Anglican scholarly encyclopedic occult medicine
Robert Burton
1577 – 1640
Robert Burton was an Oxford scholar and Anglican clergyman whose monumental The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) surveyed the causes, symptoms, and cures of melancholy with encyclopedic breadth, drawing on astrology, demonology, magic, and classical philosophy alongside medicine. Revised through five editions during his lifetime, it remains one of the richest repositories of early modern esoteric and psychological thought.
Archive Paths
Astrology and Divination
Astrology and divination texts on zodiacal symbolism, astrological doctrine, geomancy, dream interpretation, and related predictive arts.
Philosophy and Esoteric Cosmology
Philosophical and cosmological texts on mystical philosophy, Neoplatonism, moral philosophy, cosmic order, metaphysics, and symbolic cosmology.
Works in the Archive1 volume
Related Authors
Astrology Paths
These hubs connect Robert Burton to the broader astrology tools and reference pages.
Astrology Hub
Browse Hermetikon's classical astrology tools and reference pages.
Astrology Today
See the current sky, planetary condition, and live celestial context.
Placement Meanings
Read planet-in-sign and planet-in-house pages with archive citations.
Planetary Returns
Open the return calculators for the seven classical planets.
Retrograde Calendars
Track retrograde cycles and their traditional delineations.
Ask the Hermetikon Archivist about Burton
The AI can search across all works and retrieve direct quotations with page references.