TY - BOOK ID - 3282551 TI - Magical practice in the Latin West : papers from the international conference held at the University of Zaragoza, 30 Sept.-1 Oct. 2005 AU - Gordon, Richard Lindsay AU - Marco Simón, Francisco PY - 2010 VL - 168 SN - 09277633 SN - 9789004179042 9004179046 9786613061447 9047441397 1283061449 9789047441397 PB - Leiden Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Magic KW - Magie KW - History KW - Congresses. KW - Congresses KW - Histoire KW - Congrès KW - 133.43093 KW - Philosophy & psychology Magic Ancient World KW - Conferences - Meetings KW - Congrès KW - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT KW - Greek World KW - History, Ancient. KW - Magi KW - Magic. KW - Magie. KW - Religion KW - Roman World KW - Magick Studies. KW - Witchcraft & Wicca. KW - History. KW - Historia KW - Europe. KW - Römisches Reich KW - Westprovinzen. KW - Magick KW - Necromancy KW - Sorcery KW - Spells KW - Occultism KW - Council of Europe countries KW - Eastern Hemisphere KW - Eurasia KW - Magic - Europe - History - Congresses UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3282551 AB - How different was the practice of magic in the Latin West from that of the eastern Mediterranean basin? Was it just derivative from Greek practice, or did it have its own originality? The recent discovery of important new curse-tablets in Mainz and in the Fountain of Anna Perenna at Rome has made the question newly topical. This volume contains the first commented editions in English of most of these new texts as well as major surveys of new prayers for justice. Other sections are devoted to the discourse of magic in the West, to the linguistics and aims of cursing, and to the major field of protective and eudaemonic magic up to and including the Visigothic slates and the Celtic loricae. The essays are by well-known scholars in the field as well as by established and younger Spanish scholars. ER -