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The following sources are recommended by a professor whose research specialty is ancient magic.

Six Superlative Sources

· Betz, Hans Dieter, ed. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. University of Chicago Press, 1992. ISBN 0-226-04447-5.

· Brier, Bob. Ancient Egyptian Magic. William Morrow and Company, 1980. ISBN 0-688-03654-6.

· Faraone, Christopher A., and Dirk Obbink, eds. Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion. Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-19-511140-0.

· Gager, John G., ed. Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World. Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-19-506226-4.

· Luck, George, ed. Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman World. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. ISBN 0-8018-2548-2.

· Meyer, Marvin, and Richard Smith, eds. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Harper San Francisco, 1994. ISBN 0-06-065578-X.

Other Excellent Sources

· Hamilton, V. P. Syriac Incantation Bowls. Ann University Microfilms, 1972.

· Isbell, Charles D. Corpus of the Aramaic Incantation Bowls. Scholars Press, 1975. ISBN 0-89130-010-4.

· Morgan, Michael A. Sepher Ha-Razim: The Book of the Mysteries. Scholars Press, 1983. ISBN 0-89130-615-3.

· Schiffman, Lawrence H. and Michael D. Swartz, eds. Hebrew and Aramaic Incantation Texts from the Cairo Genizah. JSOT Press, 1992. ISBN 1-85075-285-0.

· Naveh, Joseph and Shaul Shaked, eds. Amulets and Magic Bowls. The Magnes Press, 1987 (2nd ed.). ISBN 965-223-531-8.

· Naveh, Joseph and Shaul Shaked, eds. Magic Spells and Formulae. The Magnes Press, 1993. ISBN 965-223-841-6.

· Trachtenberg, Joshua. Jewish Magic and Superstition. The World Publishing Co., and Jewish Publication Society of America, 1961.

· Yamauchi, Edwin M. Mandaic Incantation Texts. American Oriental Society, 1967.

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