Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World by Brannon M. Wheeler, Scott Noegel, Joel Walker

Magic in History

Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World

Brannon M. Wheeler, Scott Noegel, Joel Walker

255 pages paperback

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nonfiction history reference religion challenging informative medium-paced
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In the religious systems of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Mediterranean, gods and demigods were neither abstract nor distant, but communicated with mankind through signs and active intervention. Men and women were thus eager to interpret, ap...

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