Magic and the Supernatural in the Ancient World

Syllabus and Bibliography

Course Information

• Institution: Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Course: CLAS 418: Magic and the Supernatural in the Ancient World (Spring 1997)
• Instructor: Barbette Stanley Spaeth, Associate Professor, Department of Classical Studies
  • Office: Jones Hall 210A, 862-3078
  • Email: spaeth@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
• Required Texts
  • Apuleius. 1960. The Golden Ass. Trans. by J. Lindsay. Bloominton, Ind.
  • Faraone, Christopher A. and Obbink, Dirk, eds. 1991. Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion. New York and Oxford.
  • Grene, David and Richmond Lattimore, eds. 1955. Euripides I. Chicago and London.
  • Lehmann, Arthur C. and James E. Myers, eds. 1997. Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion. 4th ed. Mountain View, California.
  • Luck, Georg. Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds. 1985. Baltimore and London.
  • Neusner, Jacob; Frerichs, Ernest S.; Flesher, Paul V. 1989. Religion, Science and Magic: In Concert and In Conflict. New York and Oxford.
  • Pinch, Geraldine. 1994. Magic in Ancient Egypt. Austin, Texas.

Topics and Readings

Jan. 20 -- MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY

Jan. 27 -- Introduction to Course

General Bibliography

• Articles on Witchcraft, Magic, and Demonology: A Twelve Volume Anthology of Scholarly Articles. 1992. New York. (BF 1563 .A77 1992)
• Butler, E.M. 1949. Ritual Magic. Cambridge. (133.4 B985R)
• Cavendish, R., ed. 1983. Man, Myth, and Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural. 2nd ed. 12 vols. New York and London. (BF1411 .M25 1983)
• Dodds, E.R. 1951. The Greeks and the Irrational. Berkeley. (BF1421 .D6 1971)
• Frazer, J.G. 1955. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion. 3rd ed. 13 vols. New York. (BL310.F7 1955)
• Hastings, J., ed. 1908-1927. Encylopedia of Religion and Ethics. 13 vols. New York.
• Hull, J.M. 1978. Hellenistic Magic and the Synoptic Tradition. Studies in Biblical Theology, 2nd ser., nr. 28. Naperville, Ill.
• Kies, C. 1986. The Occult in the Western World: An Annotated Bibliography. Hamden, Conn.
• Laing, Gordon. 1972. Taboo, Magic, Spirits: A Study of the Primitive Elements in Roman Religion. Westport, Conn. (BL 805 .B8 1972)
• Lowe, J.E. 1929. Magic in Greek and Roman Literature. Oxford.
• Maus, M. 1972. A General Theory of Magic. London and Boston. (BF1611.M38 1972)
• Melton, J. 1992. Magic, Witchcraft, and Paganism in America: A Bibliography. 2nd ed. New York.
• Merrifield, R. 1987. The Archaeology of Ritual and Magic. New York. (BF1622.E5M47)
• Meyer, M. and P. Mirecki, eds. 1995. Ancient Magic and Ritual Power. Leiden.
• Parry, Hugh. 1992. Thelxis : Magic and Imagination in Greek Myth and Poetry. Lanham, Md. (BF 1622 .G8 P37 1992).
• C. Philips, "In Search of the Occult: An Annotated Anthology," Helios 15 (1988) 151-170.
• Romilly, J. de. 1975. Magic and Rhetoric in Ancient Greece. The N. C. Jackson Lecture. Cambridge, Mass. (Temporary Control Number: AAB3900
• Robbins, R.H. 1981. Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology. New York. (133.403 R635e)
• Tavenner, E. 1916. Studies in Magic from Latin Literature. New York. (870.9 T19)
• Thorndike, L. 1923. A History of Magic and Experimental Science. Vol. 1. New York. (Q125 .T52)

Feb. 3 -- Magic, Superstition, Religion, and Science

Required Reading

• Luck (1985) 3-9, 46-53, 65-66, 117-131.
• C. Faraone, Preface in Farone and Obbink (1991) v-vii.
• C. Phillips, "Nullum Crimen sine Lege: Socioreligious Sanctions on Magic" in Farone and Obbink (1991) 260-276.
• H. Penner, "Rationality, Ritual, and Science" in Neusner et al. (1989) 11-26 S. Sharot, "Magic, Religion, Science, and Secularization" in Neusner et al. (1989) 262-284
• Pinch (1994) 9-32, 161-177
• I. Lewis, "The Anthropologist's Encounter with the Supernatural" in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 17-22.
• H. Miner, "Body Ritual among the Nacrima" in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 71-74
• B. Malinowski, "Rational Mastery by Man of His Surroundings" Lehmann and Myers (1997) 270-275.
• G. Gmlech, "Baseball Magic" in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 276-282.
• C. Sagan, "The Burden of Skepticism" in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 378-383
• B. Singer and V. Benassi, "Occult Beliefs" in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 383-392.
• R. Lee, "Amulets and Anthropology: A Paranormal Encounter with Malay Magic" in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 414-420.

Additional Reading:

• Ben-Yehuda, N. 1985. Deviance and Moral Boundaries: Witchcraft, the Occult, Science, Fiction, Deviant Sciences and Scientists. Chicago. (HM291.B386 1985)
• Lang, A. Magic and Religion. London 1901. (BL 310 .L34 1969)
• Lloyd, G. 1983. Science, Folklore, and Ideology: Studies in the Life Sciences in Ancient Greece. Cambridge. (R723.L58 1983)
• ________. 1979. Magic, Reason and Experience: Studies in the Origin and Development of Greek Science. Cambridge. (Q127.G7L59)
• Moellering, H. 1962. Plutarch on Superstition. Boston.
• Malinowski, B. 1954. Magic, Science, and Religion. Boston. (GN 8 .M286 1954)
• Phillips, C. 1986. "The Sociology of Religious Knowledge in the Roman Empire," ANRW 2.16.3: 2677-2773. (DG 209 .A86)
• Segal, A. 1981. "Hellenistic Magic: Some Questions of Definition," in Studies in Gnosticism and Hellenistic Religion Presented to Gilles Quispel. EPRO 91. Leiden, pp. 349-75. (BT1390.S88)
• Tambiah, S. 1973. "Form and Meaning of Magical Acts: A Point of View,' in Modes of Thought. R. Horton and R. Finnegan, eds. London, pp. 199-229. (BD175.H67)
• Tambiah, S.J. 1990. Magic, Science, Religion and the Scope of Rationality. Cambridge. (GN 345 .T36 1990)

Feb. 10 -- MARDI GRAS HOLIDAY

Feb. 17 -- Practioners of Magic 1: Magicians and Shamans

Required Reading

• Luck (1985) 9-46, 103-113, 217-218, 290
• H. Kee, "Magic and Messiah" in Neusner et al. (1989) 121-141.
• S. Garrett,"Light on a Dark Subject and Vice Versa: Magic and Magicians in the New Testament" in Neusner et al. (1989) 142-165.
• Pinch (1994) 47-60.
• V. Turner, "Religious Specialists," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 78-85.
• C. Von Furer-Haimendorf, "Priests" in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 86-90.
• C. Levi-Strauss, "The Sorcerer and His Magic," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 171-180.
• L. Wright, "Sympathy for the Devil: It's Not Easy Being Evil in a World That's Gone to Hell," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 393-404.

Additional Reading

• Apuleius, Apologia
• Lucian, Alexander the Pseudoprophet
• Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana
  
• Bowie, E. 1978. "Apollonius of Tyana: Tradition and Reality," ANRW 2.16.2 (1978) 1652-99. (DG 209 .A86)
• Burkert, W. 1972. Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism. Translated by E.L. Minar, Jr. Cambridge, Mass. (B243.B813)
• Butler, E. 1948. The Myth of the Magus. Cambridge.
  • Book Review by Sheeja Kanacheril
• Gager, J.G. 1972. Moses in Greco-Roman Paganism. SBL Monograph Series 16. Nashville.
• Kingsley, Peter. 1995. Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Empedocles and the Pythagorean Tradition. Oxford. (B 218 .Z7 K56 1995)
• LaVey, Anton Szandor. 1969. The Satanic Bible. New York. (BF1548 .L39 1969)
• Peters, E. 1978. The Magician, the Witch, and the Law. Philadelphia. (BF1593.P42)
  • Book Review by Alex Gleason
• Smith, M. 1978. Jesus the Magician. New York . (BT304.93.S63 1981)
  • Book Review by Julie Alvarez

Feb. 24 -- Practioners of Magc 2: Greek Witches, Comparative Anthropological Perspectives

Required Reading

• Euripides, Medea.
• Luck (1985) 61-64, 66-71.
• T. Abusch, "The Demonic Image of the Witch in Standard Babylonian Literature: The Reworking of Popular Conceptions by Learned Exorcists" in Neusner et al. (1989) 27-60.
• N. Ben-Yehuda, "Witchcraft and the Occult as Boundary Maintenance Devices" in Neusner et al. (1989) 229-260.
• J. Brain, "An Anthropological Perspective on the Witchcraze" in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 192-198.
• N. McPherson, "Sorcery and Concepts of Deviance among the Kabana, West New Britain," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 208-216.
• S. Lindenbaum, "Sorcerers, Ghosts, and Polluting Women: An Analysis of Religious Belief and Population Control" in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 292-299.

Additional Reading:

• Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica.
• Seneca, Medea.
• Theocritus, Idylls.

• Clauss, J. and S. Hohnston, eds. 1997. Medea: Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art. Princeton.
• Douglas, M., ed. 1970. Witchcraft: Confessions and Accusations. New York. (BF 1563 .W56).
• Evans-Pritchard, E.E. 1937. Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande. Oxford. (GN 475.8 .E9)
• Kluckhohn, C. 1989. Navaho Witchcraft. Boston. (E 99 .N3 K55 1989)
• Mair, L. 1969. Witchcraft. New York.
• Middleton, J. ed. 1976. Magic, Witchcraft, and Curing. Austin, Texas. (GN475.M47)
• Murray, M. The God of the Witches. 1960. Garden City, N.Y. (133.4094 M983g)
  • Book review by Diana Hollenbeck
  ________. 1962. The Witch-Cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology. Oxford. (BF1581 .M8 1962)
• Nutini, H. 1993. Bloodsucking Witchcraft : An Epistemological Study of Anthropomorphic Supernaturalism in Rural Tlaxcala. Tucson. ( F 1221 .N3 N87 1993)
• Parrinder, G. 1970. Witchcraft: European and African. London. (BF1566.P3 1970)
• Understanding Withcraft and Sorcery in Southeast Asia. 1993. ( BF 1584 .A785 U53 1993)
• Yarnall, J. 1994. Transformations of Circe : The History of an Enchantress. Urbana, Ill. (PN 57 .C52 Y37 1994)
  • Book review by Summer Townsend

Mar. 3 -- Practioners of Magic 3: Roman Witches, Comparative Historical Perspectives, Modern Witchcract

Required Reading

• Luck (1985) 73-78, 85-89, 113-117, 195-204, 212-217, 222-225.
• Apuleius, Golden Ass, Bk. 1-3 (pp. 33-87), 9-10 (pp. 185-234).
• P. Stevens, "Some Implications of Urban Witchcraft Beliefs," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 199-207.
• E. Moody, "Urban Witches" in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 231-237.
• M. Truzzi, "The Occult Revival as Popular Culture: Some Observations on the Old and the
• Nouveau Witch" in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 405-413.

Additional Reading

• Adler, M. 1986. Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today. Rev. ed. Boston. (BF1573.A34 1986)
• Baroja, J. The World of the Witches. 1964. Translated by N. Glendinning. London. (133.4 C292BYG)
  • Book review by Krista Ernewein
• Barstow, A.L. 1994. Witchcraze: A New History of the European Witch Hunts. San Francisco. (CCR5724: Temporary Control Number)
• Brauner, S. 1995. Fearless Wives and Frightened Shrews : The Construction of the Witch in Early Modern Germany. Amherst, Mass. (BF 1583 .B73 1995)
• Ehrenreich, B. and D. English. 1973. Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers. Old Westbury, N.Y. (R692.E35 1973)
• Gardner, G. 1984. Witchcraft Today. New York.
• Ginsburg, C. 1983. The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. New York. (BL 980 .I8 G5613 1983)
• Godbeer, R. 1992. The Devil's Dominion: Magic and Religion in Early New England. Cambridge. (BF 1576 .G63 1992)
• Hester, M. 1992. Lewd Women and Wicked Witches: A Study of the Dynamics of Male Domination. London. (HQ 28 .H47 1992)
• Karlsen, C.F. 1987. The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England. New York. (BF1576.K37 1987)
• Larner, C. 1984. Witchcraft and Religion: The Politics of Popular Belief. Oxford. (BF1566.L37 1984)
• Rose, E. 1962. A Razor for a Goat: A Discussion of Certain Problems in the History of Witchcraft and Diabolism. Toronto. (133.4 R795R)
• Sanders, Andrew. 1995. A Deed without a Name : The Witch in Society and History. Oxford. (GR 530 .S26 1995)
  • Book review by Christina Elenides
• Scholz Williams, G, 1995. Defining Dominion: The Discourses of Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern France and Germany. Ann Arbor. ( BF 1582 .S36 1995)
• Summers, M. 1956. History of Witchcraft and Demonology. New York. (133.4 S955H2)
• Williams, S. and P. 1978. Riding the Night Mare: Women and Witchcraft. New York.
• Willis, D. 1995. Malevolent Nurture: Witch-Hunting and Maternal Power in Early Modern England. Ithaca, N.Y. (BF 1581 .W55 1995)

Mar. 10: Magical Words: Love Charms, Curses, and Prayers

Required Reading

• Luck (1985) 78-85, 90-103
• C. Faraone, "The Agonistic Context of Early Greek Binding Spells" in Farone and Obbink (1991) 3-32
• J. Strubbe, "Cursed be he that moves my bones" in Farone and Obbink (1991) 33-59
• F. Graf, "Prayer in Magical and Religious Ritual" in Farone and Obbink (1991) 188-213
• J. Winkler, "The Constraints of Eros," in Farone and Obbink (1991) 214-243
• H. Betz, "Magic and Mystery in the Greek Magical Papyri" in Farone and Obbink (1991) 244-259
• Pinch (1994) 61-75

Additional Reading

• Audollent, A.M.H., ed. 1904. Defixionum Tabellae. Paris. (microfiche)
• Betz, H. 1986. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, including the Demotic Spells. Chicago. (BF1622.G8G74 1986)
• Borghouts, J.F. 1978. Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts. Nisaba 9. Leiden.
• Brashear, W. 1995. "The Greek Magical Papyri: An Introduction and Survey; Annotated Bibliography (1928-1994)." ANRW 2.18.5: 3380-3684. (DG 209 .A86)
• Copenhaver, B.P. 1992. Hermetica. Cambridge. (BF 1600 .H475 1992)
• Gager, J. 1992. Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World. New York and Oxford. (BF 1558 .C87 1992)
  • Book Review by Melissa Klotz
• Griffith, F.L and H. Thompson, eds. 1904. The Demotic Magical Papyrus of London and Leiden. 3 vols. London.
• Meyer, M. and R. Smith, eds. 1994. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. San Francisco.
• Lain Entralgo, P. 1970. The Therapy of the Word in Classical Antiquity> Trans. by L. J. Rather and J. Sharp. New Haven. (BF 1558 .L313)
• Preisendanz, K. et al., eds. 1928-1941. Papyri Graecae Magicae. 3 vols. Leipziig.
• Ritner, Robert. 1995. "Egyptian Magical Practice Under the Roman Empire: The Demotic Spells and their Religious Context." ANRW 2.18.5: 3333-3379. (DG 209 .A86)
• Versnel, H.S., ed. 1981. Faith, Hope and Worship: Aspects of Religious Mentality in the Ancient World. Studies in Greek and Roman Religion 2. Leiden. (BL790.F3 1981)

Mar. 17: Magical Objects: Amulets, statues, the evil eye, sacred plants, alchemy

Required Reading

• Luck (1985) 84-85, 361-378
• R. Kotansky, "Incantations and Prayers for Salvation on InScribesd Greek Amulets" in Farone and Obbink (1991) 107-137
• J. Scarborough, "The Pharmacology of Sacred Plants, Herbs, and Roots" in Farone and Obbink (1991) 137-174
• Pinch (1994) 76-132
• H. Schoeck, "The Evil Eye: Forms and Dynamics of a Universal Superstition," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 227-230.
• F. Huxley, "Drugs," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 112-117.
• R. de Roop, "Psychedelic Drugs and Religious Experience," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 128-133.

Additional Reading

• Andrews, C. 1994. Amulets of Ancient Egypt. Austin, Texas. (DT 62 .A5 A53 1994)
  • Book Review by Kelly Donaghy
• Bonner, C. 1950. Studies in Magical Amulets Chiefly Graeco-Egyptian. Ann Arbor.
• Budge, E.A.W. 1978. Amulets and Talismans. New York. (398.3 B927aX)
• ________. 1971. The Divine Origin of the Craft of the Herbalist. Ann Arbor.
• Detienne, M. 1977. The Gardens of Adonis: Spices in Greek Mythology. Trans. by J. Lloyd. London.
• Faraone, C. 1992. Talismans and Trojan Horses: Guardian Statues in Ancient Greek Myth and Ritual. New York and Oxford. (BF 1561 .F36 1992)
  • Book Review by Chris Roy
• Furst, P., ed. 1972. Flesh of the Gods: The Ritual Use of
• Hallucinogens. New York. (BL65.D7F87: Latin American Library)
• Holmyard, E.J. 1957. Alchemy. Harmondsworth. (QD13.H64 1968)
• Lindsay, J. 1970. The Origins of Alchemy in Graeco-Roman Egypt. London.
• Maloney, C., ed. 1976. The Evil Eye. New York. (GN475.6.E94)
• McKenna, T. 1992. Food of the Gods. New York. (HV 5801 .M35 1993)
• Naveh, J. and S. Shaked, eds. 1985. Amulets and Magical Bowls: Aramaic Incantations of Late Antiquity. Leiden. (BM729.A4 N38 1985)
• Petrie, W. 1914. Amulets. London. (BF1561 .P4 1972)
• Read, J. 1957. Through Alchemy to Chemistry. London.
• Smith, P. 1994. The Business of Alchemy : Science and Culture in the Holy Roman Empire. Princeton. (Q 125.2 .S58 1994)
• Sullivan, L.F. ed. 1989. Hidden Truths: Magic, Alchemy, and the Occult. London and New York.

Mar. 23: SPRING BREAK

Mar. 31: Supernatural Creatures 1: Demons and Devils

Required Reading

• Luck (1985) 180-183, 185-187, 190-191, 203-209, 217-218, 218-222
• Pinch (1994) 33-46
• J. Nash, "Devils, Witches, and Sudden Death," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 242-247.
• E. Pattison, "Psychosocial Interpretations of Exorcism," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 248-261.
• Brenk, F. 1986. "In the Light of the Moon: Demonology in the Imperial Period," ANRW 2.16.3: 2068-2145. (DG 209 .A86) (Xerox)
• Smith, J. Z. 1978. "Towards Interpreting Demonic Powers in Hellenistic and Roman Antiquity," ANRW 2.16.1: 425-39. (DG 209 .A86) (Xerox)

Additional Reading

• Apuleius, On the God of Socrates

• Brown, P. 1972. "Sorcery, Demons, and the Rise of Christianity," in Religion and Society in the Age of Saint Augustine. London, pp. 119-146. (BL60.B75 1972B)
• Carus, Paul. 1974. History of the Devil and the Ideas of Evil, from the Earliest Times. New York. (BF1515.C37 1974)
• Davies, T.W. 1898. Magic, Divination, and Demonology among the Hebrews and Their Neighbors. London.
• Ebon, M. 1974. The Devil's Bride: Exorcism Past and Present. New York.
• Messadie, G. 1996. A History of the Devil. New York. (Temporary Control Number: CCW6120)
• Monsters and Demons in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds : Papers Presented in Honor of Edith Porada. 1987. Mainz on Rhine. (GR825 .M66 1987)
• Oesterreich, T.K. 1930. Possession, Demoniacal and Otherwise, among Primitive Races, in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Modern Times. New York.
• Pagels, E. 1995. The Origin of Satan. New York. (BS 2555.6 .D5 P34 1995)
• Russell, J.B. 1977. The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity. Ithaca, N.Y. (BL480.R86)
  • Book Review by Sirida Graham
• Zandee, J. 1960. Death as an Enemy, According to Ancient Egyptian Conceptions. Leiden. (299.31 Z27Y)

Apr. 7: Supernatural Creatures 2: Ghosts , Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies

Required Reading

• Apuleius, Golden Ass, Bk 2 (pp. 63-68) and 8 (pp. 165-178).
• Luck (1985) 163-175, 176-180, 183-185, 187-190, 192-204, 209-217, 222-225.
• Pinch (1994) 147-160.
• S. and R. Freed, "Taraka's Ghost," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 287-291.
• W. Mitchell, "A New Weapon Stirs Up Old Ghosts," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 300-305.
• P. Barber, "The Real Vampire," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 306-311.
• K. Brown, "Voodoo," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 312-317.
• G. del Guercio, "The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 318-322.
• W. Booth, "Voodoo Science," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 323-327.
• P. Metcalf, "Death Be Not Strange," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 328-331.

Additional Reading

• Auerbach, N. 1995. Our Vampires, Ourselves. Chicago. (GR 830 .V3 A92 1995)
• Baring-Gould, S. 1973. The Book of Werewolves: Being an Account of a Terrible Superstition. New York.
• Barber, P. 1988. Vampires, Burial, and Death : Folklore and Reality. New Haven. (GR830.V3 B35 1988)
• Bernstein, Alan E. 1993. The Formation of Hell: Death and Retribution in the Ancient and Early Christian Worlds. Ithaca, New York. (BT 836.2 .B47 1993)
  • Book Review by Eric Moore
• Copper, B. 1977. The Werewolf in Legend, Fact, and Art. New York.
• ________. 1973. The Vampire in Legend, Fact, and Art. London.
• Cumont, F. 1922. Afterlife in Roman Paganism. New Haven. (292 C971A)
• Davis, W. 1988. Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie. Chapel Hill, N.C. (BL2530.H3 D37 1988).
• ________. 1985. The Serpent and the Rainbow. New York. (BL2530.H3D38 1985: Latin American Library)
• D'Auria, S. et al. 1988. Mummies and Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston. (DT59.B6 M86 1988)
• Finucane, R.C. 1982. Appearances of the Dead : A Cultural History of Ghosts. London. (BF1461.F5 1982)
• Garland, Robert. 1985. The Greek Way of Death. Ithaca, N.Y. ( BL795.D4 G37 1985)
• Harmon, Daniel P. 1978. "The Family Festivals of Rome." ANRW 2.16.2: 1592-1603. (DG 209 .A86)
• Hidden futures: Death and Immortality in Ancient Egypt, Anatolia, the Classical, Biblical and Arabic-Islamic World. 1994. (HQ 1073.5 .M478 H53 1994)
• Hurbon, L. 1995. Voodoo: Search for the Spirit. New York. (BL 2490 .H874 1995: Latin American Library)
• Lang, Andrew. 1980. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts. San Bernardino, Calif.
• Masters, A. 1972. The Natural History of the Vampire. New York.
• Parker, R. 1983. Miasma: Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion. Oxford 1983. (BL788.P37 1983)
  • Book Review by Megan Ostrander
• Richmond, I.A. 1957. Archaeology and the After-life in Pagan and Christian Imagery. London.
• Rohde, E. 1950. Psyche: The Cult of Immortality among the Greeks. Trans. by W.B. Hollis. London. (BL785.R64 1950)
• Rose, H.J. 1941. Manes exite paterni. Berkeley. (480.5 C153p v. 12 no. 6)
• Summers, M. 1929. The Vampire in Europe. London
• Thompson, C.J. 1974. The Mystery and Lore of Apparitions: with Some Accounts of Ghosts, Spectres, Phantoms and Boggarts in Early Times. Detroit.
• Toynbee, J.M.C. 1971. Death and Burial in the Roman World. London. (DG 103 .T69)
  • Book Review by Robin McEvoy
• Woodward, I. 1979. The Werewolf Delusion. London.

Apr. 14: Contact with the Supernatural 1: Miracles and Supernatural Healing

Required Reading

• Apuleius, The Golden Ass, Bk 11 (pp. 235-255).
• Luck (1985) 135-159.
• J. Neusner, "Science and Magic, Miracle and Magic in Formative Judaism: The System and the Difference" in Neusner et al. (1989) 61-81.
• G. Luck, "Theurgy and Forms of Worship in Neoplatonism"in Neusner et al. (1989) 185-228.
• Pinch (1994) 133-146.
• A. Lehmann, "Eyes of the Ngangas: Ethnomedicne and Power in Central African Republic," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 138-146.
• A. Kiev, "The Psychotherapeutic Aspects of Primitive Medicine," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 147-151.
• W. Wedenoja, "Mothering and the Practice of 'Balm' in Jamaica," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 157-170.
• W. Hand, "Folk Medical Magic and Symbolism in the West," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 181-187.

Additional Reading

• Aune, D. 1980. "Magic in Early Christianity," ANRW 2.23.2: 1507-57. (DG 209 .A86)
• Ehrenreich, B. and D. English. 1973. Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers. Old Westbury, N.Y. (R692.E35 1973)
• Edelstein, E.J. and L. 1965. Asclepius: A Collection and Interpretations of the Testimonies. 2 vols. Baltimore. (BL 820 .A4 E37 1988)
• Edelstein, L. 1967. "Greek Medicine in Its Relation to Religion and Magic," in O. Tempkin and C. L. Tempkin, eds., Ancient Medicine: Selected Papers of Ludwig Edelstein. Baltimore, pp. 205-246 (R135 .E3)
• Ghalioungui, P. 1963. Medicine and Magic in Ancient Egypt. London.
• Grant, R.M. 1952. Miracle and Natural Law in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Thought. Amsterdam. (231.73 G762 N)
• Griffiths, J.G. 1975. Apuleius of Maduaros. The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI). Leiden. (PA6209.M4G7).
• Hand, W. 1986. Magical Medicine. Berkeley. (GR880.H35)
• Kee, Howard C. 1983. Miracle in the Early Christian World: A Study in Socio-Historical Method. New Haven. (BL 487 .K43 1983) Kolenkow, A.B. 1980. "Relationships between Miracle and Prophecy in the Graeco-Roman World and Early Christianity." ANRW 2.23.2: 1470-1506. (DG 209 .A86)
• Majno, G. 1975. The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World. Cambridge, Mass. (R135.M34R135.M34) Middleton, J. ed. 1976. Magic, Witchcraft, and Curing. Austin, Texas. (GN475.M47)
• Moule, C.F.D., ed. 1965. Miracles: Cambridge Studies in Their Philosophy and History. Cambridge.
• Witt, R.E. 1971. Isis in the Graeco-Roman World. Ithaca, N.Y. (BL2450.I7 W58)
  • Book Review by Sharon O'Regan

Apr. 21: Contact with the Supernatural 2: Divination and Astrology

Required Reading

• Luck (1985) 229-305, 309-358.
• S. Eitrem, "Dreams and Divination in Magical Ritual" in Farone and Obbink (1991) 175-187.
• L. Mair, "Divination," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 262-269.
• M. Truzzi, "The Occult Revival as Popular Culture: Some Observations on the Old and the Nouveau Witch," in Lehmann and Myers (1997) 405-413.

Additional Reading

• Bascom, W.R. 1980. Sixteen Cowries: Yoruba Divination from Africa to the New World. Indianapolis. ( BL2480.Y6B37)
• Cramer, F. 1954. Astrology in Roman Law and Politics. Philadelphia. (133.5 C889a)
• Cumont, F. 1912. Astrology and Religion among the Greeks and Romans. New York and London. (BL 721 .C8 1960)
• Davies, T.W. 1898. Magic, Divination, and Demonology among the Hebrews and Their Neighbors. London.
• Fontenrose, J. 1978. The Delphic Oracle. Berkeley . (DF261.D35F6)
• Halliday, W.R. 1967. Greek Divination: A Study of Its Methods and Principles. Chicago. (BF1765.H2 1967)
• Hansons, J.S. 1980. "Dreams and Visions in the Graeco-Roman World and Early Christianity." ANRW 2.23.2: 1395-1427. (DG 209 .A86)
• Kolenkow, A.B. 1980. "Relationships between Miracle and Prophecy in the Graeco-Roman World and Early Christianity." ANRW 2.23.2: 1470-1506. (DG 209 .A86)
• Levin, S. 1989. "The Old Greek Oracles in Decline." ANRW 2.18.2: 1599-1649. (DG 209 .A86)
• Lewy, H. 1956. Chaldean Oracles and Theurgy: Mysticism, Magic, and Platonism in the Late Roman Empire. Recherches d'archéologie, de philologie, et d'histoire 13. Cairo.
• Linderski, J. 1986. "The Augural Law." ANRW 2.16.3: 2146-2312. (DG 209 .A86)
• Lindsay, J. 1971. The Origins of Astrology. London . (BF 1701 .L494 1971b)
  • Book Review by Jeremy Bufford
• MacBain, B. 1982. Prodigy and Expiation: A Study in Religon and Politics in Republican Rome. Coll. Lat. 177. Brussels. (DG 135 .M23 1982)
• Neugebauer, O.E. and H.B. Van Hoesen. 1959. Greek Horoscopes. Philadelphia.
• North, John. 1990. "Diviners and Divination at Rome." In Pagan Priests: Religion and Power in the Ancient World. Mary Beard and John North, eds. Ithaca, N.Y., pp. 49-72 (BL 635 .P34 1990).
• Parke, H. 1985. The Oracles of Apollo in Asia Minor. London. (BL 820 .A7 P37 1985)
  • Book Review by Rhonda Rowland
• ________. 1967. The Oracles of Zeus. Cambridge, Mass. (BL820.J8P36)
• ________. 1956. The Delphic Oracle. Oxford. (938.3 P237HX)
• ________. 1988. Sibyls and Sybilline Prophecy in Classical Antiquity. New York. (BF 1761 .P37 1988)
  • Book Review by Joseph Warner
• Potter, D. S. 1994. Prophets and Emperors : Human and Divine Authority from Augustus to Theodosius. Cambridge, Mass. (BF 1768 .P67 1994)

Apr. 28: Conclusions

May 5 FINAL EXAM (9 a.m. - Noon)

Student Evaluation

Students will be evaluated on their participation in class discussion (10%), a scribal report (10%), an in-class book report (10%), a written book review (20%), a research paper (25%), and a final examination (25%). Two students will sign up to be scribes for each class period; the first student will take notes for the first hour of class, the second student for the second. These students will prepare a written report of their notes by the next class meeting. Each student will be required to present a 15-20 minute report in class on a book which focuses on some aspect of magic or the supernatural in the ancient world. This book should be chosen from the Additional Reading for one of the class periods after Feb. 3. No more than 3 students will present book reports in each class period. Students will choose the book they intend to review by Feb. 3. A written book review of the chosen work will be due at the class meeting following the in-class presentation. Each student will also write a 10-12 page research paper with complete scholarly apparatus (footnotes and bibliography). A paragraph describing the research topic and a preliminary bibliography of the topic are due on Mar. 10. The term paper should be on a different topic than the book chosen for the in-class presentation and written review. The research paper is due on April 21. A final examination for the course will be given on Mon., May 5, from 9 a.m. to noon.