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Drawing down the moon : magic in the ancient Greco-Roman world /

What did magic mean to the people of ancient Greece and Rome? How did Greeks and Romans not only imagine what magic could do, but also use it to try to influence the world around them? In Drawing Down the Moon, Radcliffe Edmonds, one of the foremost experts on magic, religion, and the occult in the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Edmonds, Radcliffe G., III, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Drawing down the moon : defining magic in the ancient Greco-Roman world -- The world of ancient Greco-Roman magic -- Curses for all occasions : malefic and binding magic -- Bewitched, bothered, bewildered : love charms and erotic curses -- Healing and protective magic : defense against the dark arts -- Relationships with the divine : prayer and magic -- Through a glass darkly : divination and magic -- Mysteries of th heavenly spheres : astrology and magic -- Transmutations of quality : alchemy and magic -- The illuminations of theurgy : philosophy and magic -- The label of 'magic' in the ancient Greco-Roman world. 
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