Library Resources for Ancient Magic, Witchcraft, and Mystery Cults Course (CLT 3930)

Compiled by Blake Landor
Selector for Classics, Philosophy, and Religion
Smathers Library, Room 410
mailto:landor@ufl.edu

examples

1. LC Subject Headings

2. LC Call Nos

3. Databases of Journal and Encyclopedia Articles

4. Bibliography--Reference Books

5. Bibliography--Main Collection
   

 Library of Congress Subject Headings

(Note: In the online catalog, you would use these headings in the "Browse Organized Lists" under "Subjects" )

 

Witchcraft	Greece--Religion
Magic--Rome	Rome--Religion
Magic, Roman	Medicine, Greek and Roman
Magic, Greek	Medicine, Egyptian
Mysteries, Religious	Traditional Medicine

Some Important Call Nos

These call numbers can be used to browse the online catalog (under Browse Organized Lists (Call No, LC)

Databases

Use the Database Locator (http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/databases.html) to find the following databases, which can be used to find scholarly articles:

 Selective Bibliography of books in UF Libraries' collection

Reference Books (these are located in the Smathers Reference collection, currently together on a cart designated for this course):

Encyclopedia of the Unexplained: Magic, Occultism and Parapsychology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974.
        BF1411 .C32 1974 SMATHERS LIBRARYReference

Man, Myth & Magic : The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mythology, Religion, and the Unknown. New ed. New York: M. Cavendish, 1995.
        BF1411 .M25 1995 SMATHERS LIBRARYReference

Dictionary of Mysticism and the Esoteric Traditions. Rev. ed. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Abc-Clio, 1992.
        BF1407 .D78 1992 SMATHERS LIBRARYReference

Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology. 5th ed. Detroit: Gale Group, 2001.
BF 1407 .E56 2001 SMATHERS LIBRARYReference

Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition. London ; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.
DF757 .E53 2000 SMATHERS LIBRARYReference.

Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece. New York: Routledge, 2006.
DF16 .E52 2006 SMATHERS LIBRARYReference.

These are in the main collections (mainly in the Library West Request Retrieval facility):

Ankarloo, Bengt, and Stuart Clark. Witchcraft and Magic in Europe : Ancient Greece and Rome. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.
BF1567 .W58 1999 Science Library

Betz, Hans Dieter. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.
BF1622.G8 G74 1986 Request Retrieval:WEST BOOK

Burkert, Walter. Ancient Mystery Cults. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1987.
BL610 .B87 1987 Request Retrieval:WEST BOOK

Cosmopoulos, Michael B. Greek Mysteries : The Archaeology and Ritual of Ancient Greek Secret Cults. London ; New York: Routledge, 2003.
BL795.M9 G74 2003 Request Retrieval:WEST BOOK

Dickie, Matthew, and Inc NetLibrary. Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World. London ; New York: Routledge, 2003.
BF1591 .D53 2003 Request Retrieval: WEST BOOK (also available online)

Faraone, Christopher A., and Dirk Obbink. Magika Hiera : Ancient Greek Magic and Religion. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
BF1591 .M35 1990 Request Retrieval:WEST BOOK.

Faraone, Christopher A. Ancient Greek Love Magic. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1999.
BF1591 .F37 1999 Request Retrieval:WEST BOOK.

Fowden, Garth. The Egyptian Hermes : A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1993.
BF1591 .F75 1993 Request Retrieval:WEST BOOK.

Luck, Georg. Ancient Pathways and Hidden Pursuits : Religion, Morals, and Magic in the Ancient World. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2000.
BF1421 .L83 1999 Request Retrieval:WEST BOOK.

---. Arcana Mundi : Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds : A Collection of Ancient Texts. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985.
BF1421 .A73 1985 Request Retrieval:WEST BOOK.

Meyer, Marvin W. The Ancient Mysteries : A Sourcebook : Sacred Texts of the Mystery Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean World. 1st ed. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987.
BL610 .A59 1987 Request Retrieval:WEST BOOK.

Ogden, Daniel, and Inc NetLibrary. Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
BF1591 .O335 2002 Request Retrieval: WEST BOOK (also available online)

Ogden, Daniel. Greek and Roman Necromancy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001.
BF1591 .O33 2001Request Retrieval:WEST BOOK.

---. Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds : A Sourcebook. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
BF1591 .O335 2002 Request Retrieval:WEST BOOK.

Sheldon, Natasha. Roman Magic and Witchcraft in Late Antiquity. 2nd ed. Great Britain: Flying Witch Pub., 2002.
BF1591 .S53 2002 Request Retrieval:WEST BOOK.