The book provides a detailed overview of the history of magic and experimental science from antiquity and the Middle Ages. The author examines in detail the works of scientists, philosophers and doctors, revealing the role of magical and occult ideas in their worldview. Magic and occultism appear before us as an integral part of the worldview of thinkers of the era of antiquity and the Middle Ages, influencing both their theoretical and philosophical reflections, as well as practical work and scientific experiments.