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Apollonius, the Divine Magician

Author : Charles Di Fazio
Publisher : Sai Towers Publishing
ISBN 13 : 817899013X
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (789 download)

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Download or read book Apollonius, the Divine Magician written by Charles Di Fazio and published by Sai Towers Publishing. This book was released on with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Age To Age, Great Beings Imbued With Divine Power Incarnate Into The Human Family, Shining Their Light On All Who Cross Their Paths. They Leave Behind A Memory And Influence Long Associated With Their Names, Whether Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed, Zoroaster, Etc. Others, However, Blaze Brightly For Their Brief Moments In Times Only To Have Their Legends Eradicated From The Pages Of History. Such Was The Life Of Apollonius Of Tyana First Century Miracle Worker, Aristocrat, Controversial Philosopher, And Spiritual Preceptor To Emperors And Paupers Alike. At Once Human And Divine, Apollonius Captures The Heart Of The Reader, As He Once Did The Hearts Of Kings And Plebeians Long Ago.

Miracle and Magic

Author : Andy Reimer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567008843
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Miracle and Magic written by Andy Reimer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miracle-workers and magicians are diffcult characters for contemporary readers of Greco-Roman narratives to comprehend and to distinguish. Hindered both by our modern definitions of "miracle" and "magic," we need to focus our attention on those ancient texts that deal with such characters and their differentiation. Two such texts, the Acts of the Apostles and Philostratus' Life of Apollonius, come from quite different religious backgrounds, but demonstrate remarkably similar subtle cultural scripts at play. A detailed investigation of the social interactions in these two narrative worlds brings these characters and their communities alive and reveals how legitimate miracle-workers were distinguished from illegitimate magicians by the Mediterranean population of the Greco-Roman world.

Divine Man Or Magician?

Author : Eugene V. Gallagher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Divine Man Or Magician? written by Eugene V. Gallagher and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Life of Apollonius of Tyana

Author : Philostratus (the Athenian)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Apollonius of Tyana written by Philostratus (the Athenian) and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Apollonius of Tyana Sage, Prophet, and Magician; His Life and Miracles as Recorded by Philostratus, Etc

Author : George WOTHERSPOON
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Apollonius of Tyana Sage, Prophet, and Magician; His Life and Miracles as Recorded by Philostratus, Etc written by George WOTHERSPOON and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Life of Apollonius of Tyana

Author : Flavius Philostratus
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781449562687
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (626 download)

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Book Synopsis The Life of Apollonius of Tyana by : Flavius Philostratus

Download or read book The Life of Apollonius of Tyana written by Flavius Philostratus and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the Life of Apollonius, the Athenian author Philostratus, a sophist who lived from c.170 to c.247, tells the story of Apollonius of Tyana, a charismatic teacher and miracle worker from the first century CE who belonged to the school of Pythagoras. It is an apologetic work, in which Philostratus tries to show that Philostratus was a man with divine powers, but not a magician. He also pays attention to Apollonius' behavior as a sophist"--From publisher's website.

Miracle and Magic

Author : Andy Reimer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567008843
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Miracle and Magic written by Andy Reimer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miracle-workers and magicians are diffcult characters for contemporary readers of Greco-Roman narratives to comprehend and to distinguish. Hindered both by our modern definitions of "miracle" and "magic," we need to focus our attention on those ancient texts that deal with such characters and their differentiation. Two such texts, the Acts of the Apostles and Philostratus' Life of Apollonius, come from quite different religious backgrounds, but demonstrate remarkably similar subtle cultural scripts at play. A detailed investigation of the social interactions in these two narrative worlds brings these characters and their communities alive and reveals how legitimate miracle-workers were distinguished from illegitimate magicians by the Mediterranean population of the Greco-Roman world.

Jesus the Magician

Author : Smith, Morton
Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing
ISBN 13 : 157174715X
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Jesus the Magician written by Smith, Morton and published by Hampton Roads Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A twentieth-century classic, uncannily smart, incredibly learned."--from the foreword by Bart Ehrman This book challenges traditional Christian teaching about Jesus. While his followers may have seen him as a man from heaven, preaching the good news and working miracles, Smith asserts that the truth about Jesus is more interesting and rather unsettling. The real Jesus, only barely glimpsed because of a campaign of disinformation, obfuscation, and censorship by religious authorities, was not Jesus the Son of God. In actuality he was Jesus the Magician. Smith marshals all the available evidence including, but not limited to, the Gospels. He succeeds in describing just what was said of Jesus by "outsiders," those who did not believe him. He deals in fascinating detail with the inevitable questions. What was the nature of magic? What did people at that time mean by the term "magician"? Who were the other magicians, and how did their magic compare with Jesus' works? What facts led to the general assumption that Jesus practiced magic? And, most important, was that assumption correct? The ramifications of Jesus the Magician give new meaning to the word controversial. This book recovers a vision of Jesus that two thousand years of suppression and polemic could not erase. And--what may be the central point of the debate--Jesus the Magician strips away the myths and legends that have obscured Jesus, the man who lived.

The Fortnightly Review

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Fortnightly Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of Magic and Experimental Science (Vol. 1&2)

Author : Lynn Thorndike
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book History of Magic and Experimental Science (Vol. 1&2) written by Lynn Thorndike and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 1184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lynn Thorndike's 'History of Magic and Experimental Science' delves deep into the origins and development of magic and science, exploring their interconnected histories through the ages. Thorndike's scholarly approach and detailed research provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of how these fields evolved alongside each other, shaping the intellectual landscape of Western civilization. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Thorndike illuminates the cultural and sociopolitical contexts in which magical and scientific thought emerged, offering a rich tapestry of knowledge for readers to explore. Lynn Thorndike, a renowned historian and academic, brings his expertise to bear in this monumental work, showcasing the depth of his knowledge and passion for the subject matter. His meticulous research and engaging writing style make 'History of Magic and Experimental Science' a must-read for anyone interested in the history of ideas and the evolution of human thought. For readers seeking a scholarly and insightful exploration of the intertwined histories of magic and science, Lynn Thorndike's 'History of Magic and Experimental Science' is an indispensable resource. This two-volume work offers a wealth of information and analysis that will captivate both academics and general readers interested in the roots of Western intellectual tradition.

Literature of Travel and Exploration: A to F

Author : Jennifer Speake
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9781579584252
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book Literature of Travel and Exploration: A to F written by Jennifer Speake and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.

Saints

Author : Françoise Meltzer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226519929
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Saints written by Françoise Meltzer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the modern world has largely dismissed the figure of the saint as a throwback, we remain fascinated by excess, marginality, transgression, and porous subjectivity—categories that define the saint. In this collection, Françoise Meltzer and Jas Elsner bring together top scholars from across the humanities to reconsider our denial of saintliness and examine how modernity returns to the lure of saintly grace, energy, and charisma. Addressing such problems as how saints are made, the use of saints by political and secular orders, and how holiness is personified, Saints takes us on a photo tour of Graceland and the cult of Elvis and explores the changing political takes on Joan of Arc in France. It shows us the self-fashioning of culture through the reevaluation of saints in late-antique Judaism and Counter-Reformation Rome, and it questions the political intent of underlying claims to spiritual attainment of a Muslim sheikh in Morocco and of Sephardism in Israel. Populated with the likes of Francis of Assisi, Teresa of Avila, and Padre Pio, this book is a fascinating inquiry into the status of saints in the modern world.

Drawing Down the Moon

Author : I. I. I. Radcliffe G. G. Edmonds III
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691230218
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Drawing Down the Moon written by I. I. I. Radcliffe G. G. Edmonds III and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unparalleled exploration of magic in the Greco-Roman world What did magic mean to the people of ancient Greece and Rome? How did Greeks and Romans not only imagine what magic could do, but also use it to try to influence the world around them? In Drawing Down the Moon, Radcliffe Edmonds, one of the foremost experts on magic, religion, and the occult in the ancient world, provides the most comprehensive account of the varieties of phenomena labeled as magic in classical antiquity. Exploring why certain practices, images, and ideas were labeled as “magic” and set apart from “normal” kinds of practices, Edmonds gives insight into the shifting ideas of religion and the divine in the ancient past and later Western tradition. Using fresh approaches to the history of religions and the social contexts in which magic was exercised, Edmonds delves into the archaeological record and classical literary traditions to examine images of witches, ghosts, and demons as well as the fantastic powers of metamorphosis, erotic attraction, and reversals of nature, such as the famous trick of drawing down the moon. From prayer and divination to astrology and alchemy, Edmonds journeys through all manner of ancient magical rituals and paraphernalia—ancient tablets, spell books, bindings and curses, love charms and healing potions, and amulets and talismans. He considers the ways in which the Greco-Roman discourse of magic was formed amid the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, including Egypt and the Near East. An investigation of the mystical and marvelous, Drawing Down the Moon offers an unparalleled record of the origins, nature, and functions of ancient magic.

Power, Paideia & Pythagoreanism

Author : Jaap-Jan Flinterman
Publisher : Brill Academic Pub
ISBN 13 : 9789050632362
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Power, Paideia & Pythagoreanism written by Jaap-Jan Flinterman and published by Brill Academic Pub. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Athenian sophist Philostratus completed a romanticised biography of Apollonius of Tyana in the second or third decade of the third century A.D. One of the most striking aspects of the presentation of this firstcentury Pythagorean sage and miracleworker in the Vita Apollonii (VA) is his role as 'politically active philosopher'. Not only does the protagonist of the VA regularly intervene in situa-tions of conflict in Greek cities and instruct their citi-zens on how they ought to live together, but he also appears in contact with Parthian and Indian kings and Roman emperors. The present study deals with this promi-nent facet of Philostratus' portrait of the Tyanean sage. There are three main issues. The first is the question of the extent to which the Apollonius tradition provided support for the image of the contacts of the protagonist of the VA with cities and monarchs. The second is consideration of how the author dealt with and elaborated these elements in his source material. The third is the question of to what extent the protagonist of the VA may be regarded as a spokesman for the explicit political views of Philostratus. In other words, the aim is to analyse the image of the protagonist of the VA as a 'politically active philosopher' as the result of the interaction between the traditions associated with a sage and miracleworker who was regarded as a representative of Pythagorean wisdom, on the one hand, and the paideia, cultural baggage and mentality of a sophist, on the other.

The Life of Apollonius of Tyana

Author : Philostratus (the Athenian)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book The Life of Apollonius of Tyana written by Philostratus (the Athenian) and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the Life of Apollonius, the Athenian author Philostratus, a sophist who lived from c.170 to c.247, tells the story of Apollonius of Tyana, a charismatic teacher and miracle worker from the first century CE who belonged to the school of Pythagoras. It is an apologetic work, in which Philostratus tries to show that Philostratus was a man with divine powers, but not a magician. He also pays attention to Apollonius' behavior as a sophist"--Publisher's website.

Apollonius of Tyana, Sage, Prophet and Magician; His Life and Miracles, Etc

Author : George Wotherspoon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Apollonius of Tyana, Sage, Prophet and Magician; His Life and Miracles, Etc written by George Wotherspoon and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New Testament, Early Christianity, and Magic

Author : Morton Smith
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004104792
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book New Testament, Early Christianity, and Magic written by Morton Smith and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1996 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These two volumes collect some of the most influential and important scholarly essays by the late Morton Smith (1915-1991), for many years Professor of Ancient History at Columbia University in New York City. Smith was admired and feared for his extraordinary ability to look at familiar texts in unfamiliar ways, to re-open old questions, to pose new questions, and to demolish received truths. He practiced the "hermeneutics of suspicion" to devastating effect. His answers are not always convincing but his questions cannot be ignored. The essays of Volume I center on the Hebrew Bible ("Old Testament"), Ancient Israel and Ancient Judaism, of Volume II on the Christian Bible ("New Testament"), Early Christianity and Ancient Magic. Volume II also contains an assessment of Smith's scholarly achievement and a complete list of his publications.