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Ars Notoria

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Author

Stephen Skinner

Author

Daniel Clark

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Mentioned in 4 episodes

Mentioned by

Anthony Metivier

regarding medieval students using angel names and sigils to boost concentration and memory for exams.

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These Ancient Memory Techniques Will Boost Your Learning Outcomes Overnight

Mentioned by

Matt Lewis

as a book promising instant knowledge.

12 snips

Medieval Guide to Magic

Mentioned by

Alexander Ath

as a collaboration between

Daniel Clark

and Dr. Stephen Skinner.

#161 - Manuscript Hunting & Victorian Occultism with Daniel Clark

Speaker says Matthias Kassel’s translation of this book is better than Yeats’s.

The Memory Master Who Trained Geniuses: Jacobus Publicius

Mentioned as a text that was appealing to medieval scholars and students, circulating widely despite its controversial nature.

Anne Lawrence-Mathers, "The Magic Books: A History of Enchantment in 20 Medieval Manuscripts" (Yale UP, 2025)

Mentioned by

Justin Sledge

as a medieval parallel to Sar Torah practices seeking immediate angelically mediated knowledge.

Kabbalah - Merkabah Hekhalot and Sar Torah Mysticism - Ancient Chariot and Angelic Kabbalah

Mentioned by

Justin Sledge

as a magical system for enhancing memory, eloquence, and rapid acquisition of the liberal arts.

How Angel Magic Brought Us the Internet - The Steganographia of Trithemius

Mentioned by

Justin Sledge

as a thirteenth-century magical text promising rapid mastery of the liberal arts through incantations and angels.

Medieval Magic - Scholastic Analysis of Magic and Necromancy in the Middle Ages

Mentioned by

Justin Sledge

as a possible later Western magical development descended from the Hekhalot Sartorah tradition of angelic knowledge acquisition.

Introduction to Merkavah Mysticism - 7a of 15 - The Map is Not Territory

Mentioned by

Justin Sledge

as a magical and devotional work involving repeated sacred or barbarous words, signs, and meditation to obtain wisdom.

Who Was The Greatest Medieval Sorcerer?

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