HIST 421 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Picatrix, Judicial Astrology
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Lecture 6 - new varieties of the occult. Had to think about christian leaders like saint augustine who as he gold older took the view of the demonizers and argued anything was magical would be carried out by demons. Someone like abulmashar was essentially saying astrology was a valuable science because it was mathematic like astronomy. Some of the arab works praised astrology very highly. Astrology is the highest science because it deals with the stars which are close to god. Arguing for the validity or something like astrology where there seemed to be visible proof. The acceptance of astrology in areas like medicine and the weather. One could argue that what they are dealing with influences for god - come from god through the planets and god. Therefore they are valid and acceptable christian influences. Aristotle argued for the distinction between matter and the identity of an actual creature.
