Download or read book Magical Practice in the Latin West written by Francisco Marco Simón and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-12-14 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most studies of Graeco-Roman magic focus on the Greek texts. Stimulated by important recent finds of Latin curse-tablets, this collection of essays for the first time tries to define the nature and extent of the originality of magical practice in the Latin West