Description: Grimoires : A History of Magic Books, Paperback by Davies, Owen, ISBN 0199590044, ISBN-13 9780199590049, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US No books have been more feared than grimoires, and no books have been more valued and revered. In Grimoires: A History of Magic Books, Owen Davies illuminates the many fascinating forms these recondits have taken and exactly what thess held. At their most benign, these repositories
of forbidden knowledge revealed how to make powerful talismans and protective amulets, and provided charms and conjurations for healing illness, finding love, and warding off evil. But other books promised the power to control innocent victims, even to call up the devil. Davies traces the history of
this remarkably resilient and adaptable genre, from the ancient Middle East to modern America, offering a new perspective on the fundamental developments of western civilization over the past two thousand years. Grimoires shows the influence magic and magical writing has had on the cultures of the
world, richly demonstrating the role they have played in the spread of Christianity, the growth of literacy, and the influence of western traditions from colonial times to the present.
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Book Title: Grimoires : A History of Magic Books
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Name: Grimoires : a History of Magic Books
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: Healing / Energy (Qigong, Reiki, Polarity), Witchcraft (See Also Religion / Wicca), Magick Studies, Occultism
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.8 Oz
Item Length: 8.4 in
Author: Owen Davies
Subject Area: Body, Mind & Spirit
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
