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020 _a9781910807248
_qpaperback
100 1 _aPage, Sophie,
_d1972-
_eauthor.
_928603
245 1 0 _aSpellbound :
_bmagic, ritual & witchcraft /
_cSophie Page, Marina Wallace, Owen Davies, Malcolm Gaskill, Ceri Houlbrook.
260 _aOxford :
_bAshmolean,
_c2018.
300 _a176 pages :
_billustrations (black and white, and colour) ;
_c27 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 _aIntroduction / Sophie Page and Marina Wallace -- Love in a Time of Demons: Magic and the Medieval Cosmos / Sophie Page -- Musica Universalis - Harmonia Mundi and Hayden - Chisholm's Medieval Jukebox / Marina Wallace -- Concealed and Revealed: Magic and Mystery in the Home / Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook -- The Fear and Loathing of Witches / Malcolm Gaskill -- Modern Rituals and Magical Thinking / Ceri Houlbrook -- Installations by Contemporary Artists / Marina Wallace.
520 _aDo you believe in magic? Even if you don't, you probably 'think magiclly' sometimes. We touch wood to stop bad things happening, or take a lucky object to a job interviw or exam in an irrational attempt to influence the outcome. This catalogue explores the concept of 'magical thinking', which describes how people in all ages and cultures have sought to connect with an unseen world of perceived power.
585 _aPublished on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 31 August 2018 - 6 January 2019.
650 0 _aMagic.
_928604
650 0 _aEmotions.
_928605
650 0 _aRitual.
_928606
650 0 _aWitchcraft.
_928607
700 1 _aWallace, Marina
_eauthor.
_925572
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_aAshmolean Museum
_ehost institution
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_cBOOK
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