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Magicians, Ghosts, Amulets, and Spells: Daniel Ogden on Græco-Roman Magic

Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)

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Is There a Confusion Between First and Second Order Terms?

The term magaia doesn't even come into Greek until the fifth century. Gai'es, for me actually is a more interesting word, in so far as we can etymologize it,. It seems to be connected with the frequent American word, goos and goo - these mean grief, mourning, lamentation. So why do you call what appears to be when the word is used as sort of all-purpose sorcerer? I would love to go back and talk about Cercine relating to these words but perhaps I say something about these words first.

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