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Ancient Magic: A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome
Language: en
Pages: 263
Authors: Philip Matyszak
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-20 - Publisher: Thames & Hudson

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An accessible historical exploration of the methods and motivations behind using magic in ancient Greece and Rome. In the ancient world, magic was everywhere. T
Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: Lindsay C. Watson
Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-02 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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Parting company with the trend in recent scholarship to treat the subject in abstract, highly theoretical terms, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome proposes that
Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World
Language: en
Pages: 379
Authors: Matthew W Dickie
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-09-02 - Publisher: Routledge

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This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors in the ancient world; it also addresses the question of their identity and socia
Magic in the Ancient Greek World
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Derek Collins
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-04-30 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible
The Cambridge History of Magic and Witchcraft in the West
Language: en
Pages: 897
Authors: David J. Collins, S. J.
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-02 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book presents twenty chapters by experts in their fields, providing a thorough and interdisciplinary overview of the theory and practice of magic in the We