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Civilizations of the Supernatural. Witchcraft, Ritual, and Religious Experience in Late Antique, Medieval, and Renaissance Traditions
Civilizations of the Supernatural. Witchcraft, Ritual, and Religious Experience in Late Antique, Medieval, and Renaissance Traditions

Contributor(s): Fabrizio Conti (Editor)
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Philosophy, Cultural history, Special Branches of Philosophy, Ancient World, Middle Ages, Theology and Religion, Philosophy of Religion, 6th to 12th Centuries, 13th to 14th Centuries, 15th Century, History of Religion
Published by: Trivent Publishing
Keywords: Witchcraft; ritual; religion; theology; magic; supernatural; medieval history; renaissance; antiquity; pagan magic; superstition; Christianity; graphophagy; Agrippa; Shakespeare; Bible
Summary/Abstract: Civilizations of the Supernatural: Witchcraft, Ritual, and Religious Experience in Late Antique, Medieval, and Renaissance Traditions brings together thirteen scholars of late-antique, medieval, and renaissance traditions who discuss magic, religious experience, ritual, and witch-beliefs with the aim of reflecting on the relationship between man and the supernatural. The content of the volume is intriguingly diverse and includes late antique traditions covering erotic love magic, Hellenistic-Egyptian astrology, apotropaic rituals, early Christian amulets, and astrological amulets; medieval traditions focusing on the relationships between magic and disbelief, pagan magic and Christian culture, as well as witchcraft and magic in Britain, Scandinavian sympathetic graphophagy, superstition in sermon literature; and finally Renaissance traditions revolving around Agrippan magic, witchcraft in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and a Biblical toponym related to the Friulan Benandanti’s visionary experiences. These varied topics reflect the multifaceted ways through which men aimed to establish relationships with the supernatural in diverse cultural traditions, and for different purposes, between Late Antiquity and the Renaissance. These ways eventually contributed to shaping the civilizations of the supernatural or those peculiar patterns which helped men look at themselves through the mirror of their own amazement of being in this world.

  • E-ISBN-13: 978-615-81689-8-4
  • Print-ISBN-13: 978-615-81689-1-5
  • Page Count: 383
  • Publication Year: 2020
  • Language: English
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