Journal for the Academic Study of Magic, Issue 2

Klappentext A multidisciplinary! peer-reviewed print publication! covering all areas of magic! witchcraft! paganism etc; all geographical regions and all historical periods. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Alien Selves: Modernity and the Social Diagnostics of the Demonic in Lovecraftian Magick'; Wishful Thinking Notes towards a psychoanalytic sociology of Pagan magic; A Shell with my Name on it: The Reliance on the Supernatural During the First World War; The Metaphysical Relationship between Magic and Miracles; Demonic Possession! and Spiritual Healing in Nineteenth-Century Devon; Human Body in Southern Slavic Folk Sorcery; Four Glasses Of Water; The Land Near the Dark Cornish Sea; Kenneth Grant and the Magickal revival; Magic through the Linguistic Lenses of Greek magos! Indo-European *mag(h)-! Sanskrit maya and Pharaonic Egyptian heka; The symbolism of the pierced heart.

Product details

• Authors: Dave Evans
• Assisted by: Dave Evans (Editor), Various (Editor)
• Publisher: Mandrake of Oxford
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2004
• EAN: 9781869928728
• ISBN: 978-1-869928-72-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Journal for the Academic Study of Magic; Journal for the Academic Study; Journal for the Academic Study of Magic
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous