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Magia e scienza nell'età moderna. Spiriti, effluvi e fenomeni occulti (2022)

Parigi, Silvia (Author)

Carocci Editore
Publication date: 2022
Language: Italian

ISBN: 9788829012510

Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: 212

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Tarantism Occult sciences Natural magic Miracles Physics Natural philosophy Cabinets of curiosities Magnetism Magic Renaissance Early modern

L’età moderna non è solo un’età di scoperte geografiche e scientifiche, nella quale aspetti del reale precedentemente ignoti o invisibili vengono resi manifesti. La curiosità che domina questo periodo ha un altro vasto campo d’indagine: i fenomeni occulti. Sono effetti visibili di cause invisibili, eventi osservabili di cui si ignorano le ragioni; disobbedienti alle regole codificate di una natura conforme a leggi, si collocano ai confini di molte discipline, perché si trovano ai limiti della natura stessa. I "mirabilia naturae" comprendono i fenomeni elettrici, magnetici e gravitazionali, destinati a diventare rilevanti per una comprensione scientifica del mondo, accanto alle teorie della fascinazione, alle voglie materne, alla rabdomanzia, al tarantismo, alla medicina magnetica. I prodigi della natura e dell’immaginazione costituiscono altrettanti capitoli della storia e della magia naturale: si spiegano con le qualità occulte universali della simpatia e dell’antipatia, veicolate dagli spiriti o dagli effluvi. Quel vasto repertorio di esempi, passato al vaglio di un incessante lavoro di analisi, confluisce infine nella filosofia naturale corpuscolare. La storia della lenta e incerta ridefinizione dei confini tra i "mirabilia", i "naturalia", e i "miracula" soprannaturali è l’oggetto di questo libro. [Abstract translated by Google Translate: This is the abstract in English… The early modern age is not just a time of geographical and scientific discoveries, in which previously unknown or invisible aspects of reality are made manifest. The curiosity that dominates this period has another vast field of investigation: occult phenomena. They are visible effects of invisible causes, observable events whose reasons are unknown; disobedient to the codified rules of a nature conforming to laws, they are placed at the borders of many disciplines, because they are at the limits of nature itself. The "mirabilia naturae" include electrical, magnetic and gravitational phenomena, alongside the theories of fascination, maternal birthmarks, dowsing, tarantism, magnetic medicine. The wonders of nature and imagination constitute as many chapters of history and natural magic: they are explained by the universal occult qualities of sympathy and antipathy, conveyed by spirits or scents. That vast repertoire of examples, passed to the scrutiny of an incessant work of analysis, finally flows into the corpuscular natural philosophy. The story of the slow and uncertain redefinition of the boundaries between the "mirabilia," the "naturalia," and the supernatural "miracula" is the subject of this book.]

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