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1	Secret of the Alchemist more books like this by John Ward, Min For ages 12 to adult. The Secret of the Alchemist is currently being considered for the Scottish Arts Council's Children's Book of the Year; the French edition has already been rated as one of Amazon's Books of the Year 2003. In this richly-textured tale, the first part of the 'Fate of the Stone' trilogy, teenagers Jake and Helen meet at a Dante ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| SVS
2	Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Sourcebook more books like this by Daniel Ogden (Editor) In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary mythic tradition and in ritual practice. In this book, Daniel Ogden presents 300 texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. Authors include the well known (Sophocles, Herodotus, Plato , ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $27.15! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World more books like this by Matthew Dickie This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors in the ancient world; it also addresses the question of their identity and social origins. The resulting investigation takes us to the underside of Greek and Roman society, into a world of wandering holy men and women, conjurors and wonder-workers, and into the lives ... see all copies from $36.21! new only from $36.21! \| SVS
4	Greek and Roman Necromancy more books like this by Daniel Ogden In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy - the consultation of the dead for divination. People could seek knowledge from the dead by sleeping on tombs, visiting oracles, and attempting to reanimate corpses and skulls. Ranging over many of the lands in which Greek and Roman civilizations flourished, including Egypt, from the ... see all copies from $23.56! new only from $30.95! \| SVS
5	Naming the Witch: Magic, Ideology, & Stereotype in the Ancient World more books like this by Kimberly B Stratton Kimberly B. Stratton investigates the cultural and ideological motivations behind early imaginings of the magician, the sorceress, and the witch in the ancient world. Accusations of magic could carry the death penalty or, at the very least, marginalize the person or group they targeted. But Stratton moves beyond the popular view of these ... see all copies from $34.90! new only from $43.65! \| SVS
6	Taboo, Magic, Spirits more books like this by Eli Edward Burriss A study of primitive elements in Roman religion. In this volume, the author has gathered together a huge amount of well-documented material to show how the Roman religion, both individual and political, preserved and was swayed by the elements of primitive religion. It deals with such topics as witchcraft, taboo, incantations, magic, and is one of ... see all copies from $21.23! new only from $21.23! \| SVS
7	Magic in the Roman World more books like this by Naomi Janowitz This volume demonstrates that the word 'magic' was widely employed in late antique texts as part of polemical attacks on enemies - but at the simplest level it was merely a term used for other people's rituals. The study begins by analysing Jewish, Christian and Greco-Roman uses of the term in the first three centuries AD. The author then turns ... see all copies from $101.06! new only from $101.06!
8	La magie dans l'antiquité gréco-romaine : idéologie et pratique more books like this by Fritz Graf see all copies from $18.95! new only from $18.95! \| SVS
9	Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 2 more books like this by Valerie Flint, Professor Georg Luck, Richard Gordon, LL. This volume brings together new research into the place of witchcraft and magic in Greek and Roman culture and society. Topics covered include the practice of sorcery, the portrayal of witches and sorcerers in classical literature, and legal and philosophical attitudes to magic. see all copies from $13.00! new only from $19.53!
10	Taboo, Magic, Spirits: A Study of Primitive Elements in Roman Religion more books like this by Eli E. Burriss see all copies from $16.50! first editions

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