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100 1  Gosden, Chris,|d1955-|eauthor.|4aut 
240 10 History of magic 
245 10 Magic :|ba history : from alchemy to witchcraft, from the 
       Ice Age to the present /|cChris Gosden. 
250    First American edition. 
264  1 New York :|bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,|c2020. 
264  4 |c©2020 
300    xix, 482 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
386    |mGender group:|ngdr|aMen|2lcdgt 
386    |mOccupational/field of activity group:|nocc|aArchaeology 
       teachers|2lcsh 
386    |mOccupational/field of activity group:|nocc|aUniversity 
       and college faculty members|2lcdgt 
386    |mNationality/regional group:|nnat|aBritons|2lcdgt 
500    "Originally published in 2020 by Viking, Great Britain, as
       The History of Magic: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the
       Ice Age to the present." 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [437]-449) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tWhat is magic and why is it important? --|tThe deep 
       history of magic (c. 40,000-6000 BCE) --|tThe magic of 
       cities: Mesopotamia and Egypt (4000 -1000 BCE) --|tChinese
       magic: deep participation (c. 20,000 BCE-present) --
       |tShamanism and magic on the Eurasian Steppe (c. 4000 BCE-
       present) --|tMagical traditions in prehistoric Europe (10,
       000-0 BCE) --|tJewish, Greek and Roman magic (c. 1000 BCE-
       1000 CE) --|tThe magics of Africa, Australia and the 
       Americas --|tMedieval and modern magic in Europe (500 CE-
       present) --|tModern and future magic --|tTimeline: Global 
       history of magic. 
520    "An Oxford professor of archaeology explores the unique 
       history of magic, the oldest and most neglected strand of 
       human behavior, and its resurgence today"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
520    "An Oxford professor of archaeology explores the unique 
       history of magic--the oldest and most neglected strand of 
       human behavior and its resurgence today. Three great 
       strands of belief run through human history: Religion is 
       the relationship with one god or many gods, masters of our
       lives and destinies. Science distances us from the world, 
       turning us into observers and collectors of knowledge. And
       magic is direct human participation in the universe: we 
       have influence on the world around us, and the world has 
       influence on us. Over the last few centuries, magic has 
       developed a bad reputation--thanks to the unsavory tactics
       of shady practitioners, and to a successful propaganda 
       campaign on the part of religion and science, which 
       denigrated magic as backward, irrational, and "primitive."
       In Magic, however, the Oxford professor of archaeology 
       Chris Gosden restores magic to its essential place in the 
       history of the world--revealing it to be an enduring 
       element of human behavior that plays an important role for
       individuals and cultures. From the curses and charms of 
       ancient Greek, Roman, and Jewish magic, to the shamanistic
       traditions of Eurasia, indigenous America, and Africa; 
       from the alchemy of the Renaissance to the condemnation of
       magic in the colonial period and the mysteries of modern 
       quantum physics--Gosden's startling, fun, and colorful 
       history supplies a missing chapter of the story of our 
       civilization. Drawing on decades of research around the 
       world--touching on the first known horoscope, a statue 
       ordered into exile, and the mystical power of tattoos--
       Gosden shows what magic can offer us today, and how we 
       might use it to rethink our relationship with the world. 
       Magic is an original, singular, and sweeping work of 
       scholarship, and its revelations will leave a spell on the
       reader."--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Magic|xHistory. 
650  7 HISTORY / Social History.|2bisacsh 
650  7 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
       |2bisacsh 
650  7 RELIGION / History.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Magic.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01005468 
650  7 Magic.|2sears 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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