Behind the Crystal Ball: Magic, Science, and the Occult from Antiquity Through the New Age, Revised Edition
Autor Anthony F. Avenien Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2002
In this fascinating exploration of occult practice, Anthony Aveni takes the reader on a whirlwind tour through time and space to unveil the many ways people have used magic over the millennia in hopes of improving their lives. As Aveni persuasively argues, the ancients sought what we now search for through science and religion - a clearer picture of humanity's place in the cosmos.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780870816710
ISBN-10: 0870816713
Pagini: 408
Ilustrații: b/w illus
Dimensiuni: 153 x 226 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:REV
Editura: University Press of Colorado
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0870816713
Pagini: 408
Ilustrații: b/w illus
Dimensiuni: 153 x 226 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:REV
Editura: University Press of Colorado
Locul publicării:United States
Recenzii
"[Mr. Aveni]'s not out to debunk . . . occult practices. Just the opposite: he argues that magic has had a bum rap through history . . . that 'deep down science and magic are perhaps more alike than we might care to admit.'"
—The New York Times B
—The New York Times B
Notă biografică
Anthony Aveni is the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, Anthropolgy, and Native Amerifan Studies at Colgate University. He has researched and written about Maya Astronomy for more than four decades. He was named a U.S. National Professor of the year and has been awarded the H.B. Nicholson Medal for Excellence in Research in Mesoamerican Studies by Harvard's Peabody Museum.
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In this fascinating exploration of occult practice, Anthony Aveni takes the reader on a whirlwind tour through time and space to unveil the many ways people have used magic over the millennia in hopes of improving their lives. As Aveni persuasively argues, the ancients sought what we now search for through science and religion - a clearer picture of humanity's place in the cosmos.