Introduction
1: Anthropologies of magic
2: Historical perspectives
3: All in the mind?
4: Writing magic
5: Practising magic
6: Magic and the modern world
Conclusion
Owen Davies is Professor of Social History at the University of Hertfordshire. He has written extensively on the history of magic, witchcraft, and ghosts, including Grimoires: A History of Magic Books (OUP, 2009), The Haunted: A Social History of Ghosts (Palgrave, 2007), and Paganism: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2011).
Davies explores an impressive range of topics including the basic
terminology of magic, major theoretical approaches to the subject,
the tradition of written magic, its use as a strategy for excluding
others and defining ones own group, and the revival of magic in the
context of contemporary paganism. ... The book is interspersed with
a selection of photographs and illustrations, and it is well worth
such a modest outlay.
*Juliette Wood, Folklore*
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