Science and Magic in the Modern World, Subbotsky

Автор: Frazer, James George
Название: The Golden Bough
ISBN: 0199538824 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199538829
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Описание: A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientific thought, The Golden Bough has a unique status in modern anthropology and literature. First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was eventually issued in a twelve-volume edition (1906-15) which was abridged in 1922 by the author and his wife. That abridgement has never been reconsidered for a modern audience. In it some of the more controversial passages were dropped, including Frazer's daring speculations on the Crucifixion of Christ. For the first time this one-volume edition restores Frazer's bolder theories and sets them within the framework of a valuable introduction and notes. A seminal work of modern anthropology, The Golden Bough also influenced many twentieth-century writers, including D H Lawrence, T S Eliot, and Wyndham Lewis. Its discussion of magical types, the sacrificial killing of kings, the dying god, and the scapegoat is given fresh pertinence in this new edition.

Автор: Mauss, Marcel
Название: General theory of magic
ISBN: 0415253969 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415253963
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Описание: Offers a fascinating snapshot of magic throughout various cultures as well as deep sociological and religious insights still very much relevant today.

Название: Oxford illustrated history of witchcraft and magic
ISBN: 0192897780 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780192897787
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Описание: The 4000-year story of witchcraft and magic - from the ancient world to Harry Potter... and beyond...

Автор: Davies Owen
Название: Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic
ISBN: 019960844X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199608447
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Описание: The 4000-year story of witchcraft and magic - from the ancient world to Harry Potter... and beyond...

Автор: Roberts, Alison M
Название: Hathors alchemy
ISBN: 0952423332 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780952423331
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Описание: When alchemy emerged in Roman Egypt, early adepts knew their wisdom came from the Egyptian temples. Yet these deep roots in ancient Egypt have remained obscure, doubted even by many. Journeying through the beautiful temples at Abu Simbel and Dendara, dedicated to the love goddess Hathor, and delving into the Osirian mysteries enshrined in Ramesses VIs tomb at Thebes, Hathors Alchemy unearths this transformational lost knowledge. Greek, Islamic and medieval European alchemists all drew on its wisdom of the queen, including the authors of Aurora consurgens and the Rosarium philosophorum. Explored, too, is alchemys profound influence in Sufism. Richly illustrated in colour throughout, this groundbreaking book reunites ancient Egypt and alchemy within the western Hermetic tradition.

Автор: Kren
Название: Alchemy in Europe
ISBN: 113800815X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138008151
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Описание: This comprehensive annotated bibliography, first published in 1990, guides the user helpfully through where to find information on various elements on alchemy when researching. Divided into categories to aid finding the right area of interest, this book forms a unique reference tool.

Автор: Wheater, Kitty
Название: Witchcraft, oracles and magic among the azande
ISBN: 1912128527 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912128525
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Описание: Based on 20 months of fieldwork among the Azande people of South Sudan, Evans-Pritchard`s work became the founding text in the anthropology of witchcraft.

Автор: Bailey, Michael David
Название: Magic: the basics
ISBN: 1138809616 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138809611
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Описание: Magic: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to magic in world history and contemporary societies. Presenting Magic as a global phenomenon which has manifested in all human cultures, this book takes a thematic approach which explores the historical, social and cultural aspects of magic.

Автор: Rampton Martha
Название: European Magic and Witchcraft: A Reader
ISBN: 1442634200 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442634206
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Magic, witches, and demons have drawn interest and fear throughout human history. In this comprehensive primary source reader, Martha Rampton traces the history of our fascination with magic and witchcraft from the first through to the seventeenth century.

Автор: Subbotsky Eugene
Название: Science and Magic in the Modern World
ISBN: 1138591459 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138591455
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Описание: Science and Magic in the Modern World is a unique text that explores the role of magical thinking in everyday life. It provides an excellent psychological look at the subconscious belief in magic in both popular culture and society, as well as experimental research that considers human consciousness as a derivative of belief in the supernatural.

Автор: Raven Maarten J.
Название: Egyptian Magic: The Quest for Thothas Book of Secrets
ISBN: 9774169336 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789774169335
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: A beautiful and informative overview of ancient Egyptian magic, superstitious beliefs, and the occult, expertly written and illustrated

The ancient Egyptians were firmly convinced of the importance of magic, which was both a source of supernatural wisdom and a means of affecting one's own fate. The gods themselves used it for creating the world, granting humankind magical powers as an aid to the struggle for existence. Magic formed a link between human beings, gods, and the dead. Magicians were the indispensable guardians of the god-given cosmic order, learned scholars who were always searching for the Magic Book of Thoth, which could explain the wonders of nature. Egyptian Magic, illustrated with wonderful and mysterious objects from European museum collections, describes how Egyptian sorcerers used their craft to protect the weakest members of society, to support the gods in their fight against evil, and to imbue the dead with immortality, and explores the arcane systems and traditions of the occult that governed this well-organized universe of ancient Egypt.

Автор: Lindsay C. Watson
Название: Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome
ISBN: 1788312988 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788312981
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Parting company with the trend in recent scholarship to treat the subject in abstract, highly theoretical terms, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome proposes that the magic-working of antiquity was in reality a highly pragmatic business, with very clearly formulated aims - often of an exceedingly maligant kind.

In seven chapters, each addressed to an important arm of Greco-Roman magic, the volume discusses the history of the rediscovery and publication of the so-called Greek Magical Papyri, a key source for our understanding of ancient magic; the startling violence of ancient erotic spells and the use of these by women as well as men; the alteration in the landscape of defixio (curse tablet) studies by major new finds and the confirmation these provide that the frequently lethal intent of such tablets must not be downplayed; the use of herbs in magic, considered from numerous perspectives but with an especial focus on the bizarre-seeming rituals and protocols attendant upon their collection; the employment of animals in magic, the factors determining the choice of animal, the uses to which they were put, and the procuring and storage of animal parts, conceivably in a sorcerer's workshop; the witch as a literary construct, the clear homologies between the magical procedures of fictional witches and those documented for real spells, the gendering of the witch-figure and the reductive presentation of sorceresses as old, risible and ineffectual; the issue of whether ancient magicians practised human sacrifice and the illuminating parallels between such accusations and late 20th century accounts of child-murder in the context of perverted Satanic rituals.

By challenging a number of orthodoxies and opening up some underexamined aspects of the subject, this wide-ranging study stakes out important new territory in the field of magical studies.