Materia Magica
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Materia Magica
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Author : Andrew Wilburn
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2012
Materia Magica written by Andrew Wilburn and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Materia Magica approaches magic as a material endeavor, in which spoken spells, ritual actions, and physical objects all played vital roles in the performance of a rite. Through case studies drawing on objects excavated or discovered in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century at three Mediterranean sites, Andrew T. Wilburn identifies previously unknown forms of magic. He discovers evidence of the practice of magic in objects of ancient daily life, suggesting that individuals frequently turned to magic, particularly in times of crises. Studying the remains of spells enacted by practitioners, Wilburn examines the material remains of magical practice by identifying and placing them within their archaeological contexts. His method of connecting an analysis of the texts and inscriptions found on artifacts of magic with a close consideration of the physical form of these objects illuminates an exciting path toward new discoveries in the field.
Materia Magica
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Author : Draja Mickaharic
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013-03-30
Materia Magica written by Draja Mickaharic and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-30 with Reference categories.
A description of many of the materials used in the practice of practical magic, along with some formulas for specific products and warnings of some hazards of long used products. Designed for reference by the operative magician.
Gods In Dwellings
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Author : Michael B. Hundley
language : en
Publisher: Society of Biblical Lit
Release Date : 2013-11-10
Gods In Dwellings written by Michael B. Hundley and has been published by Society of Biblical Lit this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-10 with Architecture categories.
In this book devoted exclusively to temples and perceptions of the divine presences that inhabit them, Michael B. Hundley focuses on the official religions of the ancient Near East and explores the interface between the human and the divine within temple environs. Hundley identifies common ancient Near Eastern temple systems and examines issues that include what temple structures communicate, how temples were understood to function, temple ideology, the installation of divine presence in a temple, the connection between presence and physical representation, and human service to the deity. Drawing on architectural and spatial theory, ritual theory, theories of language, art history, archaeology, sociocultural anthropology, and comparative studies, Hundley offers a single interpretive lens through which to view temple worship. Features: A close examination of temples in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Hittite Anatolia, and Syria-Palestine An interdisciplinary treatment of architecture, language, ritual, and art A dual focus on how a deity's divine presence connects to space and art and how human service to the deity maintains the deity's active presence
Mesopotamian Magic
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Author : I. Tzvi Abusch
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1999
Mesopotamian Magic written by I. Tzvi Abusch and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
This volume, edited by Tzvi Zbusch and Karel van der Toorn, contains the papers delivered at the first international conference on Mesopotamian magic held under the auspices of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS) in June 1995. It is the first collective volume dedicated to the study of this topic. It aims at serving as a bench-mark and provides analytic and innovative but also sythetic and programmatic essays. Magical texts, forms, and traditions from the Mesopotamian cultural worlds of the third millennium BCE through the first millennium CE, in the Sumerian, Akkadian and Aramaic languages as well as in art, are examined.
Ancient Christians And The Power Of Curses
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Author : Laura Salah Nasrallah
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2024-05-31
Ancient Christians And The Power Of Curses written by Laura Salah Nasrallah and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-31 with Religion categories.
This book shows how Ancient Christians both used curses and criticized them in ancient Mediterranean religion and society.
Kykeon
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Author : H.F.J. Horstmanshoff
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-08-27
Kykeon written by H.F.J. Horstmanshoff and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-27 with History categories.
A collection of papers with new insights on ancient religion, read at a colloquium in honour of Professor H.S. Versnel ("Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion"). The contributions, presented by nine leading scholars in the field, cover many areas of the religious experience of the Greeks and Romans: myth and ritual (W. Burkert), the gods (F. Zeitlin), cult, festivals, sacrifice. Several papers consider methodological problems and the progress of scholarship; they highlight the contribution of H.S. Versnel to the field. The papers are based on a wide range of sources: pagan and Christian, literary and epigraphical and iconographical. The collection will fascinate all scholars interested in ancient religion, whether they study malign magic, the Imperial cult or general theory.
Disease In Babylonia
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Author : Irving L. Finkel
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2007
Disease In Babylonia written by Irving L. Finkel and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
The present collection of articles on disease in Babylonia is the first such volume to appear providing detailed information derived from published and unpublished medical texts in cuneiform script from the second and first millennia BC.
Mixing Medicines
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Author : Clare Griffin
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2022-09-15
Mixing Medicines written by Clare Griffin and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-15 with History categories.
Early modern Russians preferred one method of treating the sick above all others: prescribing drugs. The Moscow court sourced pharmaceuticals from Asia, Africa, Western Europe, and the Americas, in addition to its own sprawling empire, to heal its ailing tsars. Mixing Medicines explores the dynamic and complex world of early modern Russian medical drugs, from its enthusiasm for newly imported American botanicals to its disgust at Western European medicines made from human corpses. Clare Griffin draws from detailed apothecary records to shed light on the early modern Russian Empire’s role in the global trade in medical drugs. Chapters follow the trade and use of medical ingredients through networks that linked Moscow to Western Europe, Asia, and the Americas; the transformation of natural objects, such as botanicals and chemicals, into medicines; the documentation and translation of medical knowledge; and Western European influence on Russian medical practices. Looking beyond practitioners, texts, and ideas to consider how materials of medicine were used by one of the early modern world’s major empires provides a novel account of the global history of early modern medicine. Mixing Medicines offers unique insight into how the dramatic reshaping of global trade touched the day-to-day lives of the people living in early modern Russia.
The Dead Sea Scrolls After Fifty Years Volume 2
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Author : James C VanderKam
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1999-06-11
The Dead Sea Scrolls After Fifty Years Volume 2 written by James C VanderKam and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-06-11 with Religion categories.
The Dead Sea Scrolls after Fifty Years is being published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the first scrolls at Qumran. The two-volume set contains a comprehensive set of cutting-edge articles on a wide range of topics that are archaeological, historical, literary, sociological, or theological in character. Since the discovery of the first scrolls in 1947 an overwhelming number of studies has been published. Now, half a century later, nearly all scrolls found have been published in critical editions, and scholars can begin to assess the true relevance of the scrolls for the study of the Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and Early Christianity. The contributors to these volumes form an international team of leading specialists in the field. They have written critical surveys of particular aspects of Dead Sea Scrolls research, focusing on significant developments, theories and conclusions, while also indicating directions for future study.
The Problem Of Ritual Efficacy
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Author : William Sax
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-01-15
The Problem Of Ritual Efficacy written by William Sax and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-15 with Religion categories.
How do rituals work? Although this is one of the first questions that people everywhere ask about rituals, little has been written explicitly on the topic. In The Problem of Ritual Efficacy, nine scholars address this issue, ranging across the fields of history, anthropology, medicine, and biblical studies. For "modern" people, the very notion of ritual efficacy is suspicious because rituals are widely thought of as merely symbolic or expressive, so that - by definition - they cannot be efficacious. Nevertheless people in many cultures assume that rituals do indeed "work," and when we take a closer look at who makes claims for ritual efficacy (and who disputes such claims), we learn a great deal about the social and historical contexts of such debates. Moving from the pre-modern era-in which the notion of ritual efficacy was not particularly controversial-into the skeptical present, the authors address a set of debates between positivists, natural scientists, and religious skeptics on the one side, and interpretive social scientists, phenomenologists, and religious believers on the other. Some contributors advance a particular theory of ritual efficacy while others ask whether the question makes any sense at all. This path-breaking interdisciplinary collection will be of interest to readers in anthropology, history, religious studies, humanities and the social sciences broadly defined, and makes an important contribution to the larger conversation about what ritual does and why it matters to think about such things.