The Materiality of Magic. - Brossura

Dietrich Boschung; Jan N. Bremmer

Brossura

ISBN 10: 3770557255 ISBN 13: 9783770557257

Casa editrice: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2015

Riassunto

The Materiality of Magic is an exciting new book about an aspect of magic that is usually neglected. In the last two decades we have had many books and proceedings of conferences on the concept of magic itself as well as its history, formulas and incantations in antiquity, both in East and West. Much less attention, however, has been paid to the material that was used by the magicians for their conjuring activities. This is the first book of its kind that focuses on the material aspects of magic, such as amulets, drawings, figurines, gems, grimoires, rings, and voodoo dolls. The practice of magic required a specialist expertise that knew how to handle material such as lead, gold, stones, papyrus and terra cottamaterial that sometimes was used for specific genres of magic. That is why we present in this well illustrated collection of studies new insights on the materiality of magic in antiquity by studying both the materials used for magic as well as the books in which the expertise was preserved. The main focus of the book is on antiquity, but we complement and contrast our material with examples ranging from the Ancient Near East, via early modern Europe, to the present time.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Wilhelm Fink Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 3770557255
• ISBN 13: 9783770557257
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 443