Renaissance magic

Renaissance magic was a resurgence in Hermeticism and Neo-Platonic varieties of the magical arts which arose along with Renaissance humanism in the 15th and 16th centuries CE. These magical arts (called artes magicae) were divided into seven types. There was great uncertainty in distinguishing practices of superstition, occultism, and perfectly sound scholarly knowledge or pious ritual. The intellectual and spiritual tensions erupted in the Early Modern witch craze, further reinforced by the turmoil of the Protestant Reformation, especially in Germany, England, and Scotland. Black magic The seven artes magicae or artes prohibitae, arts prohibited by canon law, as expounded by Johannes Hartlieb in 1456, their sevenfold partition reflecting that of the artes liberales and artes mechanicae, were: nigromancy ('black magic', demonolatry) geomancy hydromancy aeromancy pyromancy chiromancy scapulimancy The division between the four "elemental" disciplines (viz., geomancy, hydromancy, aeromancy, pyromancy) is somewhat contrived. Chiromancy is the divination from a subject's palms as practiced by the Romani (at the time recently arrived in Europe), and scapulimancy is the divination from animal bones, in particular shoulder blades, as practiced in peasant superstition. Nigromancy contrasts with this as scholarly "high magic" derived from High Medieval grimoires such as the Picatrix or the Liber Rasielis. Both bourgeoisie and nobility in the 15th and 16th centuries showed great fascination with the seven artes magicae, which exerted an exotic charm by their ascription to Arabic, Jewish, Romani, and Egyptian sources. There was great uncertainty in distinguishing practices of vain superstition, blasphemous occultism, and perfectly sound scholarly knowledge or pious ritual. Intellectual and spiritual tensions erupted in the Early Modern witch craze, further reinforced by the turmoils of the Protestant Reformation, especially in Germany, England, and Scotland.

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Natural magic

Natural magic in the context of Renaissance magic is that part of the occult which deals with natural forces directly, as opposed to ceremonial magic which deals with the summoning of spirits. Natural magic sometimes makes use of physical substances from the natural world such as stones or herbs. Natural magic so defined includes astrology, alchemy, and disciplines that we would today consider fields of natural science, such as astronomy and chemistry (which developed and diverged from astrology and alchemy, respectively, into the modern sciences they are today) or botany (from herbology).

Chiromancie

La chiromancie \ki.ʁɔ.mɑ̃.si\ est une pratique divinatoire consistant à interpréter les lignes et les autres signes de la paume de la main. Chaque élément étudié (la forme des mains, les monts et les sillons, les ongles et la position des doigts) est rattaché à un aspect de la personnalité. La chiromancie est une méthode assez codifiée, mais il s'agit néanmoins d'une pseudo-science : aucune étude scientifique n'a jamais corroboré ses postulats.

Scapulomancie

La scapulomancie, ou spatulomancie (du latin spatula, « omoplate »), autrefois appelée omoplatoscopie, est une forme d’ostéomancie qui consiste en la divination par l’examen d'omoplates d’animaux, et par extension d’autres parties osseuses plates comme les plastrons de carapace de tortue (pour lesquels existe le terme « plastromancie », assez peu utilisé). Elle fut pratiquée dans de nombreux endroits du monde : Europe, Afrique du Nord, Proche et Moyen-Orient, Nord-Est asiatique et Amérique du Nord.