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Paperback. 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. Series: Blackwell Ancient Religions. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRQX2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405132398
- ISBN
- 9781405132398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
Hardback. 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. Series: Blackwell Ancient Religions. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRQX2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405132381
- ISBN
- 9781405132381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.42
€ 125.42
Hardcover. This study explores the roles played by magic in contemporary African warfare, specifically through the case of Sierra Leone, to assess its impact on behaviour in conflict. A conceptual framework is suggested for analysing culturally alien practices more broadly and to inform approaches to civilian and military intervention. Num Pages: 188 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HRQX2; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621022
- ISBN
- 9780230621022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Paperback. This is the first book to explore comparatively how magic-usually portrayed as the antithesis of the modern-is also at home in modernity. Editor(s): Meyer, Birgit; Pels, Peter. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HRQX2; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804744645
- ISBN
- 9780804744645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. This is the first book to explore comparatively how magic-usually portrayed as the antithesis of the modern-is also at home in modernity. Editor(s): Meyer, Birgit; Pels, Peter. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HRQX2; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744638
- ISBN
- 9780804744638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.15
€ 158.15
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408270509
- ISBN
- 9781408270509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.66
€ 56.66
Hardback. Sexuality and the occult arts have long been associated in the western imagination, but it was not until the nineteenth century that a large and sophisticated body of literature on sexual magic - the use of sex as a source of magical power - emerged. This book presents the history of western sexual magic as a modern spiritual tradition. Num Pages: 349 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HRQX2; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247765
- ISBN
- 9780520247765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.42€ 65.36
€ 84.42
€ 65.36
Paperback. Adam Ashforth, an Australian who has spent many years in Soweto, finds his longtime friend Madumo in dire circumstances: his family has accused him of using witchcraft to kill his mother and has thrown him out on the street. Convinced that his life is cursed, Madumo seeks help among Soweto's bewildering array of healers and prophets. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BG; HRQX5; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226029726
- ISBN
- 9780226029726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Hardcover. A collection of essays in which Femia argues that Labriola, Gramsci, Mosca and Pareto are united by the worldly humanism inherited from Machiavelli. This was due to their distinctively Italian hostility to the metaphysical abstractions of natural law and Christian theology which accounted for similarities in their thought. Num Pages: 169 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HRQA; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333689370
- ISBN
- 9780333689370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.77
€ 126.77
Paperback. Translator(s): Boardman, Terry M. Num Pages: 728 pages, 64 black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGX; HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Publisher
- Temple Lodge Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906999643
- ISBN
- 9781906999643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.57
€ 52.99
€ 44.57
Paperback. Rahn's personal diary from his travels as occult investigator for the Third Reich. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HRQ; VXW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594771972
- ISBN
- 9781594771972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 266 x 23. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Plexus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2016 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859655477
- ISBN
- 9780859655477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.43
€ 21.99
€ 20.43
Hardback. Despite their centuries-old history and traditions, witchcraft and magic are still a key part of modern Anglo-American culture. In "Lucifer Ascending", Bill Ellis looks at modern practices that are universally defined as "occult" and the social function of individuals' dabbling with the occult. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122892
- ISBN
- 9780813122892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.81
€ 50.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 356 pages, 25, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801494291
- ISBN
- 9780801494291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.40
€ 35.40
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632780
- ISBN
- 9780691632780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.96€ 86.38
€ 112.96
€ 86.38
Paperback. Recent archaeological findings confirm Osman's 25-year-old discovery of the location of the city of the Exodus. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HDDH; HRQX; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 221 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591431893
- ISBN
- 9781591431893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.15
€ 23.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. Series: Secular Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQA5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479883202
- ISBN
- 9781479883202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Examines the left-hand path and reveals the masters of the tradition. Num Pages: 512 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX2; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 27. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594774676
- ISBN
- 9781594774676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.04
€ 33.99
€ 29.04
Paperback. From ancient Zoroastrians to Concerned Christians of 1998, a belief in the imminent end of the world and the coming of the new age has motivated hundreds of sects and cults, some of which have burned out in an orgy of violence. In this text, Professor Baumgartner explores their history. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; HRAC; HRLB; HRQM; JFC; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312238346
- ISBN
- 9780312238346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.08
€ 72.08
Paperback. Without Madame Blavatsky the New Age would not exist. This pioneering and phenomenal spiritual traveller deserves new respect and recognition. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRQC5; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 219 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780996530
- ISBN
- 9781780996530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49