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Luhrmann explains the process through which once-skeptical individuals―educated, middle-class people, frequently of high intelligence―become committed to the ideas behind witchcraft and find magical ritual so compellingly persuasive. This intriguing book draws some disturbing conclusions about the ambivalence of belief within modern urban society.
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Tanya M. Luhrmann is Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego.
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Persuasions of the Witchs Craft - Ritual Magic in Contemporary England
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. To find out why reasonable people are drawn to the seemingly bizarre practices of magic and witchcraft, Tanya Luhrmann immersed herself in the secret lives of Londoners who call themselves magicians. She came to know them as friends and equals and was initiated into various covens and magical groups. She explains the process through which once-skeptical individuals--educated, middle-class people, frequently of high intelligence--become committed to the ideas behind witchcraft and find magical ritual so compellingly persuasive. This intriguing book draws some disturbing conclusions about the ambivalence of belief within modern urban society. Seller Inventory # CIN0674663233VG
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Persuasions of the Witchs Craft - Ritual Magic in Contemporary England
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. To find out why reasonable people are drawn to the seemingly bizarre practices of magic and witchcraft, Tanya Luhrmann immersed herself in the secret lives of Londoners who call themselves magicians. She came to know them as friends and equals and was initiated into various covens and magical groups. She explains the process through which once-skeptical individuals--educated, middle-class people, frequently of high intelligence--become committed to the ideas behind witchcraft and find magical ritual so compellingly persuasive. This intriguing book draws some disturbing conclusions about the ambivalence of belief within modern urban society. Seller Inventory # CIN0674663233VG
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Persuasions of the Witch's Craft: Ritual Magic in Contemporary England
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ISBN 13: 9780674663237
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Ex-library hardcover with dj. Usual ex-library markings. Light shelfwear to dj. Small stain to edge of first 20 pages. Overall, contents clean and tight. 382 pages, index, notes, bibliography. Seller Inventory # 22828
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Persuasions of the Witch's Craft: Ritual Magic in Contemporary England
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing, hardcover, has a mild skew to the binding, bumps to the spine ends, rubbing with smudges and small spots to the cloth, and light soiling to the edges of the text block. Overall, this is a Very Good copy with unmarked text in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has bumps with light creasing to the spine ends and corners, rubbing with some smudges across the exterior, and sunning to the spine. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar. Seller Inventory # 217716
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Persuasions of the Witch's Craft : Ritual Magic in Contemporary England
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1989. Although Unread, the Book/DJ has a light moisture mark to the bottom corner prelims, edge. Spine bottom corner heavy bump, but binding remains Extremely tight, internally Unmarked. Conservatively a Good+ copy (see scan). First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover, Cloth, Sewn. Good+/Good+. Illus. by Plate Section. 8vo - 9¼" tall. Seller Inventory # 931883
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PERSUASIONS OF THE WITCH'S CRAFT Ritual Magic in Contemporary England
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Used/Rare and Unusual This book is in very good condition. The cover is clean and the pages are crisp. To find out why reasonable people are drawn to the seemingly bizarre practices of magic and witchcraft, Luhrmann immersed herself in the arcane world of Londoners who call themselves magicians. Her report is as fascinating as the esoteric world itself. Illustrated. Seller Inventory # luh89
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Persuasions of the Witchâs Craft: Ritual Magic in Contemporary England
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