natural magic by aggripa

I have recently been reading the philosophy of natural magick by aggripa on my commutes in the morning.
And I am curious to know what people who have more experience in older books have to say. Is it hard reading just because of its age? Or are there deeper occult meanings hidden between the lines?

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The tendency of Occult Authors to write in clear and simple language is actually a rather recent trend.

Older Occult Works are often written in poetic language, their works steeped in allegories and abstract meanings. It was sort of a tradition for Occult Authors to go out of their way to make things more difficult for their readers.

Agrippa's works quite often does this, though he is capable of speaking rather plainly when the situation calls for it.

For Older Works, there are often hidden meanings in each line, with no fixed and single intepretations for each sentence.

Their works tend to be for the physical, intellectual as well as spiritual senses, sometimes dealing with topics so abstract that only a poetic and complex writing style would be suitable to convey. For works such as these, I would suggest constant re-readings as well as meditating on what the author says. It can contain suprising depth that is often missing in newer works.

Understood. Thank you for your informed reply.

There are certainly hidden meanings and also phrases which have double meanings. But I also think the language can be quite hard to understand and he references a lot of older works- Donald Tysons edition is the best I have seen he has painlessly listed hundreds of footnotes explaining these references.

I personally also find Agrippa a bit dry, which makes him hard to read for me. But he is worth reading.