032 - Britta Ager and The Scent of Ancient Magic
Update: 2022-07-18
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The wonderful Britta Ager comes by to talk about her new book, The Scent of Ancient Magic. We get into many uses for scent in magic and religious practice, and the importance of this undervalued sense. For the full conversation (and other bonus content) pop over to patreon.com/witchhassle
The book is available here: https://www.press.umich.edu/10082698/scent_of_ancient_magic
And you can learn more about Professor Ager here:
https://twitter.com/BrittaAger
https://asu.academia.edu/BrittaAger
https://hcommons.org/members/brittaager/
She recommends:
Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, Drawing Down the Moon
Lindsay C. Watson, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome
Daniel Ogden, Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Sourcebook
Hans Dieter Betz, ed. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation
John Gager, ed. Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World
Also check out Abortion Action Front: https://www.aafront.org/
and those panels I mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvLjjxQn5PcnyFHW0Ac7OPE1DTg9F91an
The book is available here: https://www.press.umich.edu/10082698/scent_of_ancient_magic
And you can learn more about Professor Ager here:
https://twitter.com/BrittaAger
https://asu.academia.edu/BrittaAger
https://hcommons.org/members/brittaager/
She recommends:
Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, Drawing Down the Moon
Lindsay C. Watson, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome
Daniel Ogden, Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Sourcebook
Hans Dieter Betz, ed. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation
John Gager, ed. Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World
Also check out Abortion Action Front: https://www.aafront.org/
and those panels I mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvLjjxQn5PcnyFHW0Ac7OPE1DTg9F91an
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