The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 8 of 14 - The Occult Philosophy III

Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.

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[davidfwooldridge]

I’ve been watching this series and the series on the Kabbalah you did and I appreciate how much you make context front and center. I feel like if you did a series about StarWars you’d have two episodes to start just describing the national mood of the post-Vietnam 70s to put the story in its proper time and place, and I like that.

[room]

I had no idea who Agrippa was before I started watching this series. You saying you didn't want to summarize and just prepare students for a critical read of the source text, has made me start reading the D.O.P. and many other relevant texts. Can't extend my appreciation enough, you have achieved exactly what you have set out to do and it's astonishing, truly wonderful and puts history as a whole into perspective for a neuroscientist like me with an interest in religiousness.

[anglerfish]

One of my favorite parts of the lectures is the metaphors Justin comes up with to explain difficult ideas. It helps a lot. Besides, you can't go wrong with a sentence that starts with "God is a ball of dough".

[angelwhitewolf]

In my ignorance, I used to view Agripa as an ocultist; now, I view him as a true mystic who achieved enlightenment, any my respect for him and his genius has increased dramatically.

[DevinSIDScott]

Best series yet. I get excited for each new episode. Thank you for doing this, it's just incredible.

[penguinlordalan]

I'm far from ever putting it into play but this channel has given me a ton of inspiration for 2 different games. One a TTRPG inspired by history, the workings of the divine world within Kabala, and the ancient idea of cities having patron Deities. The other has been flip flopping on what it is based on with what ever the newest inspiration I've been hit with but currently it's my deep appreciation of Aggripa, The idea in Kabala of a Divine language (and the idea that a thing is is because of what it is divinely named) and Alchemy. The latter project is still incredibly early in its progress but I will be buying a copy of the 3 Books of Occult Philosophy sooner than later to deep dive into the ideas within.

[Dan-jv]

This blew my mind. The parallels between this and Zen Buddhism is crazy!

[adambernache]

The intro is filmed so well. It's insane. Good job.

[sabiticus]

Funny you should mention turning this into a game mechanic. I am! I am using the old D20 Modern system as the basis (It's a very flexible system), and developing a magic mechanics around "real world" traditions. Right now I am going heavy on Hermeticism, and I need to get all learned about Kabbalah, because those paths cross a lot. And then Gnosticism, which will be a very different kind of magic. Intelligence driven divine magic. I am currently subdividing the Hermetic Tradition into Philosophies (Agrippan, Solomonic, Enochian, etc.). After that, maybe another magic tradition, or I'll start tackling religion. Speaking of, it's funny how connected magic and religion are in the real world. Keeping them separate in game terms is tricky. And now I find out Agrippa put little stock in intellect. So now the Aggripan Mage will have Wisdom as the main attribute, rather than Intelligence. That's actually kind of cool. I love your work, man!

[adamharper]

I really enjoy these sessions on Agrippa...his ideology and mine are aligned even though I had never read any of his work, but I will be now

[pattimctier]

This is the best video I’ve ever seen to explain the mechanism of enlightenment. I am sending this to so many people who are interested in true knowledge 🥰🧐

[colekrambeer]

I think the whole "the goal is felicity and not power" point is much more widely applicable than it seems at first. With any kind of knowledge, the goal should be understanding the world around you first and gaining power second (instruction manuals aside of course)

[bobhope]

As a glassblower, I fully approve of your uranium goblet!

[mikeflannery]

Thanks! A gem of a lecture as always! If you have told us the best place to buy his three books in english( most accurate translations) I missed it.. I would love to buy these for reference and study on my next listen thru this series.

[Nazareneanobis]

I've throughly enjoyed this class!! I love Agrippa!! Excot3s to see what other classes you come up with!! Thank you Justin, you are awesome!!!

[michaelshelton]

I know this comment is off topic, done several videos on how Yahweh became God. I would definitely tune in if you did a series on how Satan became the Devil.

[pedrogabrielribeiro]

...posted right when I finished the previous episode! Marvelous!

[incsic]

Very interesting Series on How agrippa views the world . Thank you for giving this out for free

[monstermoonshine]

Interesting. The view that magical powers are by-products, not the goal, is similar to the Buddhists' view regarding Abhijñā (powers like telepathy, clairaudience, clairvoyance, etc. that one gains along the path of attaining enlightenment), that one should not pay too much attention to it

[mrpocock]

This lecture series is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for this.