This course is not currently offered, please contact the school or faculty of your program.

Course description

This course will examine the nature and the use of magic, both positive and negative from the Graeco-Roman period to the present day. It will examine how and why magical ideology operated within Western cultures; how it interacted with religious and scientific ideologies; magical healing and harm; magical deviance and social control; the ritual process; the roles of magical practitioners; entities of the supernatural worlds; magic in history; and magical practice within contemporary culture. This course may not run if there are fewer than 20 enrolments.