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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
German occult writer (1486–1535)
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (; German:[aˈgʀɪpa]; 14 September 1486 – 18 February 1535) was a German Renaissancepolymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, knight, theologian, and occult writer.
Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy published in 1533 drew heavily upon Kabbalah, Hermeticism, and Neoplatonism. His book was widely influential among esotericists of the early modern period, and was condemned as heretical by the inquisitor of Cologne.[1]
Early life and education
Agrippa was born in Nettesheim, near Cologne on 14 September 1486 to a family of middle nobility.[2] Many members of his family had been in the service of the House of Habsburg.[3] Agrippa studied at the University of Cologne from 1499 to 1502, (age 13–16) when he received the degree of magister artium.[2] The University of Cologne was one of the centers of Thomism, and the f
