Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible in ancient Greece.
Explores the widespread use of spells, drugs, curse tablets, and figurines, and the practitioners of magic in the ancient world.
Uncovers how magic worked. Was it down to mere superstition? Did the subject need to believe in order for it to have an effect?
Focuses on detailed case studies of individual types of magic.
Examines the central role of magic in Greek life.
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Magic in the Ancient Greek World by Derek Collins is now available to read in the Occult World Mystery School.
This fascinating and comprehensive book explores the role of magic in ancient Greek life, taking you beyond mythology and into the real rituals, beliefs and practices of the ancient world.
Discover the use of spells, magical drugs, curse tablets, figurines and the practitioners who performed these rites. The book also examines how ancient magic was believed to work and whether belief, fear or social expectation played a part in its effects.
Through detailed case studies, Derek Collins reveals just how deeply magic was woven into Greek religion, society and everyday life.
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