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  1. Shimmering Magic: Cross-cultural Explorations of the Aesthetic, Moral, and Mystical Significance of Reflecting and Deflecting Shine
  2. Raquel Romberg, Claire Fanger
  3. pp. 146-162
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0018
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  1. From the Back of the Mirror: "Quicksilver," Tinfoil, and the Shimmer of Sorcery in African-American Vernacular Magic
  2. Stephen C. Wehmeyer
  3. pp. 163-185
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0019
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  1. Connecting Worlds through Silk: The Cosmological Significance of Sheen in West African Talismanic Magic
  2. Laurence Douny
  3. pp. 186-209
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0020
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  1. "Glittering Women": Light, Aura, and the Aesthetics of Withdrawal in Wedding Photography along the East African Coast
  2. Heike Behrend
  3. pp. 210-224
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0021
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  1. Clothing as a Technology of Enchantment: Gaze and Glaze in Hindu Garments
  2. Urmila Mohan
  3. pp. 225-244
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0022
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  1. Upper Perené Arawak Narratives of History, Landscape, and Ritual by Elena Mihas (review)
  2. Joliene C. Adams
  3. pp. 245-250
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0023
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  1. Letters to the Sage: Collected Correspondence of Thomas Moore Johnson: Volume One: The Esotericists ed. by Patrick D. Bowen and K. Paul Johnson (review)
  2. Jay Bregman
  3. pp. 250-253
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0024
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  1. Witchcraft and Magic in Ireland by Andrew Sneddon (review)
  2. Maeve Callan
  3. pp. 254-256
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0025
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  1. Sacred Violence in Early America by Susan Juster (review)
  2. Alyssa Gerhardt Craven
  3. pp. 256-259
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0026
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  1. Faith and Magic in Early Modern Finland by Raisa Maria Toivo (review)
  2. Sonja Hukantaival
  3. pp. 259-261
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0027
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  1. Spiritual Taxonomies and Ritual Authority: Platonists, Priests, and Gnostics in the Third Century C.E by Heidi Marx-Wolf (review)
  2. David B. Levy
  3. pp. 261-265
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0028
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  1. Supernatural Entertainments: Victorian Spiritualism and the Rise of Modern Media Culture by Simone Natale (review)
  2. Roger Luckhurst
  3. pp. 265-268
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0029
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  1. Bewitched and Bedeviled: A Cognitive Approach to Embodiment in Early English Possession by Kirsten C. Uszkalo (review)
  2. Patrick J. Murray
  3. pp. 268-271
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0030
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  1. The Witches' Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic by Thomas Hatsis (review)
  2. Michael Ostling
  3. pp. 271-274
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0031
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  1. Modernism and the Occult by John Bramble (review)
  2. Leigh Wilson
  3. pp. 274-277
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0032
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  1. General Editor's Preface: How Mirrors Enable Different Ways of Seeing
  2. pp. 143-145
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2017.0017
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