4. European Renaissance to Romanticism - Ghosts #4

05/07/2025 8 min
4. European Renaissance to Romanticism - Ghosts #4

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4. European Renaissance to Romanticism - Ghosts #4Renaissance magic took a revived interest in the occult, including necromancy. In the era of the Reformation and Counter Reformation, there was frequently a backlash against unwholesome interest in the dark arts, typified by writers such as Thomas Erastus. The Swiss Reformed pastor Ludwig Lavater supplied one of the most frequently reprinted books of the period with his Of Ghosts and Spirits Walking By Night.