Moreover, and as one background reason for their [authors’ who were sympathetic to the ancient wisdom] attitude of caution [about magic], one should never lose sight of the fact that in the wake of the notorious Malleus Maleficarum of 1486 (the very year in which Pico planned his great debate), the great witch craze of the early modern period developed in perfect parallel with the ancient wisdom discourse.
– Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture (2012), p. 83