032 - Britta Ager and The Scent of Ancient Magic

Witchhassle

The wonderful Britta Ager comes by to talk about her new book, The Scent of Ancient Magic. We get into many uses for scent in magic and religious practice, and the importance of this undervalued sense. For the full conversation (and other bonus content) pop over to patreon.com/witchhassle The book is available here: https://www.press.umich.edu/10082698/scent_of_ancient_magic And you can learn more about Professor Ager here: https://twitter.com/BrittaAger https://asu.academia.edu/BrittaAger https://hcommons.org/members/brittaager/ She recommends: Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, Drawing Down the Moon Lindsay C. Watson, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome Daniel Ogden, Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Sourcebook Hans Dieter Betz, ed. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation John Gager, ed. Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World Also check out Abortion Action Front: https://www.aafront.org/ and those panels I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvLjjxQn5PcnyFHW0Ac7OPE1DTg9F91an