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Davies Owen. Grimoires - A History of Magic Books 2009 [pdf 381sc 368c. 9.64mb]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 recondite books have taken and exactly what these books 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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Author

Davies, Owen

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780191509247

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

History, Body Mind & Spirit, Philosophy

Rating

4.02 / 5 (276 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14