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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-22 - Publisher: Penn State Press
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Language: en
Pages: 417
Pages: 417
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-08-21 - Publisher: Penn State Press
What did it mean to believe in alchemy in early modern England? In this book, Bruce Janacek considers alchemical beliefs in the context of the writings of Thoma
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Pages: 292
Pages: 292
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-26 - Publisher: Penn State Press
In this original, provocative, well-reasoned, and thoroughly documented book, Frank Klaassen proposes that two principal genres of illicit learned magic occur i
Language: en
Pages: 931
Pages: 931
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-01-30 - Publisher: Penguin UK
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Language: en
Pages: 518
Pages: 518
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The title of this book refers to the classic time and place for magic, witchcraft, and divination in Russia. The Bathhouse at Midnight, by one of the world's fo