RELIGION AND THE DECLINE OF MAGIC
Book Details + Condition: Charles Scribner's Sons (New York). First American Edition, 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket. 716 pages. Keith Thomas' classic and exhaustive history of the magical beliefs held by people on every level of English society during the 16th and 17th centuries. Thomas explores how these beliefs were a significant part of the religious and scientific assumptions of the time. A major historical and religious work, filled with fascinating facts and original insights into an area of human nature that remains controversial today — the belief in the supernatural that continues in the modern world. Contents include:
- Prayer and Prophecy
- Magic of the Medieval Church
- Magical Healing
- Magic and Religion
- Astrology and Religion
- Astrology: Its Practice and Extent
- Ancient Prophecies
- Witchcraft and Religion
- The Making of a Witch
- Ghosts and Fairies
- Times and Omens
- And much more.
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. Firm binding; a bit of fading to edges of boards; Parker's bookplate to inside front board and info to ffep; approximately 10-15 pp with inked underlining and small marginal notations. Dust jacket shows light aging and wear, and retains its original price.
