occultists gradually became relegated to the ranks of court astrologers, advisors, fever-brained mystics, and peripatetic hucksters. Godwin leaves readers with a confident assertion that witchcraft has left the world, dispelled by the light of science and reason. Modern readers, however, will no doubt leave this volume wondering--who are our Necromancers? What wonders might they be keeping from us? And to what end?

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