Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World edited by Scott Noegel, Joel Walker, and Brannon Wheeler (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2003) Magic in History Series Paperback

Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World edited by Scott Noegel, Joel Walker, and Brannon Wheeler (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2003) Magic in History Series PaperbackScott Noegel, Joel Walker, and Brannon Wheeler, editors. Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World, Magic in History. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2003. Paperback edition. 255 pages. Condition: New Description from the publisher: In the religious systems of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Mediterranean, gods and demigods were neither abstract nor distant, but communicated with mankind through signs and active

Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal's introduction delineates the characteristics of occult cosmology which distinguish it from mysticism and theology

if not actively written out of histories of the modern state

to explain how magic changed during this period and why these developments were crucial to the formation of modern magic

Part One: Manuscripts & analysis

MA: Inner Tradition/Lindisfarne Press

discusses the world of cheap instruction manuals and popular occult journals

evolution and influence of the Petwo rite that was pivotal in the Haitian slave revolts and subsequent revolution

Witching Culture: Folklore and Neo-Paganism in America

Witchcraft is an intensely emotional crime

Condition: Fine

Arbatel (2009)

Charmers and Charming: International Research on Verbal Magic