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Stealing fire from heaven [electronic resource] : the rise of modern Western magic / Nevill Drury.

By:

Drury, Nevill, 1947-

Contributor(s):

Oxford University Press

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2011.Description: ix, 356 p. : illUniform titles:

Oxford scholarship online.

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133.430904 22

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BF1595

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Summary: Despite the dramatic expansion of modern technology, which defines and dominates many aspects of contemporary life and thought, the Western magical traditions are currently undergoing an international resurgence. In this overview of the modern occult revival, Drury traces the rise of various forms of magical belief and practice.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Despite the dramatic expansion of modern technology, which defines and dominates many aspects of contemporary life and thought, the Western magical traditions are currently undergoing an international resurgence. In this overview of the modern occult revival, Drury traces the rise of various forms of magical belief and practice.

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