Magic Features in Johann Heinrich Alsted´s Apocalyptics
Magic Features in Johann Heinrich Alsted´s Apocalyptics

Author(s): Olga Lukács
Subject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Middle Ages, Modern Age, Culture and social structure
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Johann Heinrich Alsted; Apocalyptics; magic; magic features; Chiliasm;
Summary/Abstract: Chiliasm or millenarianism is nothing else but eschatology contemplated on the Earth, a doctrine about final things, which includes also the Last Judgement. We can find several allusions to this event in the Scriptures. A number of people have declared the nearness of that terrible hour; we think of the Last Day, of Heaven and Hell. These issues are connected with the return of Jesus, the resurrection of the dead, the end of the World, eternity and with the forthcoming Kingdom of God. Several theologians interpret Christ’s return (resurrection) as the age of perfect welfare and peace within the framework of a given empire on Earth. As the Apocrypha (e.g. the Letter of Barnabas, Book of Enoch etc.) says, this Heavenly state is just a period of transition between the existing time and eternity.

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