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Magic in the Middle Ages
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ISBN: 9781139923484 9781107076310 9781107431829 113992348X 9781316121924 1316121925 9781316129555 1316129551 9781316131732 1316131734 1107076315 1107431824 1316133915 9781316133910 1316128466 9781316128466 1316130649 9781316130643 131612083X 131613282X 1322560668 Year: 2014 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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How was magic practised in medieval times? How did it relate to the diverse beliefs and practices that characterised this fascinating period? In Magic in the Middle Ages Richard Kieckhefer surveys the growth and development of magic in medieval times. He examines its relation to religion, science, philosophy, art, literature and politics before introducing us to the different types of magic that were used, the kinds of people who practised magic and the reasoning behind their beliefs. In addition, he shows how magic served as a point of contact between the popular and elite classes, how the reality of magical beliefs is reflected in the fiction of medieval literature and how the persecution of magic and witchcraft led to changes in the law. This book places magic at the crossroads of medieval culture, shedding light on many other aspects of life in the Middle Ages.

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Magic --- Magick --- Necromancy --- Sorcery --- Spells --- Occultism --- History.


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Lives of the necromancers, or, an account of the most eminent persons in successive ages, who have claimed for themselves, or to whom has been imputed by others the exercise of magical power
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ISBN: 113917634X 1108044174 Year: 2013 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The political philosopher and writer William Godwin (1756-1836), who was also the husband of writer Mary Wollstonecraft and father of Mary Shelley, was known for his philosophical works and novels. In this work, Godwin turns to the issue of the supernatural, and to some of the famous - and sometimes unexpected - people associated with it. He begins by defining some magic practices, such as divination, astrology, and necromancy, giving examples of the latter from the Bible. The rest of the work consists of brief sketches of people and places involved in the occult world, beginning in the Ancient Middle East and Greece, surveying the Christian era in Europe, and ending with the New England witch trials. In a remarkable work of synthesis, he discusses apparently supernatural episodes in the lives of many historical figures, from Socrates and Virgil to Joan of Arc and James I.

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Occultists --- Magic --- Magick --- Necromancy --- Sorcery --- Spells --- Occultism


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Dogme et rituel de la haute magie.
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ISBN: 0511910622 1108027520 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Born Alphonse Louis Constant, French magician Éliphas Lévi (1810-75) wrote prolifically on the occult sciences. This highly popular two-volume treatise on practical magic attempts to initiate the reader into the mysteries of occult philosophy. Identifying magic as the 'nurse or godmother' of all intellectual forces, Lévi proclaims his firm belief in man as microcosm of the universe, the strength of human willpower and the effectiveness of sympathetic magic. This first volume, 'The Doctrine of Transcendental Magic', establishes Lévi's own philosophical approach to the theory of magic, detailing the various methods of accessing esoteric knowledge of the universe through supernatural methods. Beginning with the ancient origins of occult philosophy and influence, Lévi chronicles the history of magic, including transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, divination and alchemy.

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Magic. --- Magick --- Necromancy --- Sorcery --- Spells --- Occultism


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Dogme et rituel de la haute magie.
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ISBN: 0511910630 1108027539 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Born Alphonse Louis Constant, French magician Éliphas Lévi (1810-75) wrote prolifically on the occult sciences. This highly popular two-volume treatise on practical magic attempts to initiate the reader into the mysteries of occult philosophy. Identifying magic as the 'nurse or godmother' of all intellectual forces, Lévi proclaims his firm belief in man as microcosm of the universe, the strength of human willpower and the effectiveness of sympathetic magic. Taking a more practical focus than the first part, this second volume, 'The Ritual of Transcendental Magic', focuses on the rituals and ceremonies of Western occult philosophy, offering explanations for magical equilibrium, the use and consecration of the pentagram, talismans, necromancy, transmutations, the Sabbath of the sorcerers, witchcraft, and the alchemical work of Nicholas Flamel and Raymond Lull.

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Magic. --- Magick --- Necromancy --- Sorcery --- Spells --- Occultism


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Occult sciences : the philosophy of magic, prodigies and apparent miracles.
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ISBN: 1139176463 110804431X Year: 2013 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This examination of the connection between the belief in miracles and religious practices in ancient times was originally written by French politician and polymath Anne-Joseph-Eusb̈e Baconnir̈e de Salverte (1771-1839) and published in 1829. In 1846, it was translated into English by a Scottish physician and writer, Anthony Todd Thomson (1778-1849), and published in two volumes. Thomson explains that Salverte's work was an important study of miracles and the power of priests, and he had 'performed a beneficial service in throwing open the gates of ancient sanctuaries'. However, Thomson also states that he differed from Salverte over the idea of the miraculous, and that he had expunged or heavily edited any passages relating to Christianity, even changing 'miracles' in the original subtitle to 'apparent miracles'. Volume 2 discusses the role of drugs and poison in magic.

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Love spells and lost treasure : service magic in England from the later Middle Ages to the early Modern Era
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ISBN: 1009286722 1009286692 1009286730 1009286706 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,

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Magic is ubiquitous across the world and throughout history. Yet if witchcraft is acknowledged as a persistent presence in the medieval and early modern eras, practical magic by contrast - performed to a useful end for payment, and actually more common than malign spellcasting - has been overlooked. Exploring many hundred instances of daily magical usage, and setting these alongside a range of imaginative and didactic literatures, Tabitha Stanmore demonstrates the entrenched nature of 'service' magic in premodern English society. This, she shows, was a type of spellcraft for needs that nothing else could address: one well established by the time of the infamous witch trials. The book explores perceptions of magical practitioners by clients and neighbours, and the way such magic was utilised by everyone: from lowliest labourer to highest lord. Stanmore reveals that - even if technically illicit - magic was for most people an accepted, even welcome, aspect of everyday life.

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Magic --- History. --- Magick --- Necromancy --- Sorcery --- Spells --- Occultism


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Medioevo magico : la magia tra religione e scienza nei secoli XIII e XIV
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ISBN: 9788802079264 8802079269 Year: 2008 Publisher: Torino : UTET libreria,

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Magic --- Magie --- History --- Histoire --- Magick --- Necromancy --- Sorcery --- Spells --- Occultism

Religion and magic
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ISBN: 0585197253 9780585197258 0748610138 Year: 1999 Publisher: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press

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This book is a survey summarising the approaches taken to religion and magic by the principal scholars in the preceding and present centuries. It is simple, straightforward and short, with a clear, easy-to-read style. It is the perfect reference tool for students, introducing them to the main theories and debates in a readable and informative manner.Key Features Prepares student for more complex texts on Religious Studies and the idea of religion Addresses contemporary as well as historical ideas and figures Includes contextual details on scholarsOver forty individuals covered including: Hegel, Marx, Engels, Weber, Frazer, Freud, Jung, Durkheim, Levy-Bruhl, Skorupski, Levi-Strauss, Lawson, McCauley


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Narratives of sorcery and magic.
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ISBN: 1139176358 1108044182 Year: 2013 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The English historian and antiquary Thomas Wright (1810-70) co-founded and joined a number of antiquarian and literary societies. He was greatly interested in Old English, Middle English and Anglo-Norman texts, and in the 1840s and 1850s he published widely within these areas. Gradually his focus shifted to the archaeology of Roman Britain and to Anglo-Saxon cemeteries. Although much of Wright's research has been completely superseded, his work is still considered worth consulting, as he collected material not readily available elsewhere. This two-volume 1851 publication is testimony to Wright's interest in folklore, sorcery and legend. In Volume 1 the author accounts of sorcery across Europe, and he considers the legendary Dr Faustus as an archetypal magician who called 'the demon'. Wright also discusses the place of the occult in England during and after the Reformation.

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Witchcraft --- Magic --- History. --- Magick --- Necromancy --- Sorcery --- Spells --- Occultism


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Narratives of sorcery and magic.
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ISBN: 1139176366 1108044190 Year: 2013 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The English historian and antiquary Thomas Wright (1810-70) co-founded and joined a number of antiquarian and literary societies. He was greatly interested in Old English, Middle English and Anglo-Norman texts, and in the 1840s and 1850s he published widely within these areas. Gradually his focus shifted to the archaeology of Roman Britain and to Anglo-Saxon cemeteries. Although much of Wright's research has been completely superseded, his work is still considered worth consulting, as he collected material not readily available elsewhere. This two-volume 1851 publication is testimony to Wright's interest in folklore, sorcery and legend. In Volume 2, he maintains a broad perspective while surveying instances of witchcraft in the seventeenth century. Wright writes about such famous cases as the Earl of Somerset, the Ursuline nuns of Loudun, and the Mohra witches in Sweden.

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Witchcraft --- Magic --- History. --- Magick --- Necromancy --- Sorcery --- Spells --- Occultism

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