About the author
Daniel Pickering Walker (1914–1985) was an English historian and author of several noted studies on the occult in Western history. == Life == Walker was trained at Oxford. He spent much of his career at the Warburg Institute at the University of London. He was made senior research fellow in 1953, and held the Warburg's Chair in the History of the Classical Tradition from 1975 until his retirement in 1981. Among his personal friends was the Dutch writer Gerard Reve. == Works == Walker published works on musical humanism until the 1940s. His musicological works were later collected and published as Music, Spirit and Language in the Renaissance (1985). His first study of magic, Orpheus the Theologian and Renaissance Platonists, appeared in 1953. His best-known work is Spiritual and Demonic Magic: From Ficino to Campanella (1958), which has been described as "a classic in Renaissance studies".
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“Walker provides a significant scholarly intervention, proving that magic was not an anomaly but a core component of Renaissance theology and philosophy. The analysis of thinkers from Ficino to Campanella offers a rigorous,…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Spiritual and Demonic Magic: From Ficino to Campanella Walker, D P
“Walker’s work provides a meticulously researched academic perspective on demonic belief, focusing on its profound societal impact and historical evolution. It is an intellectual treasure for those interested in the theological…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Unclean Spirits (Reprint 2016) - Ingram Academic Walker, D P
