The ten essays here examine the history of the distinction between "true religion" and magic in Christianity and Judaism. Contributors including Hans Penner, Tzvi Abusch and Moshe Idel discuss such topics as Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the magician, magic in Hasidism and the Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England.
The ten essays here examine the history of the distinction between "true religion" and magic in Christianity and Judaism. Contributors including Hans Penner, Tzvi Abusch and Moshe Idel discuss such topics as Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the magician, magic in Hasidism and the Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England.
Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In his handling of science, magic, and religion, Malinowski essentially accepted the traditional Western conception of a dual reality-the reality of...
Andrew Lang was one of the leading lights in the study of unexplained phenomena. In this collection of essays, he takes a look at the state of the study of early religion, ritual, magic, and myth. He...