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"Magic was a fundamental part of the Greco-Roman world. Curses, erotic spells, healing charms, divination, and other supernatural methods of trying to change the universe were everyday methods of coping with the difficulties of life in antiquity. While ancient magic is most often studied through texts like surviving Greco-Egyptian spellbooks and artifacts like lead curse tablets, for a Greek or Roman magician a ritual was a rich sensual experience full of unusual tastes, smells, textures, and sounds, bright colors, and sensations like fasting and sleeplessness. Greco-Roman magical rituals were particularly dominated by the sense of smell, both fragrant smells and foul odors. Ritual practitioners surrounded themselves with clouds of fragrant incense and perfume to...>>
"Ewan Irvine is a psychic and spiritual medium, tutor and speaker based in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland.
In this book, he recounts tales of witches, spirits and spells which are part of the country's myths and legends, handed down from generation to generation.
Tales such as those of the Lady of Lawers, The Great Borders Wizard, The Scots Rhymer and the fearsome Agnes Finnie, said to be the busiest witch of all time, have stood the test of time and could be claimed to be embedded deep into Scotland's dark oral history, which even goes so far as to claim that one day the Devil may just return to Scotland to finish his sermon."...>>
