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The Book of Magic

From Antiquity to the Enlightenment

2016 || Paperback || Brian Copenhaver || Penguin Books Ltd

A rich, wondrous anthology of the Western magical tradition, from the Old Testament to Doctor Faustus and Paradise Lost, now in a Penguin Classics black spine edition



". . . as when iron is drawn to a magnet, camphor is sucked into hot air, crystal lights up in the Sun, sulfur and a volatile liquid are kindled by flame, an empty eggshell filled with dew is raised towards the Sun . . ."



The Bible is full of stories featuring forms of magic and possession-from Moses batt...