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This document summarizes a paper presented at a conference on the topic of melancholy and divination. It discusses the historical views of melancholy as related to the humoral system, and theories connecting melancholy to prophetic abilities from figures like Plato, Aristotle, and Marsilio Ficino. It also examines the association of melancholy with Saturn in Renaissance astrological thought. The paper aims to explore these ideas through the works of composer John Dowland and his appropriation of the melanch

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Alix Olsvik

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