Astral Magic in Babylonia

Erica Reiner offers a connection between Near Eastern material and their echoes in the West. a foundation for comparisons between the oriental cultures and gtheir echoes in the West. To provide a foundation for comparisons the Near Eastern material needs to be resented in reliable form. Reiner's sources are culled from such scientific texts as medicine, divination, and rituals, which are not usually included in anthologies of Mesopotamian texts and rarely available in translation..

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Astral Magic in Babylonia

Erica Reiner offers a connection between Near Eastern material and their echoes in the West. a foundation for comparisons between the oriental cultures and gtheir echoes in the West. To provide a foundation for comparisons the Near Eastern material needs to be resented in reliable form. Reiner's sources are culled from such scientific texts as medicine, divination, and rituals, which are not usually included in anthologies of Mesopotamian texts and rarely available in translation..

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Astral Magic in Babylonia

Astral Magic in Babylonia

by Erica Reiner
Astral Magic in Babylonia

Astral Magic in Babylonia

by Erica Reiner

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Erica Reiner offers a connection between Near Eastern material and their echoes in the West. a foundation for comparisons between the oriental cultures and gtheir echoes in the West. To provide a foundation for comparisons the Near Eastern material needs to be resented in reliable form. Reiner's sources are culled from such scientific texts as medicine, divination, and rituals, which are not usually included in anthologies of Mesopotamian texts and rarely available in translation..


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ISBN-13: 9780871698544
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Publication date: 08/15/2017
Series: Transactions vol 85 pt 4 , #1985
Pages: 166
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ......................... vi

Forew ord ................................................... vii

A bbreviations ......................................... x

Introduction ...... ........................ 1

Chapter I: The Role of Stars ................................. 15

Chapter II: The Art of the Herbalist .......................... 25

Chapter III: Medicine ....................................... 43

Chapter IV: Divination ...................................... 61

Chapter V: Apotropaia ...................................... 81

Chapter VI: Sorcerers and Sorceresses ........................ 97

Chapter VII: The Nature of Stones ........................... 119

Chapter VIII: Nocturnal Rituals .............................. 133

Index ................................................. 145

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