| Edition |
Rev. ed. |
| Description |
xvii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-346) and index. |
| Contents |
Middle East exotica -- The ancient art of hepatoscopy -- The Greek paradox -- Magic in the Roman Empire -- The new outcasts -- Knowledge through number and the Word -- Pathways to knowledge -- Resurrection of the Kabbalah -- Music of the spheres -- Two sides of the coin of Alchemy -- Rise of the Clear Seer -- Medieval astrology -- The devil and the proliferation of good and evil -- It's witchcraft -- Summary: who turned on the lights? -- Rochester rap -- Before Hydesville -- Mr. Sludge -- DDH to HPB -- After the foxes -- My body, my map -- Summary: a light that failed? -- Who's a magician? -- Magic in the twentieth century -- Different time, same channel -- PK wars -- The personalized magic of healing -- You are what you eat -- Come fly with me -- Life after life -- Crystals -- Geomancy -- Summary: on shifting ground -- Is magic a religion? -- Magic and science -- Anthropologists encounter the occult -- Summary: crossing curves in an age of interconnectedness. |
| Summary |
With wit and a sharp critical eye, Aveni reveals surprising links between the minds of ancient astrologers and alchemists and today's gene manipulators and particle physicists, and the relationship between magical and scientific thinking. |
| Subject |
Magic -- History.
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Occultism and science.
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Magic. (OCoLC)fst01005468
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Occultism and science. (OCoLC)fst01043151
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0870816713 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780870816710 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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