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Magic in the Roman World
Pagans, Jews and Christians
Series: Religion in the First Christian Centuries
Using in-depth examples of 'magical' practice such as exorcisms, love rites, alchemy and the transformation of humans into divine beings, this lively volume demonstrates that the word 'magic' was used widely in late antique texts as part of polemics against enemies and sometimes merely as a term...
Published June 20th 2001 by Routledge