Magia naturalis

work by Porta

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In Giambattista della Porta
His major work is Magia naturalis (4 books, 1558; “Natural Magic”; 2nd ed., in 20 books, 1589), in which he treats the wonders and marvels of the natural world as phenomena underlain by a rational order that can be divined and manipulated by the natural philosopher through theoretical speculation…
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