Before revision: Michael Sendivogius (1566–1636) Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639) Jakob Böhme (1575–1624) Jan Baptist van Helmont (1577–1644) Baroque practitioners Writers on and practitioners on occult or magical topics during this period include: Franz Kessler (1580–1650) Adrian von Mynsicht (1603–1638) Sir Kenelm Digby (1603–1665) Johann Friedrich Schweitzer (1625–1709) Isaac Newton (1642–1727), see Isaac Newton's occult studies Modernity By the nineteenth century, European intellectuals no longer saw the practice of magic through the framework of sin and instead regarded magical practices and beliefs as "an aberrational mode of thought antithetical to the dominant cultural logic – a sign of psychological impairment and marker of racial or cultural inferiority".
After revision: Michael Sendivogius (1566–1636) Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639) Jakob Böhme (1575–1624) Jan Baptist van Helmont (1577–1644) Baroque practitioners Writers on and practitioners on occult or magical topics during this period include: Franz Kessler (1580–1650) Adrian von Mynsicht (1603–1638) Sir Kenelm Digby (1603–1665) Johann Friedrich Schweitzer (1625–1709) Isaac Newton (1642–1727), see Isaac Newton's occult studies Modern ceremonial magic By the nineteenth century, European intellectuals no longer saw the practice of magic through the framework of sin and instead regarded magical practices and beliefs as "an aberrational mode of thought antithetical to the dominant cultural logic – a sign of psychological impairment and marker of racial or cultural inferiority".