Since the dawn of history people have used charms and spells to try to control their environment, and forms of divination to try to foresee the otherwise unpred

In the Palace of Versailles there is a fabulous golden clock, made for Louis XV by the king’s engineer, Claude-Siméon Passemant. The astronomical clock shows

Witches, ghosts, fairies. Premodern Europe was filled with strange creatures, with the devil lurking behind them all. But were his powers real? Did his powers h

Similarities between esoteric and mystical currents in different religious traditions have long interested scholars. This book takes a new look at the relations

This title presents the European Reformation as seen through the life of an important but little-known participant—Philipp of Hesse, a nobleman who became a R