Societas Magica: Syllabus Project

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This is a collection of syllabi on various courses having to do with the history of magic and the occult.

For more information about the project, or to submit a syllabus, please contact Amelia Carr, Allegheny College, acarr@allegheny.edu

Complete Courses

Ancient Cultures, the Art of Magic

Marguerite Johnson, University of Newcastle (Hum 3603, Spring 2003)

Lecture course with tutorials

PDF version

Alchemy, Magic and Mysticism

Pat Aakhus, University of Southern Indiana (LIBA 497/LBST 590, Fall 2005)

PDF version

Astrology & Magic in Antiquity and the Middle Ages

David Porreca, University of Waterloo (CLAS 486, Fall 2004)

PDF version

Ghosts, Devils, Magicians, and Monsters: Performing the Occult in Early English Drama

Jasmine Lellock, University of Delaware (ARSC390-083, Spring 2010)

PDF version and PDF Course schedule, also Course website

Greco-Roman Witchcraft

Elizabeth Ann Pollard, San Diego State University (Hist 620 Topics, Spring 2008)

PDF version

The Historian's Craft: Seminar in the Historiography of Witchcraft in the Western Tradition

Elizabeth Ann Pollard, San Diego State University (Hist 400W, Fall, Spring 2008)
The writing project undertaken in this seminar is discussed in E. Pollard, "Raising the Stakes: Writing About Witchcraft on Wikipedia," History Teacher 42.1 (2008): 9-24. (Article PDF)

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Literature and the Occult

Francis Tobienne, Jr., University of South Florida (LIT 3451, Spring 2010)

PDF version

Magic in the Arts and Humanities

Pat Aakhus, University of Southern Indiana (INST 213, Fall 2005)

PDF version

Magic in the Middle Ages

Robert Mathieson (Brown University, University Course 82, Fall 2004)

15-page syllabus includes 6-page Bibliography of "Books Required, Recommended, or Simply Relevant"

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Magic in the Middle Ages

Sophie Page, University College London (two-term course, 2007)

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Medieval Magic and Renaissance Mages

Richard Kieckhefer, Northwestern University (Spring 2003)

A graduate-level seminar for the Newberry Library, Chicago

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Mystics, Magic, and Witchcraft in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

S. D. Sargent, Union College (10-week course, Spring 2003)

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Neo-paganism and the Modern Occult

Marguerite Johnson, University of Newcastle (Hum 3080, Spring 2004)

A 15-week course with tutorials

PDF version

Religion and Magic

Richard Kieckhefer, Northwestern University (Religion 350, Spring 2003)

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Religion and Magic

Richard Kieckhefer, Northwestern University (Winter 1998)

Course includes extensive comparative unit on Asian magic and religion

This syllabus was published in the Societas Magica Newsletter No. 5 (1998)

Witchcraft and Magic in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Carol Menning, University of Toledo (History and Women's Studies)

This syllabus was published in the Societas Magica Newsletter No. 5 (1998)

Women, Magic and Power 1800-1960

Robert Mathieson, Brown University (University Course 83, Spring 2005)

12-page syllabus includes bibliography and "Chronological Lists of the Women and Some of the Men in the Network"

PDF version

Online Resources

ORB Magic and Witchcraft

Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies section maintained by Karen Jolly.

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Last updated 20 July 2010
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