04 - Magic in the Ancient World with Dr. Andrew Henry
Hearth of Hellenism
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How to Study Ancient Magic
My dissertation advisor, Dr David Frank and Frederick he was the editor of this big book called the guide to the study of ancient magic very expensive. And in the opening chapter he lays out kind of like five points like how do you study ancient magic. And first of all it's strictly adhering to the indigenous vocabulary. So don't gloss the word farm a kia magia go itia. Number four is that stuff that we call magical like the magical papari which are all these texts from ancient Egypt are not evidence for magic. They're evidence for temple functionaries doing rituals that they would not have called my via. I'm the academic point of view right from the academics from
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