Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Subtitle: A Collection of Ancient Texts
Edition: second edition edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 5, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9780801883453
Subjects: Magic & alchemy; Occultism; History; Ancient and Classical; Sources; New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit; Hellenic languages; History: World; Mysticism; Ancient - Greece; Ancient - Rome; Magick Studies; History / Ancient / General; Rome; Ancient - General; Civilization, Classical; Greece
First sentence: Settling on a precise definition of magic is not easy, so let me begin with a practical interpretation.