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Heksensprookjes : sagen, sprookjes en mythen over magische vrouwen
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ISBN: 9038914288 Year: 2003 Publisher: Rijswijk Uitgeverij Elmar

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Magic and magicians in the Middle Ages and the early modern time : the occult in pre-modern sciences, medicine, literature, religion, and astrology
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ISBN: 3110556529 311055772X 9783110556520 9783110557725 3110556073 9783110556070 Year: 2017 Publisher: Berlin De Gruyter

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There are no clear demarcation lines between magic, astrology, necromancy, medicine, and even sciences in the pre-modern world. Under the umbrella term 'magic,' the contributors to this volume examine a wide range of texts, both literary and religious, both medical and philosophical, in which the topic is discussed from many different perspectives. The fundamental concerns address issue such as how people perceived magic, whether they accepted it and utilized it for their own purposes, and what impact magic might have had on the mental structures of that time. While some papers examine the specific appearance of magicians in literary texts, others analyze the practical application of magic in medical contexts. In addition, this volume includes studies that deal with the rise of the witch craze in the late fifteenth century and then also investigate whether the Weberian notion of disenchantment pertaining to the modern world can be maintained. Magic is, oddly but significantly, still around us and exerts its influence. Focusing on magic in the medieval world thus helps us to shed light on human culture at large.

Modern enchantments : the cultural power of secular magic
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ISBN: 0674034392 9780674034396 0674006070 9780674006072 0674013719 9780674013711 Year: 2002 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press

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Magic, Simon During suggests, has helped shape modern culture. Devoted to this deceptively simple proposition, this work gets at the aesthetic questions at the very heart of the study of culture.


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The tempest
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ISBN: 1785435760 9781785435768 Year: 2016 Publisher: [London] Scribe Publishing

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Magie et magiciens dans l'Egypte ancienne.
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ISBN: 2857044151 9782857044154 Year: 1994 Volume: *2 Publisher: Paris Pygmalion

Performing Dark Arts : A Cultural History of Conjuring
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ISBN: 1841501492 9786610811502 1280811501 184150985X 9781783209736 1783209739 9781841509853 9781841501499 9781280811500 9781783208869 9781783208876 Publisher: Intellect Books

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Magic and conjuring inhabit the boundaries and the borderlands of performance. The conjuror's act of demonstrating the apparently impossible, the uncanny, the marvellous, or the grotesque challenges the spectator's sense of reality. It brings him or her up against their own assumptions about how the world works; at its most extreme, it asks the spectator to re-evaluate his or her sense of the limits of the human. Performing [Dark] Arts is an exploration of the paradox of the conjuror, the actor who pretends to be a magician. It aims to illuminate the history of conjuring by examining it in the context of performance studies, and to throw light on aspects of performance studies by testing them against the art of conjuring. The book examines not only the performances of individual magicians from Dedi to David Blaine, but also the broader cultural contexts in which their performances were received, and the meanings which they have attracted.

Miracle and magic : a study in the Acts of the Apostles and the life of Apollonius of Tyana
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ISBN: 0826462103 9780826462107 Year: 2002 Volume: 235 Publisher: Sheffield Sheffield academic press

Les prêtres-ouâb de Sekhmet et les conjurateurs de Serket.
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ISBN: 2130382339 9782130382331 Year: 1984 Volume: 87 Publisher: Paris PUF

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