This geomantic treatise was printed under Agrippa's name, and this record states plainly what modern scholarship has established: the attribution to Agrippa is not accepted, so it is described here as pseudo-Agrippa rather than as his genuine work. Despite the disputed attribution, this record holds it at the tier appropriate to a primary tradition text rather than independent scholarship because it remains, whoever actually wrote it, the most widely copied English source for the geomantic figures' astrological attributions. Use it for the content of this specific geomantic system's astrological attributions as this widely copied text states them; it is not evidence that this text is Agrippa's genuine work, and it is not independent verification that geomancy as a divinatory method works.
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Printed under Agrippa's name by J. C. for John Harrison, though modern scholarship does not accept the attribution, hence recorded as pseudo-Agrippa; held at the tradition's-own-account tier as the most widely copied primary text of this geomantic system rather than independent scholarship about it. NotesThe geomantic treatise printed under Agrippa's name. The attribution to Agrippa is not accepted; the text is nonetheless the most widely copied source for the figures' astrological attributions in English.
Citation
AuthorPseudo-Agrippa; Robert Turner (trans.)
PublisherJ. C. for John Harrison
Publication Year1655
URLhttps://www.esotericarchives.com/agrippa/agrippa4.htm
Source Typeprimary-text
Claims Backed By This Source (28 claims)
This source backs 28 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 17 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Geomantic Figures, 18 claims: 2 well-attested, 16 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Numbers, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
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