COMMENT:Argues that conservative and literalist beliefs in the Bible serve to legitimate a whole host of supernaturalist and occult beliefs. The chapters begin by descriptions of the magical beliefs in Biblical times that are reflected in the text, treated always as a document intelligible in a particular historical context. Larue then connects these supernatural beliefs to modern versions, be it within conservative denominations or New Age types of magical thinking. This linkage is tenuous in a few instances, but the main theme seems to hold. It could serve as a useful reference, except for its lack of an index.
