Interest in the world of Late Antiquity is currently undergoing a significant revival, and in this provocative book, now reissued in paperback, E.R. Dodds anticipated some of the themes now engaging scholars. There is abundant material for the study of religious experience in la…
Interest in the world of Late Antiquity is currently undergoing a significant revival, and in this provocative book, now reissued in paperback, E. R. Dodds anticipated some of the themes now engaging scholars. There is abundant material for the study of religious experience in l…
This book sheds new light on the ancient origins of religion to give Wiccans, Witches, and the Neo-Pagans a sense of where they belong in history.
How did Christianity compare and compete with the cults of the pagan gods in the Roman Empire? This work places Christians and pagans side by side in the context of civil life and contrasts their religious experiences, visions, cults and oracles.