Magic Articles

The premier issue of
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft is in print! These free sample articles are available as PDFs:

  • From the Editors
    Michael D. Bailey and Brian P. Copenhaver, Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 2006
  • The Meanings of Magic
    Michael D. Bailey, Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 2006
  • Witches, Saints, and Heretics: Heinrich Kramer’s Ties with Italian Women Mystics
    Tamar Herzig, Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 2006
  • State Decline and the Return of Occult Powers: The Case of Prophet Eddy in Nigeria
    Johannes Harnischfeger, Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 2006
  • A serious, rigorously
    peer-reviewed scholarly journal, Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft draws
    from a broad array of perspectives, methods, and disciplines, offering the
    widest possible geographical scope and chronological range, from prehistory to
    the modern era and from the Old World to the New. In addition to original
    research, the journal includes book reviews, editorials, and lists of newly
    published work.