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63 produkter
Oxford History of Witchcraft and Magic
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2023
26 kr
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Histories you can trust. This history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Telling the story from the dawn of writing in the ancient world to the globally successful Harry Potter films, the authors explore a wide range of magical beliefs …
The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic
Av Owen Davies
Häftad, 2021
266 kr
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This richly illustrated history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic.Telling the story from the dawn of writing in the ancient world to the globally successful Harry Potter films, the authors explore a wide range of magical beliefs and …
Witchcraft, magic and culture 1736–1951
Av Owen Davies
Häftad, 2025
364 kr
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This classic study remains the definitive account of witchcraft and magic in the centuries following the witch trials.The Witchcraft Act of 1736 brought an end to witch trials in Britain. But just because the law had changed didn’t mean people had stopped believing. Fear of witches and faith in …
Magic
A Very Short Introduction
Av Owen Davies
Häftad, 2012
135 kr
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Defining 'magic' is a maddening task. Over the last century numerous philosophers, anthropologists, historians, and theologians have attempted to pin down its essential meaning, sometimes analysing it in such complex and abstruse depth that it all but loses its sense altogether. For this reason, …
Haunted
A Social History of Ghosts
Av Owen Davies
Häftad, 2007
302 kr
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'The Haunted' is the first truly comprehensive social history of ghosts. Using fascinating and entertaining examples, Davies places the history of ghosts within their wider social and cultural context, and examines why a belief in ghosts continues to be vibrant, socially relevant and historically …
The Oxford History of Witchcraft and Magic
Av Owen Davies
Häftad, 2023
166 kr
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Histories you can trust. This history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Telling the story from the dawn of writing in the ancient world to the globally successful Harry Potter films, the authors explore a wide range of magical beliefs …
The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic
Inbunden, 2017
440 kr
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This richly illustrated history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Telling the story from the dawn of writing in the ancient world to the globally successful Harry Potter films, the authors explore a wide range of magical beliefs and …
Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2016
184 kr
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This richly illustrated history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Telling the story from the dawn of writing in the ancient world to the globally successful Harry Potter films, the authors explore a wide range of magical beliefs and …
Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2017
44 kr
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This richly illustrated history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Telling the story from the dawn of writing in the ancient world to the globally successful Harry Potter films, the authors explore a wide range of magical beliefs and …
Paganism
A Very Short Introduction
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2011
92 kr
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''Paganism'' is an evocative word that, even today, conjures up deep-seated emotions and prejudices. Until recently, it was primarily a derogatory term used by Christians to describe the non-Christian cultures confronted and vanquished by their Churches. For some it evokes images of sacrifice and …
Paganism
A Very Short Introduction
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2011
92 kr
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''Paganism'' is an evocative word that, even today, conjures up deep-seated emotions and prejudices. Until recently, it was primarily a derogatory term used by Christians to describe the non-Christian cultures confronted and vanquished by their Churches. For some it evokes images of sacrifice and …
Magic
A Very Short Introduction
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2012
92 kr
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Defining ''magic'' is a maddening task. Over the last century numerous philosophers, anthropologists, historians, and theologians have attempted to pin down its essential meaning, sometimes analysing it in such complex and abstruse depth that it all but loses its sense altogether. For this reason, …
Magic
A Very Short Introduction
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2012
19 kr
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Defining ''magic'' is a maddening task. Over the last century numerous philosophers, anthropologists, historians, and theologians have attempted to pin down its essential meaning, sometimes analysing it in such complex and abstruse depth that it all but loses its sense altogether. For this reason, …
America Bewitched
The Story of Witchcraft After Salem
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2013
123 kr
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America Bewitched is the first major history of witchcraft in America - from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the present day. The infamous Salem trials are etched into the consciousness of modern America, the human toll a reminder of the dangers of intolerance and persecution. The refrain …
America Bewitched
The Story of Witchcraft After Salem
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2013
119 kr
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America Bewitched is the first major history of witchcraft in America - from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the present day. The infamous Salem trials are etched into the consciousness of modern America, the human toll a reminder of the dangers of intolerance and persecution. The refrain …
Supernatural War
Magic, Divination, and Faith during the First World War
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2018
123 kr
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A Supernatural War reveals the surprising stories of extraordinary people in a world caught up with the promise of occult powers. It was a commonly expressed view during the First World War that the conflict had seen a major revival of ''superstitious'' beliefs and practices. Churches expressed …
Supernatural War
Magic, Divination, and Faith during the First World War
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2018
123 kr
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A Supernatural War reveals the surprising stories of extraordinary people in a world caught up with the promise of occult powers. It was a commonly expressed view during the First World War that the conflict had seen a major revival of ''superstitious'' beliefs and practices. Churches expressed …
Oxford History of Witchcraft and Magic
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2023
184 kr
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Histories you can trust. This history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Telling the story from the dawn of writing in the ancient world to the globally successful Harry Potter films, the authors explore a wide range of magical beliefs …
America Bewitched
The Story of Witchcraft After Salem
Av Owen Davies
Häftad, 2016
177 kr
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America Bewitched is the first major history of witchcraft in America - from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the present day. The infamous Salem trials are etched into the consciousness of modern America, the human toll a reminder of the dangers of intolerance and persecution. The refrain …
A Supernatural War
Magic, Divination, and Faith during the First World War
Av Owen Davies
Inbunden, 2018
314 kr
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It was a commonly expressed view during the First World War that the conflict had seen a major revival of 'superstitious' beliefs and practices.Churches expressed concerns about the wearing of talismans and amulets, the international press paid considerable interest to the pronouncements of …
A Supernatural War
Magic, Divination, and Faith during the First World War
Av Owen Davies
Häftad, 2021
176 kr
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A Supernatural War reveals the surprising stories of extraordinary people in a world caught up with the promise of occult powers.It was a commonly expressed view during the First World War that the conflict had seen a major revival of 'superstitious' beliefs and practices.Churches expressed …
Troubled by Faith
Insanity and the Supernatural in the Age of the Asylum
Av Owen Davies
Inbunden, 2023
392 kr
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The nineteenth century was a time of extraordinary scientific innovation, but with the rise of psychiatry, faiths and popular beliefs were often seen as signs of a diseased mind. By exploring the beliefs of asylum patients, we see the nineteenth century in a new light, with science, faith, and the …
Troubled by Faith
Insanity and the Supernatural in the Age of the Asylum
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2023
310 kr
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The nineteenth century was a time of extraordinary scientific innovation, but with the rise of psychiatry, faiths and popular beliefs were often seen as signs of a diseased mind. By exploring the beliefs of asylum patients, we see the nineteenth century in a new light, with science, faith, and the …
Troubled by Faith
Insanity and the Supernatural in the Age of the Asylum
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2023
310 kr
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The nineteenth century was a time of extraordinary scientific innovation, but with the rise of psychiatry, faiths and popular beliefs were often seen as signs of a diseased mind. By exploring the beliefs of asylum patients, we see the nineteenth century in a new light, with science, faith, and the …
Paganism
A Very Short Introduction
Av Owen Davies
Häftad, 2011
113 kr
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'Paganism' is an evocative word that, even today, conjures up deep-seated emotions and prejudices. Until recently, it was primarily a derogatory term used by Christians to describe the non-Christian cultures confronted and vanquished by their Churches. For some it evokes images of sacrifice and …
Art of the Grimoire
An Illustrated History of Magic Books and Spells
Av Owen Davies
Inbunden, 2023
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339 kr
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A copiously illustrated global history of magic books, from ancient papyri to pulp paperbacks “A beautiful production: a typographic and calligraphic treat as treasurable as a rare magical text itself. Almost every page is filled with wonder.”—Suzi Feay, The Spectator Grimoires, textbooks of magic …
Art of Divination
A Visual History of Oracles, Prophecy, and the Search for Secret Knowledge
Av Owen Davies
Inbunden, 2026
362 kr
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A global history of divination practices and tools, from tea leaves and tarot cards to pyromancy and palmistryThroughout history, humans have aspired to explain the unexplainable, to understand phenomena beyond our control, and to peer into the future. In this captivating book, Owen Davies explores …
Witchcraft, magic and culture 1736–1951
Av Owen Davies
Häftad, 1999
364 kr
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The only serious study of witchcraft and magic from 1736 to 1951Brings together matters ranging from upper class spiritualism to rural witchcraft in an exciting and intellecually stimulating wayEssential reading for all social historians and all h. . . .
Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History
Av Owen Davies
E-bok, 2007
671 kr
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Cunning-folk were local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued service to the community. They were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with everyday …
