Dan Attrell

On Medieval Lapidaries, Magic Stones, and Hermetic Talismans [Interview with Vajra Reagan]

Added 2023-12-18 15:53:16 +0000 UTC

A discussion between myself and Vajra Reagan on Lapidaries, Magic Stones, and Hermetic Talismans in the Medieval Latin West. Vajra Reagan is a PhD student at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Medieval Studies. He is the author of “The Hermetic Origins of the Liber sigillorum of Techel” and “The De consecratione lapidum: A Previously Unknown Thirteenth-Century Version of the Liber Almandal Salomonis, Newly Introduced with a Critical Edition and Translation” and the following recording is a discussion about his research into lapidaries and magic stones and their role in shaping the intellectual landscape of the Medieval Latin West.

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