Religion and the Decline of Magic Teens25 and 'Earthsea Revisioned: A Lecture

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Religion and the Decline of Magic Teens25 and 'Earthsea Revisioned: A LectureWitchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover stolen goods. At the same time the Protestant Reformation attempted to take the magic out of religion, and scientists were developing new explanations of the universe. Keith Thomas's classic analysis