Religion and the Decline of MagicReligion & the Decline of Magic is Keith Thomas's classic history of the magical beliefs held by people on every level of English society in the 16th and 17th centuries and how these beliefs were a part of the religious and scientific assumptions of the time. It is not only a major historical and religious work, but a thoroughly enjoyable book filled with fascinating facts and original insights into an area of human nature that remains controversial today- the belief in the supernatural that still continues in the modern world. |
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Page 74
... popular level , and it was the ' superstitious ' character of popular devotion which most attracted the attention of English visitors to the Continent . The Catholic Church continued to provide a friendly environment for a variety of ...
... popular level , and it was the ' superstitious ' character of popular devotion which most attracted the attention of English visitors to the Continent . The Catholic Church continued to provide a friendly environment for a variety of ...
Page 273
... popular for use as charms , and Catholic symbolism figured prom- inently in magical rites , both in the séances of the ritual magicians and in popular divinatory techniques . Among Protestant contemporaries it was cer- tainly a ...
... popular for use as charms , and Catholic symbolism figured prom- inently in magical rites , both in the séances of the ritual magicians and in popular divinatory techniques . Among Protestant contemporaries it was cer- tainly a ...
Page 277
... popular magic while the popular demand for it lasted . The growth of Puritanism is testimony to the ultimate ineffectiveness of clerical resources in the face of any movement with genuine popular roots . If they had had only the church ...
... popular magic while the popular demand for it lasted . The growth of Puritanism is testimony to the ultimate ineffectiveness of clerical resources in the face of any movement with genuine popular roots . If they had had only the church ...
Contents
The Environment | 3 |
RELIGION | 4 |
The Magic of the Medieval Church | 25 |
Copyright | |
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