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MAGIC IN SOUTHERN ITALY

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BRUCE RENTON accompanied the late Professor Ernesto de Martino on one of his ' expeditions ' to the magic regions of southern Italy: the professor, a Marxist, had made a special study of magic in the south. Mr. Renton talks about the magical rites, which he illustrates with a recording the professor made in 1960.

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