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SECOND EDITION

Arcana Mundi

MAGIC AND THE OCCULT IN THE

GREEK AND ROMAN WORLDS

A Collection of Ancient Texts

Translated, Annotated, and Introduced by

Georg Luck

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THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS

BALTIMORE

The ﬁrst edition of this book was brought to publication with

the generous assistance of the David M. Robinson Fund and

the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

1985, 2006 The Johns Hopkins University Press

Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Arcana mundi : magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds : a collection

of ancient texts / translated, annotated, and introduced by Georg Luck. — 2nd ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes.

isbn 0-8018-8345-8 (hardcover : alk. paper)

isbn 0-8018-8346-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Occultism—Greece—History—Sources. 2. Occultism—Rome—History—

Sources. 3. Civilization, Classical—Sources. I. Luck, Georg, 1926–

bf1421.a73 2006

130.938—dc22

2005028354

A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library.