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  • Witchcraft Sourcebookby Brian Levack

    Routledge 2003; US$ 39.95

    More than 100,000 people, mainly women, were prosecuted for the crime of witchcraft between 1450 and 1750. This new anthology looks at the connections between gender and witchcraft and how notions of witchcraft changed over time. more...

  • The Seer in Ancient Greeceby Michael Flower

    University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton 2007; US$ 15.95

    The seer ( mantis ), an expert in the art of divination, operated in ancient Greek society through a combination of charismatic inspiration and diverse skills ranging from examining the livers of sacrificed animals to spirit possession. Unlike the palm readers and mediums who exist on the fringe of modern society, many seers were highly paid, well respected, educated members of the elite who played an essential role in the conduct of daily life, political decisions, and military campaigns. Armies, for example, never went anywhere without one. This engaging book, the only comprehensive study of this fascinating figure, enters into the socioreligious world of ancient Greece to explore what seers did, why they were so widely employed, and how... more...

  • Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worldsby Daniel Ogden

    Oxford University Press, USA 2002; US$ 40.00

    In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary and mythic tradition and in ritual practice. Recently, ancient magic has hit a high in popularity, both as an area of scholarly inquiry and as one of general, popular interest. In Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds Daniel Ogden presents three hundred texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. This is the first book in the field to unite extensive selections from both literary and documentary sources. Alongside descriptions of sorcerers, witches, and ghosts in the works of ancient writers, it reproduces curse tablets, spells from ancient magical recipe books, and... more...

  • The Malleus Maleficarum and the Construction of Witchcraftby Hans Peter Broedel

    Manchester University Press 2003; US$ 69.95

    What was witchcraft? Were witches real? How should witches be identified? How should they be judged? Towards the end of the middle ages these were serious and important questions – and completely new. Between 1430 and 1500, a number of learned 'witch- more...

  • Spirituality and the Occultby Brian Gibbons

    Routledge 2000; US$ 39.95

    Argues against the view that occult spiritualities are marginal to Western culture. Shows that the influence of the esoteric tradition is neglected and that much of what we take to be 'modern' derives, at least in part, from this. more...

  • Making the Human Mindby R. A. Sharpe

    Routledge 1990; US$ 115.00

    This book is an attack on the widespread assumption that the mind has parts and that it is the interaction between these parts which accounts for the irrational behaviour displayed un self- deception and weakness of will. more...

  • A Survey of the Occultby Julian Franklyn

    Electric Book Company 2000; US$ 4.95

    Franklyn's interest in the occult led him to produce two works on the subject. A Survey of the Occult was published in 1935. more...

  • Enchanted Feminismby Jone Salomonsen

    Routledge 2001; US$ 41.95

    The first major study of the famous Reclaiming community of witches, founded in 1979 in San Francisco. Examines gendered and religious identites and the communal and ritual processes of Reclaiming. more...

  • Magic in the Roman Worldby Naomi Janowitz

    Routledge 2001; US$ 40.95

    A lively volume exploring the use and abuse of the word 'magic' in late antique texts. more...

  • Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart Englandby Alan MacFarlane

    Routledge 1999; US$ 42.95

    This book is the classic regional and comparative study of early modern witchcraft. This second edition adds a new historiographical introduction, placing the book in context today. more...