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Author | : Andrew Wilburn |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0472117793 |
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Materia Magica approaches magic as a material endeavor, in which spoken spells, ritual actions, and physical objects all played vital roles in the performance of a rite. Through case studies drawing on objects excavated or discovered in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century at three Mediterranean sites, Andrew T. Wilburn identifies previously unknown forms of magic. He discovers evidence of the practice of magic in objects of ancient daily life, suggesting that individuals frequently turned to magic, particularly in times of crises. Studying the remains of spells enacted by practitioners, Wilburn examines the material remains of magical practice by identifying and placing them within their archaeological contexts. His method of connecting an analysis of the texts and inscriptions found on artifacts of magic with a close consideration of the physical form of these objects illuminates an exciting path toward new discoveries in the field.
Author | : Draja Mickaharic |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2013-03-30 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1300889837 |
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A description of many of the materials used in the practice of practical magic, along with some formulas for specific products and warnings of some hazards of long used products. Designed for reference by the operative magician.
Author | : Dark Nebulae, Incorporated |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780971481602 |
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Author | : Catherine Yronwode |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2002-07-01 |
Genre | : Herbs |
ISBN | : 9780971961203 |
Download Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is the first book of its kind, presenting accurate botanical information about roots and herbs employed in conjure, with sample spells that will show you how to make and use your own mojo bags, spiritual baths, and incenses. 500 herbs, roots, minerals, and rare zoological curios, 750 traditional spells, tricks, and magical recipes, 50 black and white illustrations
Author | : Irving L. Finkel |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004124012 |
Download Disease in Babylonia Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The present collection of articles on disease in Babylonia is the first such volume to appear providing detailed information derived from published and unpublished medical texts in cuneiform script from the second and first millennia BC.
Author | : Laura Salah Nasrallah |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2024-05-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 100940573X |
Download Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book shows how Ancient Christians both used curses and criticized them in ancient Mediterranean religion and society.
Author | : Clare Griffin |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2022-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0228012848 |
Download Mixing Medicines Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Early modern Russians preferred one method of treating the sick above all others: prescribing drugs. The Moscow court sourced pharmaceuticals from Asia, Africa, Western Europe, and the Americas, in addition to its own sprawling empire, to heal its ailing tsars. Mixing Medicines explores the dynamic and complex world of early modern Russian medical drugs, from its enthusiasm for newly imported American botanicals to its disgust at Western European medicines made from human corpses. Clare Griffin draws from detailed apothecary records to shed light on the early modern Russian Empire’s role in the global trade in medical drugs. Chapters follow the trade and use of medical ingredients through networks that linked Moscow to Western Europe, Asia, and the Americas; the transformation of natural objects, such as botanicals and chemicals, into medicines; the documentation and translation of medical knowledge; and Western European influence on Russian medical practices. Looking beyond practitioners, texts, and ideas to consider how materials of medicine were used by one of the early modern world’s major empires provides a novel account of the global history of early modern medicine. Mixing Medicines offers unique insight into how the dramatic reshaping of global trade touched the day-to-day lives of the people living in early modern Russia.
Author | : James C VanderKam |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 846 |
Release | : 1999-06-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004676856 |
Download The Dead Sea Scrolls After Fifty Years, Volume 2 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Dead Sea Scrolls after Fifty Years is being published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the first scrolls at Qumran. The two-volume set contains a comprehensive set of cutting-edge articles on a wide range of topics that are archaeological, historical, literary, sociological, or theological in character. Since the discovery of the first scrolls in 1947 an overwhelming number of studies has been published. Now, half a century later, nearly all scrolls found have been published in critical editions, and scholars can begin to assess the true relevance of the scrolls for the study of the Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and Early Christianity. The contributors to these volumes form an international team of leading specialists in the field. They have written critical surveys of particular aspects of Dead Sea Scrolls research, focusing on significant developments, theories and conclusions, while also indicating directions for future study.
Author | : William Sax |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2010-01-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0199742367 |
Download The Problem of Ritual Efficacy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
How do rituals work? Although this is one of the first questions that people everywhere ask about rituals, little has been written explicitly on the topic. In The Problem of Ritual Efficacy, nine scholars address this issue, ranging across the fields of history, anthropology, medicine, and biblical studies. For "modern" people, the very notion of ritual efficacy is suspicious because rituals are widely thought of as merely symbolic or expressive, so that - by definition - they cannot be efficacious. Nevertheless people in many cultures assume that rituals do indeed "work," and when we take a closer look at who makes claims for ritual efficacy (and who disputes such claims), we learn a great deal about the social and historical contexts of such debates. Moving from the pre-modern era-in which the notion of ritual efficacy was not particularly controversial-into the skeptical present, the authors address a set of debates between positivists, natural scientists, and religious skeptics on the one side, and interpretive social scientists, phenomenologists, and religious believers on the other. Some contributors advance a particular theory of ritual efficacy while others ask whether the question makes any sense at all. This path-breaking interdisciplinary collection will be of interest to readers in anthropology, history, religious studies, humanities and the social sciences broadly defined, and makes an important contribution to the larger conversation about what ritual does and why it matters to think about such things.
Author | : Rick Bonnie |
Publisher | : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2020-12-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 3647522147 |
Download The Synagogue in Ancient Palestine: Current Issues and Emerging Trends Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book brings together leading experts in the field of ancient synagogue studies to discuss the current issues and emerging trends in the study of synagogues in ancient Palestine. Divided into four thematic units, the different contributions apply archaeological, textual, historical and art historical methodologies to questions related to ancient synagogues. Part One addresses issues related to the origins and early development of synagogues up to 200 CE. The contributions provide different explanations to the alleged lack of evidence for synagogues built in the second and third centuries CE and ask how much continuity or change there is between the late Second Temple and late Roman/early Byzantine synagogues. Part Two deals with architecture and dating of ancient synagogues. It gives an overview of all synagogues found so far, approaches the dating of Galilean synagogues in the light of the recently-exposed synagogue at Huqoq, and provides a stylistic re-evaluation of the Capernaum synagogue decoration. Part three examines leadership, power and daily life in late antique synagogue contexts, illustrating non-monumental inscriptions, amulets and dining in synagogue contexts as well as the role of individual benefactors. Section four contextualizes synagogue art. An overview of synagogue mosaics in late antique Palestine is complemented with reinterpretations of the mosaics two synagogues. The section also offers a discussion of the appearance of the menorah.