Dear Khem,
Thank you for the reference to John Selden; I'll look into his work.
My thesis of 178 pages shows that Jacques Lefèvre d' Étaples didn't leave
behind his earlier teachings, as accepted History would have it. He didn't
decry Magic, he embraced it. The Vatican has held four out of the six books
of Lefèvre's treatise, De Magia naturali, for hundreds of years. The 1493 De
Magia is the only of Lefèvre's writings and works that was never published,
probably for fear of the censure Simon de Phares had recently incurred.
Eventually as it turned out, Lefèvre had to flee the Sorbonne anyway, taking
final refuge in the high castle-fort at Nérac.
Book II, which he calls "Pythagorean philosophy", can be categorized as
Christian Kabbalah alongside some of Pico della Mirandola's works. My
thesis, listed below, cites enough of my transcription of the Olomouc
manuscript, and translation/commentary in-progress (so far mostly on Book
II), to support my arguments.
The information below was cut and pasted from the CSUSM Library catalog, at
this site http://pac.csusm.edu/search~S5/a?Evans%2C+Kathryn+LaFevers
Author Evans, Kathryn LaFevers
Title 'De magia naturali' - On natural magic, by Jacques Lefèvre d' Étaples
: coincidence of opposites, the Trinity and prisca theologia / Kathryn
LaFevers Evans
Imprint 2006
LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
ARCHIVES LD729.6.S55.A3 E925 2006 BINDERY
4th Floor Stacks LD729.6.S55.A3 E925 2006 BINDERY
Location ARCHIVES & Book Stacks
Phys descr 178 leaves ; 28 cm
Note Abstract
Thesis (M.A.)--California State University San Marcos, 2006
Bibliog Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-178)
Subject Lefèvre d' Étaples, Jacques, d.1536 -- Criticism and interpretation
California State University San Marcos. College of Arts and Sciences --
Dissertations
Philosophy and religion
Symbolism of numbers
Genre/form CSUSM thesis (Literature and Writing Studies)
Alt author Lefèvre d' Étaples, Jacques d.1536
OCLC # 73267755
At the recommendation of the Library, I obtained the copyright myself, since
CSUSM does not hold it. After four years of research, I completed the
thesis/book in July 2006, officially graduating in August 2006, and yet the
book is still "at the bindery."
At the request of the Columbia University librarian, I have recently
provided them with a bound copy of my thesis for use by researchers there,
since my manuscript research was completed through their Rare Book &
Manuscript Library. Since I had consulted with a Ph.D. student at Graduate
Theological Union in Berkeley on some particularly difficult Latin passages
and included him in the Acknowledgements, I entrusted their library with a
bound copy as well. I provided a member of my thesis committee with a
velo-bound copy for the scholars at Princeton University to look over, since
he is there on a Fellowship.
In return for my "No more secrets" ethic of sharing what I'm working on, I
have received nothing but silence back so far.
Theoretically, one should be able to order my published thesis from CSUSM
through Interlibrary Loan; or to read it on either US coast, at Columbia or
at GTU.
Theoretically, the EPHE/Sorbonne librarian should have answered my email
query of a few years back, when I asked if the alleged French Edition of De
Magia naturali taught at their institution by Jean-Pierre Brach could be
procured somehow. Apparently the EPHE has kept their work on it quiet for
several years, but I still hope to see a complete published French Edition
sometime in the near future. I can only speculate as to whether or not they
are working with an English translator now as well. My correspondence with
EXESESO regarding possible funding for my continued work on the
translation/commentary met with silence, so perhaps their is an EPHE liaison
at EXESESO who will also publish a transcription/translation/commentary in
English. My ethic is, the more translations published the better.
Yes, I cite Pierozzi & Mandosio's article heavily, as it is the most
informative of what I found on the Olomouc manuscript. The Czech libraries
and scholars also neglected to correspond with me almost four years ago.
In my naiveté, I also consulted with a professor at Thomas Aquinas College
here in Ojai: now I hope that the powers-that-be will not interfere with my
transcription/translation/commentary work on the treatise, or with the
successful publication of my thesis/book.
Khem if you, or other members of the listserv, know of a likely grant source
I might apply to in order to afford more time to this De Magia naturali
project, please do offer suggestions: De Magia naturali, On Natural Magic,
by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples: Transcription, Translation & Commentary by
Kathryn LaFevers Evans
(Complete VI Book edition in progress). For that publication, I'll be
seeking the assistance of an expert in Medieval Latin, once I've had my own
say on what the manuscript says.
I've presented two conference papers about the treatise, most recently
"Natural Magic: Renaissance Humanists Imagine World Unity". This paper is
also accepted for presentation at the International Comparative Literature
Association conference this coming summer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As an
Independent Scholar I need to seek a travel grant for that overseas sharing
on Magic. I am attending the International Congress on Medieval Studies in
Kalamazoo Michigan this spring, and presenting the paper "De Magia naturali
and Quincuplex Psalterium by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples: Kabbalah as Biblical
Magic".
As a new member welcomed into the ESSWE, I hope to present at their
inaugural conference in Germany this summer, but would need travel funds for
that as well.
While I'm in the querying mode, if you know of a likely publisher for my
copyrighted book on Lefèvre and his De Magia naturali (first published as a
thesis), please do tell. I hold the copyright pre-registration for it under
a simpler title, as part of a trilogy.
Thank you for listening Khem and listserv members. My ears are burning as
they say, and I'm hoping they are all of me that will be.
Kathryn
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From: Khem Caigan <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:05 PM
Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Intellectus Agens [ was: Re:
[ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] More OTO ritual ]
Kathryn LaFevers Evans doth schreibble:
<SNIPS>
> My Master's thesis from California State University San Marcos is on De
> Magia naturali by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples. The highest rung of his
> Academic epistemology and methodology is intellect, which he equates with
> intuition and faith. I am a poet; to me this treatise is poetry that lives
> and breathes magic through word imagery, symbolism. We can't allow History
> to remain static only because it is already written to the personal taste
of
> some, by those whom they've magically sanctioned to tell the story.
Hi, Kathryn ~
I am always on the lookout for authors writing on
the subject of the Active Intellect and Celestial
Magic. Has your paper been published yet?
I am aware of a partial transcription of Lefèvre's
*De Magia Naturali* by way of Pierozzi's & Mandosio's
piece in *Chrysopoeia* #5, pgs. 191-264. Do you know
if this work is available yet in full?
Are you familiar with the work of John Selden
[1584 - 1654]?
Cors in Manu Domine,
~ Khem Caigan
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