Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World by Joel Walker, Scott Noegel, Brannon M. Wheeler

Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World

Magic in History

Joel Walker, Scott Noegel, Brannon M. Wheeler

255 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history reference religion challenging informative medium-paced
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In the religious systems of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Mediterranean, gods and demigods were neither abstract nor distant, but communicated with mankind through signs and active intervention. Men and women were thus eager to interpret, ap...

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