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Agrippa published massive esoteric texts

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If you are going to compile all the weird, hidden knowledge of the Renaissance into one place, you might as well make it heavy enough to be a weapon. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa wrote three dense books compiling the era's bizarre philosophies, immediately ensuring he would be entirely misunderstood and despised by authorities.

Agrippa published massive esoteric texts
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