Prayer Magic and The Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World ed by Scott Noegel Joel Walker & Brannon Wheeler (2003).pdf

MAGIC IN HISTORY

PRAYER, MAGIC,

AND THE STARS

IN THE

ANCIENT AND LATE

ANTIQUE WORLD

EDITED BY

SCOTT NOEGEL, JOEL WALKER, AND BRANNON WHEELER

Prayer, Magic, and the Stars

in the Ancient

and Late Antique World

THE MAGIC IN HISTORY SERIES

FORBIDDEN RITES

A Necromancer’s Manual of the Fifteenth Century

Richard Kieckhefer

CONJURING SPIRITS

Texts and Traditions of Medieval Ritual Magic

Claire Fanger

RITUAL MAGIC

Elizabeth M. Butler

THE FORTUNES OF FAUST

Elizabeth M. Butler

THE BATHHOUSE AT MIDNIGHT

An Historical Survey of Magic and Divination in Russia

W. F. Ryan

SPIRITUAL AND DEMONIC MAGIC

From Ficino to Campanella

D. P. Walker

ICONS OF POWER

Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity

Naomi Janowitz

The Magic in History series explores the role magic

and the occult have played in European culture, religion,

science, and politics. Titles in the series will bring the

resources of cultural, literary, and social history to bear on the

history of the magic arts, and will contribute towards an

understanding of why the theory and practice of magic have

elicited fascination at every level of European society.

Volumes will include both editions of important texts and

signiﬁcant new research in the ﬁeld.

M agic in H istory

Prayer, Magic, and the

Stars in the Ancient

and Late AntiqueWorld

edited by

Scott Noegel, Joel Walker, and Brannon Wheeler

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS

University Park, Pennsylvania

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Prayer, magic, and the stars in the ancient and late antique world/

edited by Scott Noegel, Joel Walker, and Brannon Wheeler.

p. cm.—(Magic in history)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-271-02257-4 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 0-271-02258-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Magic, Ancient—Congresses.

2. Magic—Religious aspects—History—Congresses.

3. Dreams—Religious aspects—History—Congresses.

4. Stars—Religious aspects—History—Congresses.

5. Divination—History—Congresses.

I. Noegel, Scott B.

II. Walker, Joel Thomas, 1968– .

III. Wheeler, Brannon M., 1965– .

IV. Series.

BF1591.P73 2003

200'.93—dc21

2003009823

Printed in the United States of America

Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press,

University Park, PA 16802–1003

It is the policy of The Pennsylvania State University Press to use acid-free paper.

Publications on uncoated stock satisfy the minimum requirements of American National

Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Material,

ANSI Z39.48–1992.

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