Ancient Magic

Name: Ancient Magic
Brand: Thames & Hudson Ltd
SKU: 9780500026410
Price: 16.62 EUR
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A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome

Автор: Philip Matyszak

Език:

Корици: С твърди корици

Издател: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Наличност: Външен склад

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Bestselling author Philip Matyszak explores how the Greeks and Romans used magic, who performed it -...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Philip Matyszak

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2023

страници

208

EAN

9780500026410

Enbook ID

42861692

Издател

Thames & Hudson Ltd

Теглоt

428

Размери

129 x 195

Пълно описание

Bestselling author Philip Matyszak explores how the Greeks and Romans used magic, who performed it - and why. Magic was everywhere in the ancient world. The supernatural abounded, turning flowers into fruit and caterpillars into butterflies.Magic packed a cloud of water vapour with energy enough to destroy a house with one well-aimed thunderbolt. It was everyday magic, but it was still magical. Philip Matyszak takes readers into that world.He shows us how to make a love potion or cast a curse, how to talk to the dead and how to identify and protect oneself from evil spirits. He takes us to a world where gods, like humans, were creatures of space and time; where people could not just talk to spirits and deities, but could even themselves become divine; and where divine beings could fall from - or be promoted to - full godhood. Ancient Magic offers us a new way of understanding the role of magic, looking at its history in all of its classical forms.Drawing on a wide array of sources, from Greek dramas to curse tablets, lavishly illustrated throughout, and packed with information, surprises, lore and learning, this book offers an engaging and accessible way into the supernatural for all.

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