Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
Encyclopedia
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft is a peer-reviewed academic journal
which focuses on magic
scholarship published semiannually by the University of Pennsylvania Press
. the editors are Claire Fanger, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University
, and Richard Kieckhefer, a professor of religion and history at Northwestern University
. It is available online through Project MUSE
.
The journal is affiliated with Societas Magicas, an organization of scholars interested in magic.
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
which focuses on magic
Magic (paranormal)
Magic is the claimed art of manipulating aspects of reality either by supernatural means or through knowledge of occult laws unknown to science. It is in contrast to science, in that science does not accept anything not subject to either direct or indirect observation, and subject to logical...
scholarship published semiannually by the University of Pennsylvania Press
University of Pennsylvania Press
The University of Pennsylvania Press is a university press affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
. the editors are Claire Fanger, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
, and Richard Kieckhefer, a professor of religion and history at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
. It is available online through Project MUSE
Project MUSE
Project MUSE is an online database of current and back issues of peer-reviewed humanities and social sciences journals. It was founded in 1993 by Todd Kelley and Susan Lewis and is a project of the Johns Hopkins University Press and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. It had support from the Mellon...
.
The journal is affiliated with Societas Magicas, an organization of scholars interested in magic.