Ritual Embodiment in Modern Western Magic - Becoming the Magician

List of contents

Introduction: Interpreting the Modern Practice of Western Magic 1 Western Constructions of Magic 2 Liber V vel Reguli 3 The Ninth Key of Gabriel and Levaniel 4 The Blessing of Wōđanaz 5 The Apollonian Invocation 6 The Mithras Liturgy 7 Anthropology of Ritual and the Body in Modern Western Magic 8 Phenomenology of Ritual in Modern Western Magic 9 Phenomenology of the Body in Modern Western Magic 10 Ritualisation and the Subtle Body in Modern Western Magic Conclusion: Becoming the Magic and the Logic of Western Magical Ritual

About the author

Damon Zacharias Lycourinos completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh, UK, where he also acted as an instructor in Religious Studies. His main areas of interest are the study of ritual from the perspective of embodied cognition, subjectivity, and self-narrative; the concept of 'spirituality in the flesh'; and a phenomenological consideration of the subtle dimensions of religious experience.

Summary

Starting with an introduction to the study of magic in the Western academy, the book then presents the author’s own participant observation of five ethnographic case studies of modern Western magic. It concludes by discussing the phenomenological implications and issues around embodiment that are inherent to the contemporary practice of magic.

Product details

• Authors: Damon Zacharias Lycourinos
• Assisted by: Jason Beduhn (Editor of the series), Jay Johnston (Editor of the series), Garry Trompf (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138574175
• ISBN: 978-1-138-57417-5
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Gnostica; Gnostica
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / General, RELIGION / Spirituality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Witchcraft, RELIGION / Wicca, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Paganism & Neo-Paganism, Social and cultural anthropology, Philosophy of religion, Spirituality and religious experience, Religion and beliefs, Shamanism, paganism and Druidry, Witchcraft and wicca, Magic, alchemy and hermetic thought, Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought, Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems