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Luck, Georg Hans Bhawani was born on February 17, 1926 in Bern, Switzerland. Son of Hans and Hanna (Von Ow) Luck. came to the United States, 1951.
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Magic, miracles, daemonology, divination, astrology, and alchemy were the arcana mundi, the "secrets of the universe," of the ancient Greeks and Romans. In this path-breaking collection of Greek and Roman writings on magic and the occult, Georg Luck provides a comprehensive sourcebook and introduction to magic as it was practiced by witches and sorcerers, magi and astrologers, in the Greek and Roman worlds. In this new edition, Luck has gathered and translated 130 ancient texts dating from the eighth century BCE through the fourth century CE. Thoroughly revised, this volume offers several new elements: a comprehensive general introduction, an epilogue discussing the persistence of ancient magic into the early Christian and Byzantine eras, and an appendix on the use of mind-altering substances in occult practices. Also added is an extensive glossary of Greek and Latin magical terms. In Arcana Mundi Georg Luck presents a fascinating―and at times startling―alternative vision of the ancient world. "For a long time it was fashionable to ignore the darker and, to us, perhaps, uncomfortable aspects of everyday life in Greece and Rome," Luck has written. "But we can no longer idealize the Greeks with their 'artistic genius' and the Romans with their 'sober realism.' Magic and witchcraft, the fear of daemons and ghosts, the wish to manipulate invisible powers―all of this was very much a part of their lives."
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Arcana Mundi, tÃtulo de este libro, puede traducirse como"los secretos del universo".No puede comprenderse realmente el mundo de los antiguos griegos y romanos sin el conocimiento de lo que se ha llamado, en sentido despectivo, superstición. Para el hombre antiguo la magia y la brujerÃa, el miedo adaimonesy fantasmas o el d
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Among the most thoughtful students of the ancient world, Georg Luck has offered subtle and nuanced interpretations of a broad range of classical subjects. Ancient Pathways, Hidden Pursuits brings together the best of Georg Luck's many papers and articles on Graeco-Roman life and thought in the realm of religious beliefs, occult practices, psychology, and morals. The collection complements Luck's Arcana Mundi, an introduction to magic and the occult in antiquity, which has been published in several languages. The present volume includes the author's thoughts on Greek and Roman religions, early Christianity, Greek and Roman psychology and morals, and magic and the occult. Luck's main findings explore generally neglected areas of ancient civilization, locating magic and philosophy with religion as vehicles for moral and psychological guidance. Throughout this study, one finds meaning in "superstitious" and conflicting patterns of behavior and learns much about the nature of the human soul. This collection will serve as a valuable reference for those interested in the driving motivations of ancient man. "The topics of the individual articles in this volume are very central and of great humanistic appeal, and they indeed form a thematic unity concerning man and religion in Greek and Roman society." --Ludwig Koenen, Herbert C. Youtie Distinguished University Professor of Papyrology, University of Michigan Georg Luck is Professor of Classics, emeritus, The Johns Hopkins University.
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Luck, Georg Hans Bhawani was born on February 17, 1926 in Bern, Switzerland. Son of Hans and Hanna (Von Ow) Luck. came to the United States, 1951.
Student, University Bern, 1945-1949, 50-51;Doctor of Philosophy, University Bern, 1953;student, University Paris, 1949-1950;A.M. (Smith-Mundt fellow), Harvard, 1952.
Instructor classics, Yale University, 1952-1953;instructor classics, Brown U., 1953-1955;visiting professor, Brown U., 1969;instructor classics, Harvard University, 1955-1958;visiting professor, Summer School, 1968;lecturer classics, U. Mainz, 1958-1962;professor classics, U. Bonn, 1962-1971;visiting professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1970-1971;professor classics, Johns Hopkins University, 1971-1990;professor emeritus, since 1990;department chairman classics, Johns Hopkins University, 1973-1975. Visiting professor classics University of California at Los Angeles, 1974, U. Fribourg, 1989. Lecturer SmithsonianInstitutions, 1992.
( Among the most thoughtful students of the ancient world...)
( Magic, miracles, daemonology, divination, astrology, an...)
(Arcana Mundi, tÃtulo de este libro, puede traducirse com...)
(Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman...)
(Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman...)
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Author: Der Akademiker Antiochos, 1953, The Latin Love Elegy, 1959, second edition, 1969 (German edition 1961, Spanish edition 1995), Über einige Interjektionen, d. Lat. Umgangssprache, 1964, Ovid, Tristia, text, translation and commentary, 2 vols.
, 1967-1977, Untersuchungen zur Textgeschichte Ovids, 1969, Eine Schweizerreise: Aus dem Tagebuch des Alfred Miell von Salisbury, 1981, Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman World, 1985 (Spanish and Italian editions 1994, expanded edition, 1997), Lucan, Der Bürgerkrieg, 1985, Der Dichter in der Kutsche, 1986. Editor: Tibullus, Carmina, 1987, second edition, 1998, Magie und andere Geheimwissenschaften der Antike, 1990, Properz und Tibull, Elegien, 1996, Die Weisheit der Hunde, 1997, Ancient Pathways and Hidden Pursuits, 2000. Editor-in-chief American Journal Philology, 1971-1981, 86-89.
Editor Noctes Romanae, 1975-1985. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Member Johns Hopkins Club.
Son of Hans and Hanna (Von Ow) L. M. Harriet Richards Greenough, June 15, 1957. Children: Annina, Hans, Stephanie.