61. The infiltration of magic into the liturgy under the Roman empire is
shown especially in connection with the ritual of consecration of the
idols, by Hock, _Griechische Weihegebräuche_, Würzburg, 1905, p. 66.--Cf.
also Kroll, _Archiv für Religionsw._, VIII, 1905, Beiheft, pp. 27 ff.