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Libra Esoterica

Icons of power

ritual practices in late antiquity

by Naomi Janowitz

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  • 21st century
  • Language: English

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In the waning years of the Roman Empire, Jews, Christians, and pagans alike used rituals to bridge the gap between the human and the divine. Depending on one' s point of view, however, such rituals could be labeled negatively as "magic" or positively as "theurgy." This has led to numerous problems of interpretation, including marginalizing certain ritual practices as magic or occult while privileging others as genuine or orthodox. In Icons of Power, Naomi Janowitz sifts through the polemics to make sense of the daunting mosaic of religious belief and practice in Late Antiquity. [publisher].

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism, Occultism and esotericism, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “occult” in the description.

    • “occult”· in description
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from harvard matched “ritual magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description and “Magic” in the subject metadata.

    • “ritual magic”· via Harvard LibraryCloud
    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in subject
  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “Jewish magic” in the subject metadata.

    • “Jewish magic”· in subject

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ritual practices in late antiquity

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xxv, 161 p. ; 24 cm.

2002—English
  • 0271021470
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