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CLAS 3240: Magic in the Ancient World: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ritual Power: Weeks 10-12

Magic in the Ancient World

About Ritual Power

The Haunting: Ghosts, Exorcists, and Werewolves

Ogden Sourcebook Reading Chapter 8: Ghosts. Ogden Sourcebook Reading Chapter 9

Commentary Assignment # 1 Due

Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds : A Sourcebook by Daniel Ogden

Reading Review 13
Reading worksheet for "The Haunting: Ghosts, Exorcists, and Werewolves" and "I See Dead People: Necromancy and Graveyards"

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ritual Power: The "Ins and Outs" of Practicing Magic

Betz, Magic and Mystery in the Greek Magical Papyri
In Faraone, Christopher A., and Dirk Obbink. Magika hiera: ancient Greek magic and religion. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
Reading Review 14
Reading worksheet for "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ritual Power"

Demonology 101: Binding, Cursing, and Protecting

Ogden Sourcebook Reading: Chapter 10: Curses

Reading Review 15
Reading Worksheet for Demonology 101 (Missing from list, put in # 1 as placeholder)

Erotica 101: Attraction, Separation, and Contraception

Collins, Binding Magic and Erotic Figurines
Derek Collins, Binding Magic and Erotic Figurines, in Magic in the Ancient Greek World. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub, 2008, p. 89-103
Reading Review 16
Reading Worksheet for "Erotica 101"

Extra Readings

Faraone: Agents and Victims
Christopher Faraone: Agents and Victims: Constructions of Gender and Desire in Greek Love Magic. In Martha C. Nussbaum and Juha Sihvola eds., Nussbaum, Martha Craven, and Juha Sihvola. The Sleep of Reason. Erotic Experience and Sexual Ethics in Ancient Greece and Rome. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. .