Ancient Magic
Ancient Magic Bestselling author Philip Matyszak explores how the Greeks and Romans used magic, who performed it – and whyMagic was everywhere in the ancient world. Magic packed a cloud of water…
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Ancient Magic
Bestselling author Philip Matyszak explores how the Greeks and Romans used magic, who performed it – and whyMagic was everywhere in the ancient world. Magic packed a cloud of water vapour with energy enough to destroy a house with one well-aimed thunderbolt. The supernatural abounded, turning flowers into fruit and caterpillars into butterflies.
He shows us how to make a love potion or cast a curse, how to talk to the dead and how to identify and protect oneself from evil spirits. It was everyday magic, but it was still magical.Philip Matyszak takes readers into that world. He takes us to a world where gods, like humans, were creatures of space and time; where people could not just talk to spirits and deities, but could even themselves become divine; and where divine beings could fall from – or be promoted to – full godhood.Ancient Magic offers us a new way of understanding the role of magic, looking at its history in all of its classical forms.
Drawing on a wide array of sources, from Greek dramas to curse tablets, lavishly illustrated throughout, and packed with information, surprises, lore and learning, this book offers an engaging and accessible way into the supernatural for all.
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