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` If you are vacillating over whether a couple of bottles of pinot blanc might, in the short run, prove more fun than a poetry book, then just flick to the first page & the title poem of this volume. James writes with exquisite perception & surgical precision; he is a poet of powerful argument & emotional force` The Times The reputation of Clive James as a poet was slow to form, perhaps because he was too famous as a star journalist & television entertainer. There was also the drawback that his poetry was so entertaining it was hard for many critics to take seriously. But after the notoriety achieved by a single self-satirizing poem, ` The Book of My Enemy Has Been Remaindered`, one of the most anthologized poems of recent times, James`s poetic output became impossible to ignore, & his 1985 collection Other Passports was greeted with praise for its thematic scope & technical accomplishment, even by critics who still doubted his seriousness. Since then, James has emerged unarguably as one of the most prominent poets of his generation -- & The Book of My Enemy (which

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The Book Of Magic: From Antiquity To The Enlightenment

`...as when iron is drawn to a magnet, camphor is sucked into hot air, crystal lights up in the Sun, sulfur and a volatile liquid are kindled by flame, an empty eggshell filled with dew is raised towards the Sun.. .` The Bible is full of stories featuring forms of magic and possession - from Moses battling with Pharaoh`s wizards to the supernatural actions of Jesus and his disciples. As, over the following centuries, the Christian church attempted to stamp out `deviant` practices, a persistent interest in magic drew strength from this Biblical validation. A strange blend of mumbo-jumbo, fear, fraud and deeply serious study, magic was at the heart of the European Renaissance, fascinating many of its greatest figures. This is a book filled with incantations, charms, curses,
summonings, cures and descriptions of extraordinary, shadowy, only half-understood happenings from long ago. It features writers as various as Thomas Aquinas, John Milton, John Dee, Ptolemy and Paracelsus along with anonymous ancient and medieval works which were, in some cases, viewed as simply too dangerous even to open.Brian Copenhaver`s wonderful anthology will be welcomed by everyone from those with the most casual interest in the magical tradition to anyone drawn to the Renaissance and the tangled, arcane roots of the scientific tradition.

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`...as when iron is drawn to a magnet, camphor is sucked into hot air, crystal lights up in the Sun, sulfur & a volatile liquid are kindled by flame, an empty eggshell filled with dew is raised towards the Sun.. .` The Bible is full of stories featuring forms of magic & possession
- from Moses battling with Pharaoh`s wizards to the supernatural actions of Jesus & his disciples. As, over the following centuries, the Christian church attempted to stamp out `deviant` practices, a persistent interest in magic drew strength from this Biblical validation. A strange blend of mumbo-jumbo, fear, fraud & deeply serious study, magic was at the heart of the European Renaissance, fascinating many of its greatest figures. This is a book filled with incantations, charms, curses, summonings, cures & descriptions of extraordinary, shadowy, only half-understood happenings from long ago. It features writers as various as Thomas Aquinas, John Milton, John Dee, Ptolemy & Paracelsus along with anonymous ancient & medieval works which were, in some cases, viewed as simply too dangerous even to open. Brian Copenhaver`s wonderful anthology will be welcomed by everyone from those with the most casual interest in the magical tradition to anyone drawn to the Renaissance & the tangled, arcane roots of the scientific tradition.

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Liquid - A state of matter - fluid form

stamp - A distinctive mark or impression made upon an object, or the device used to make it.

sun - A star at the centre of the solar system.

hot - An indication of the temperature being high and a sensation of heat to the tough

iron - An electrical deviced used for removing creases from fabrics

iron - A chemical element (FE). The most common element on earth

Magnet - A material which has a magnetic field, is said to stick to materials such as iron

Heart - An organ that pumps blood around the body. Usually related to love.

Crystal - A solid substance that has symmetrically carved plane faces and can be regularly found in jewellery.

Crystal - A solid clear substance with many surfaces that glisten, commonly used in jewellery

Jumbo - A way of describing something that is very large.

Blend - To mix or combine together substances.

Crystal - A solid substance with symmetrically arranged planes, commonly found in jewellery.

Wonderful - Another word for describing something that is extremely good, marvellous.

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