{"id":4,"count":5,"description":"In the 16th century, the prominent occult writer Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa compiled all contemporary magical knowledge into a series called <i>De Occulta Philosophia<\/i>. This is the third volume of a set of magical treatises which represents all occult knowledge of the 16th century. Created as a contribution to philosophical discussion, <i>De Occulta Philosophia<\/i> examines ceremonial magic, which invokes and binds spirits. According to Agrippa, it should only be practiced and discussed with respect for God and the hierarchy of angels. ","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/bookhistory2020\/section\/alchemy\/","name":"Alchemy &amp; Astronomy","slug":"alchemy","taxonomy":"section","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/section"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/bookhistory2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/item?section=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}