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Behind the Crystal Ball: Magic, Science and the Occult from Antiquity Through the New Age Book

Anthony Aveni, who teaches astronomy and anthropology at Colgate University and is the author of a book on the astrological origins of astronomy, Conversing With the Planets: How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos, is an interested but skeptical inquirer into the wackier realms of superstition. His assumptions are scientific, rational, and secular as he charts the history of magical and supernatural beliefs and their pseudo-scientific manifestations. The thread of his story runs from early Greece and Rome through the Dark Ages of alchemy and witchcraft to the Age of Enlightenment and on to our New Age resurgence of belief in the spirit world. From the evil eye to the crystal ball to new age healing crystals, Aveni identifies a consistent human weakness for magical solutions to life's puzzles.Read More

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  • Product Description

    From ancient times to the present, magic and science have always been intertwined. In this fascinating book, astronomer/anthropologist Anthony Aveni conducts a whirlwind tour of occult practices -- from astrology, alchemy, and phrenology to psychokinesis, crystals, and channelling -- and finds that many of magic's ancient rites have been revived and re-examined in the New Age.

  • 0870816713
  • 9780870816710
  • Anthony F. Aveni
  • 1 December 2002
  • University of Colorado,Department of Fine Arts
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 408
  • 2nd Revised edition
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