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1 HUMA3603 Ancient Cultures: The Art of Magic School of Humanities Central Coast Faculty of Education and Arts Course Description: Deals with definitions of magic, witchcraft, religion and the connections between occult practices and religious belief/practice. Later lectures deal with the actual practice of various forms of magic in antiquity, beginning with those who practiced it, and concluding with the degrees of belief in such activities and reactions against them. Actual magic practices such as curse tablets, binding spells, alchemy and astrology are analysed.

• connections between occult practices
• amulets
• j. hastings
• s. ronan
• k. f.
• written evidence
• r. ‘incantations
• ancient world
• magic