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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

1486–1535 · Germany
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

Description

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim was a German Renaissance polymath, physician, legal scholar, alchemist, soldier, knight, theologian, and occult writer.

Facts

Born14 September 1486, Nettersheim, Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire
Died18 February 1535(1535-02-18) (aged 48), Grenoble, Kingdom of France
OccupationsOccult writer, theologian, physician, legal expert, soldier
Known forNatural magic
Alma materUniversity of Cologne
InstitutionsUniversity of Dole, University of Pavia

Life & work in brief

Summarised by section — one row per topic, for fast reading.

Work / contributionSignificance
Early life and educationAgrippa was born in Nettesheim, near Cologne, on 14 September 1486, to a family of middle nobility.
Military careerIn 1508 Agrippa traveled to Spain to work as a mercenary.
Academic careerAgrippa's academic career began in 1509, receiving the patronage of Margaret of Austria, governor of Franche-Comté, and Antoine de Vergy, archbishop of Besançon and chancellor of the University of Dole.
WorksAgrippa is perhaps best known for his books.

Contribution to the celestial-alphabet tradition

Author of De occulta philosophia and systematiser of Renaissance stellar-kabbalistic magic. He tabulates the 7 planetary kameot (magic squares) and the sigil-on-kamea method — the apparatus this project's Kameot and Sigil tabs reproduce. The 7-squares ↔ 7-doubles ↔ 7-planets correspondence is Renaissance (Agrippa, 1531), not medieval Jewish.

In the Luco Library
Three Books of Occult Philosophy
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim

The planetary kameot — the apparatus they worked with

The 7 magic squares ↔ 7 doubles ↔ 7 planets (Sefer Yetzirah §4). Each square's order n gives a distinct sigil modulus; the constant is M = n(n²+1)/2. Saturn 3×3 = the Lo Shu (M=15), the basis of the Aiq-Bekar sigil method. Caveat (§6.3 / §15b.3): the sigil-over-kamea method is Renaissance (Agrippa, 1531), not medieval Jewish.

♄ Saturn3×3
8
1
6
3
5
7
4
9
2
double ב · M=15
♃ Jupiter4×4
16
2
3
13
5
11
10
8
9
7
6
12
4
14
15
1
double ג · M=34
♂ Mars5×5
17
24
1
8
15
23
5
7
14
16
4
6
13
20
22
10
12
19
21
3
11
18
25
2
9
double ד · M=65
☉ Sun6×6
35
1
6
26
19
24
3
32
7
21
23
25
31
9
2
22
27
20
8
28
33
17
10
15
30
5
34
12
14
16
4
36
29
13
18
11
double כ · M=111
♀ Venus7×7
30
39
48
1
10
19
28
38
47
7
9
18
27
29
46
6
8
17
26
35
37
5
14
16
25
34
36
45
13
15
24
33
42
44
4
21
23
32
41
43
3
12
22
31
40
49
2
11
20
double פ · M=175
☿ Mercury8×8
64
2
3
61
60
6
7
57
9
55
54
12
13
51
50
16
17
47
46
20
21
43
42
24
40
26
27
37
36
30
31
33
32
34
35
29
28
38
39
25
41
23
22
44
45
19
18
48
49
15
14
52
53
11
10
56
8
58
59
5
4
62
63
1
double ר · M=260
☽ Moon9×9
47
58
69
80
1
12
23
34
45
57
68
79
9
11
22
33
44
46
67
78
8
10
21
32
43
54
56
77
7
18
20
31
42
53
55
66
6
17
19
30
41
52
63
65
76
16
27
29
40
51
62
64
75
5
26
28
39
50
61
72
74
4
15
36
38
49
60
71
73
3
14
25
37
48
59
70
81
2
13
24
35
double ת · M=369

Lineage — influence tree

Where Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa sits in the magi lineage: who shaped this figure, and who this figure shaped in turn. Mage names link to their own ficha.