Books by Frances Yates

A history of the role that the occult has played in the formation of modern science and medicine, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment has had a tremendous impact on our understanding of the western esoteric tradition.

Frances Yates (1899-1981) was an English historian renowned for her extensive writings on Western Hermeticism. This early 1936 text by Yates takes as its starting point the question of whether the character of Holofernes in Love's Labour's Lost was intended by Shakespeare to be a satirical portrait of his contemporary John Florio.

In 1600, renagade philosopher and theologian Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake in Rome. His crime was to preach a doctrine of brotherhood, peace and free love. Four centuries later he is known as the Prophet of the New Age.

Stunningly written and highly engaging, Yates' masterpiece is a must-read for anyone interested in the occult tradition.