End of Magic

Zusatztext A useful overview of earlier and existing approaches to the problem of magic... If the book provokes a new or expanded interest in the subject! it will have achieved at least one of its aims. Informationen zum Autor Ariel Glucklich is Assistant Professor at Ponoma College and Lecturer at the Hebrew University to which he received a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship. Klappentext Glucklich offers a new approach towards the definition and understanding of magic. Basing himself in the Indian city of Banaras, where magic is a familiar part of everyday life, he reviews the major theories that have explained (or explained away) magic over the last century. He argues that all of these theories leave out something critical, namely what he calls "magical consciouness" - a special state of awareness of magicians and their clients which, though extraordinary, is also perfectly natural. Zusammenfassung Glucklich offers a new approach towards the definition and understanding of magic. Basing himself in the Indian city of Banaras, where magic is a familiar part of everyday life, he reviews the major theories that have explained (or explained away) magic over the last century. He argues that all of these theories leave out something critical, namely what he calls "magical consciouness" - a special state of awareness of magicians and their clients which, though extraordinary, is also perfectly natural.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Ariel Glucklich, Ariel (Professor of Religion Glucklich, Glucklich Ariel
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.02.1997
• EAN: 9780195108804
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510880-4
• Pages: 264
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Psychologie, ésotérique, spiritualité, anthroposophie > Esotérique: général, ouvrages de référence; Livres de conseils > Spiritualité > Savoirs anciens, cultures anciennes; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Autres; Witchcraft, RELIGION / Wicca, Magic, alchemy and hermetic thought, Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought, Witchcraft / Witches