'As Far as the East Is from the West, and the North Is from the South': Syriac Separation Spells and Their Contexts.
This article continues a series of studies dedicated to Syriac love magic as attested by texts found in Syriac magical codices dated to the 18th–20th century. Here I address five Syriac recipes that I consider to belong to the category of separation spells. Four of them are titled 'For Hatred' and a...
| Publicado en: | Aramaic Studies Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 112 - 141 |
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2023
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