Legitimising Magic
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Legitimising Magic
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-12-11
Legitimising Magic written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-11 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
As magic is a powerful means to influence the natural world and human beings, and is deeply connected to the divine sphere, persons using it are in constant need to justify its use. The ambivalence of magic to serve both well-wishing and ill-wishing aims puts the practitioners ever at risk. This volume illuminates the strategies adopted to legitimise the practice of magic and analyses how these justifications are phrased and formulated in cuneiform texts, thereby revealing the underlying principles and unexplained axioms of using magic in the Ancient Near East.
Magic In The Modern World
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Author : Edward Bever
language : en
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Release Date : 2018-12-03
Magic In The Modern World written by Edward Bever and has been published by Penn State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-03 with Magic categories.
A collection of essays on various aspects of the position of magic in the modern world. Essays explore the ways in which modernity has been defined in explicit opposition to magic and superstition, and the ways in which modern proponents of magic have worked to legitimate their practices.
The Divine Demonic Seven And The Place Of Demons In Mesopotamia
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Author : Gina Konstantopoulos
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-06-12
The Divine Demonic Seven And The Place Of Demons In Mesopotamia written by Gina Konstantopoulos and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-12 with Religion categories.
In The Divine/Demonic Seven and the Place of Demons in Mesopotamia, Gina Konstantopoulos analyses the Sebettu, a group of seven divine/demonic figures found across a wide range of Mesopotamian textual and artistic sources in Mesopotamia from the late third to first millennium BCE. The Sebettu appeared both as fierce, threatening demons and as divine, protective, figures. These seemingly contradictory qualities worked together, as their martial ferocity facilitated their religious and political role. When used in royal inscriptions, they became fierce warriors attacking the king’s enemies, retaining that demonic nature. This flexibility was not unique to the Sebettu, and this study thus provides a lens through which to examine the place of demons in Mesopotamia as a whole.
Religious Individualisation
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Author : Martin Fuchs
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-12-16
Religious Individualisation written by Martin Fuchs and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-16 with Religion categories.
This volume brings together key findings of the long-term research project ‘Religious Individualisation in Historical Perspective’ (Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Erfurt University). Combining a wide range of disciplinary approaches, methods and theories, the volume assembles over 50 contributions that explore and compare processes of religious individualisation in different religious environments and historical periods, in particular in Asia, the Mediterranean, and Europe from antiquity to the recent past. Contrary to standard theories of modernisation, which tend to regard religious individualisation as a specifically modern or early modern as well as an essentially Western or Christian phenomenon, the chapters reveal processes of religious individualisation in a large variety of non-Western and pre-modern scenarios. Furthermore, the volume challenges prevalent views that regard religions primarily as collective phenomena and provides nuanced perspectives on the appropriation of religious agency, the pluralisation of religious options, dynamics of de-traditionalisation and privatisation, the development of elaborated notions of the self, the facilitation of religious deviance, and on the notion of dividuality.
Weapons Of Words Intertextual Competition In Babylonian Poetry
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Author : Selena Wisnom
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-11-04
Weapons Of Words Intertextual Competition In Babylonian Poetry written by Selena Wisnom and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-04 with Poetry categories.
In Weapons of Words Selena Wisnom offers a literary study of three poems central to Babylonian culture: Anzû, Enūma eliš, and Erra and Išum, demonstrating how each uses sophisticated intertextual allusions to compete with its predecessors.
Generation Decks
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Author : Titus Chalk
language : en
Publisher: Solaris
Release Date : 2017-04-06
Generation Decks written by Titus Chalk and has been published by Solaris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-06 with Games categories.
Ritual Embodiment In Modern Western Magic
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Author : Damon Zacharias Lycourinos
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-11-15
Ritual Embodiment In Modern Western Magic written by Damon Zacharias Lycourinos and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-15 with Religion categories.
In the Western world, magic has often functioned as an umbrella term for various religious beliefs and ritual practices that seek to influence events by harnessing supernatural power. The definition of these myriad occult and esoteric traditions have, however, usually come from those that are opposed to its practice; notably authorities in religious, legal and intellectual spheres. This book seeks to provide a new perspective, directly from the practitioners of modern Western magic, by exploring how a distinctive mode of embodiment and consciousness can produce a transition from an ‘ordinary’ to a ‘magical’ worldview. 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. The focus of these ethnographic case studies is directed towards ideas and methods the informants employ to self-legitimise and self-represent as ‘magicians’. It concludes by discussing the phenomenological implications and issues around embodiment that are inherent to the contemporary practice of magic. This is a unique insight into the lived experience of practitioners of modern magic. As such, it will be of keen interest to scholars of the Occult and New Religious Movements, as well as Religious Studies academics examining issues around the embodiment and the anthropology of religion.
Non Lethal Weapons As Legitimising Forces
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Author : Brian Rappert
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-11-23
Non Lethal Weapons As Legitimising Forces written by Brian Rappert and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-23 with History categories.
As mankind finds ever more impious ways to kill and maim, some look to non-lethal weapons as a fix. Brian Rappert discusses the technologies involved and the ethics of, for example blinding someone with a laser, leaving them blind forever, versus killing them outright.
Mandarins And Heretics
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Author : Junqing Wu
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-01-23
Mandarins And Heretics written by Junqing Wu and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-23 with Religion categories.
In Mandarins and Heretics, Wu Junqing explores the denunciation and persecution of lay religious groups in late imperial (14th to 20th century) China.
Not For Sale
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Author : Rebecca Whisnant
language : en
Publisher: Spinifex Press
Release Date : 2004
Not For Sale written by Rebecca Whisnant and has been published by Spinifex Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Law categories.
Prostitution and pornography are linked with racism and male dominance as well as with imperialism, militarism (including torture) and global corporate culture. The result is devastating harm for women and children within these industries. Subjected to physical and psychological violence - poverty, drug addiction and homelessness are their usual companions. With its mix of personal stories, theory, research, testimony, and accounts of current activism, Not For Sale will be an invaluable resource for all those seeking to inform themselves about the realities of the sex business and will serve to strengthen and broaden feminist resistance to pornography and prostitution.