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...have caused many who practiced them to be suspected of being magicians. 54
VI. That the books attributed to many great personages are not sufficient evidence to convict them of magic. 62
VII. Of all the other reasons that one might have had for this suspicion. 76
VIII. That Zoroaster was neither the author nor the promoter of Goetic Goetic magic refers to "low" magic or the summoning of malevolent spirits, as opposed to "high" natural magic., Theurgic, or forbidden magic. 94
IX. That Orpheus was not a magician at all. 121
X. Defense of Pythagoras. 146
XI. Of Numa Pompilius. 176
XII. Of Democritus, Empedocles, and Apollonius. 195
XIII. Of the "geniuses" The author refers to the "daemons" or guiding spirits often attributed to ancient philosophers. attributed to Socrates, Aristotle, Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus, Cecco d'Ascoli, Scaliger, and Cardano. 210
XIV. Of Al-Kindi, Geber, Artephius, Thabit ibn Qurra, Anselm of Parma, Raymond Lully, and Arnaldus de Villa Nova.