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Language: en
Pages: 293
Pages: 293
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: BRILL
The ideas of philosophers (Ficino, Pico, Della Porta, Bruno) on magic interfered with popular alternative and witchcraft rites. This book focuses on "wandering
Language: en
Pages: 241
Pages: 241
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-06-15 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Reframing Aristotle's natural philosophy, this wide-ranging collection of essays reveals the centrality of magic to his thinking. From late medieval and Renaiss
Language: en
Pages: 336
Pages: 336
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher:
This book looks at explanations of the black arts as they existed during early medieval centuries in Western Europe. It objectively examines the historical deve
Language: en
Pages: 286
Pages: 286
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987-11-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
It is a widespread prejudice of modern, scientific society that "magic" is merely a ludicrous amalgam of recipes and methods derived from primitive and erroneou
Language: en
Pages: 768
Pages: 768
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-23 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
There are no clear demarcation lines between magic, astrology, necromancy, medicine, and even sciences in the pre-modern world. Under the umbrella term 'magic,'