The Cambridge history of magic and witchcraft in the West : from antiquity to the present / edited by David J. Collins, S.J., Georgetown University.

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

xi, 798 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Introduction / David J. Collins -- Antiquity. The ancient Near East / Daniel Schwemer -- Ancient Egypt / Friedhelm Hoffmann -- Early Greco-Roman antiquity / Kimberly B. Stratton -- The early Latin West. Roman antiquity: the imperial period / Kyle A. Fraser -- The early Church / Maijastina Kahlos -- The early medieval West / Yitzhak Hen -- Parallel traditions. Magic in medieval Byzantium / Alicia Walker -- Magic, marvel, and miracle in early Islamic thought / Travis Zadeh -- Jewish magic in the Middle Ages / Gideon Bohak -- Old Europe. Common magic / Catherine Rider -- Learned magic / David J. Collins -- Diabolic magic / Michael D. Bailey -- Magic and priestcraft: reformers and reformation / Helen Parish -- Colonial encounters. Spain and Mexico / Louise M. Burkhart -- Folk magic in British North America / Richard Godbeer -- Colonial magic: the Dutch East Indies / Margaret J. Wiener -- The modern West. Magic in common and legal perspectives / Owen Davies -- Elite magic in the nineteenth century / David Allen Harvey -- Magic in the postcolonial Americas / Raquel Romberg -- New Age and neopagan magic / Sabina Magliocco.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 665-770) and index.