The tenth volume of The Ritual Year series reunites papers presented at the 10th annual conference of the Société Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF) Working Group on The

Ritual Year, that took place in Innsbruck (Austria), 25–27 September 2014. The imposing volume brings together fifty-seven studies dealing with the conception of magic and magical rituals

performed throughout the year and their correlation with religious ceremonies. It also presents articles dealing with contemporary magical practices represented in the year cycle and in the everyday life of practitioners of magic.