Magic in the Modern World: Strategies of Repression and Legitimization
14 Magic in History

Magic in the Modern World

Strategies of Repression and Legitimization

By
Edward Bever
Edward Bever(Editor),
Randall Styers
Randall Styers(Editor)
2017 • 216 pages

A collection of essays on various aspects of the position of magic in the modern world. Essays explore the ways in which modernity has been defined in explicit opposition to magic and superstition, and the ways in which modern proponents of magic have worked to legitimate their practices.

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Magic in History

Magic in History is a 14-book series with 14 released primary works first released in 1958 with contributions by D.P. Walker, Frank Klaassen, and Juris Lidaka.

Conjuring Spirits: Texts and Traditions of Medieval Ritual Magic
Battling Demons: Witchcraft, Heresy, and Reform in the Late Middle Ages
Icons of Power: Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity
Binding Words: Textual Amulets in the Middle Ages
Strange Revelations: Magic, Poison, and Sacrilege in Louis XIV's France
Alchemical Belief: Occultism in the Religious Culture of Early Modern England
The Transformations of Magic: Illicit Learned Magic in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance
Magic in the Cloister: Pious Motives, Illicit Interests, and Occult Approaches to the Medieval Universe
Magic in the Modern World: Strategies of Repression and Legitimization
Medicine, Religion, and Magic in Early Stuart England: Richard Napier's Medical Practice
The Long Life of Magical Objects: A Study in the Solomonic Tradition

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