Licit Magic
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Licit Magic The Life And Letters Of Al Ib B Abb D D 385 995
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Author : Maurice A. Pomerantz
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-12-18
Licit Magic The Life And Letters Of Al Ib B Abb D D 385 995 written by Maurice A. Pomerantz and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-18 with History categories.
In Licit Magic: The Life and Letters of al-Ṣāḥib b. ʿAbbād (d. 385/995) Maurice A. Pomerantz explores the biography and literary output of a major tenth-century Muslim statesman, literary patron, and intellectual.
The Feather Of Simurgh
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Author : J. Christoph Bürgel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Feather Of Simurgh written by J. Christoph Bürgel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Arts, Islamic categories.
Magic In The Cloister
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Author : Sophie Page
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2015-06-26
Magic In The Cloister written by Sophie Page and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-26 with Religion categories.
During the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries a group of monks with occult interests donated what became a remarkable collection of more than thirty magic texts to the library of the Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine's in Canterbury. The monks collected texts that provided positive justifications for the practice of magic and books in which works of magic were copied side by side with works of more licit genres. In Magic in the Cloister, Sophie Page uses this collection to explore the gradual shift toward more positive attitudes to magical texts and ideas in medieval Europe. She examines what attracted monks to magic texts, works, and how they combined magic with their intellectual interests and monastic life. By showing how it was possible for religious insiders to integrate magical studies with their orthodox worldview, Magic in the Cloister contributes to a broader understanding of the role of magical texts and ideas and their acceptance in the late Middle Ages.
New Perspectives On Witchcraft Magic And Demonology Witchcraft In The British Isles And New England
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Author : Levack, Brian Paul Levack
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2001
New Perspectives On Witchcraft Magic And Demonology Witchcraft In The British Isles And New England written by Levack, Brian Paul Levack and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Witchcraft categories.
Magic And Impotence In The Middle Ages
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Author : Catherine Rider
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-01-26
Magic And Impotence In The Middle Ages written by Catherine Rider and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-26 with History categories.
Magic and Impotence in the Middle Ages investigates the common medieval belief that magic could cause impotence, focusing particularly on the period 1150-1450. The subject has never been studied in detail before, but there is a surprisingly large amount of information about it in four kinds of source: confessors' manuals; medical compendia that discussed many illnesses; commentaries on canon law; and theological commentaries on the Sentences of Peter Lombard. Although most historians of medieval culture focus on only one or two of these kinds of source, a broader comparison reveals that medieval writers held surprisingly diverse opinions about what magic was, how it worked, and whether it was ever legitimate to use it. Medieval discussions of magically caused impotence also include a great deal of information about magical practices, most of which have not been studied before. In particular, these sources say a great deal about popular magic, a subject which has been particularly neglected by historians because the evidence is scanty and difficult to interpret. Magic and Impotence makes new information about popular magic available for the first time. Magic and Impotence also examines why the authors of legal, medical, and theological texts were so interested in popular magical practices relating to impotence. It therefore uses magically caused impotence as a case-study to explore the relationship between elite and popular culture. In particular, this study emphasizes the importance of the thirteenth-century pastoral reform movement, which sought to enforce more orthodox religious practices. Historians have often noted that this movement brought churchmen into contact with popular beliefs, but this is the first study to demonstrate the profound effect it had on theological and legal ideas about magic.
Amulets And Talismans Of The Middle East And North Africa In Context
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Author : Marcela A. Garcia Probert
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-04-25
Amulets And Talismans Of The Middle East And North Africa In Context written by Marcela A. Garcia Probert and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-25 with History categories.
In this volume amulets and talismans are studied within a broader system of meaning that shapes how they were manufactured, activated and used in different networks. Text, material features and the environments in which these artifacts circulated, are studied alongside each other, resulting in an innovative approach to understand the many different functions these objects could fulfil in pre-modern times. Produced and used by Muslims and non-Muslims alike, the case studies presented here include objects that differ in size, material, language and shape. What the articles share is an all-round, in-depth approach that helps the reader understand the complexity of the objects discussed and will improve one’s understanding of the role they played within pre-modern societies. Contributors Hazem Hussein Abbas Ali, Gideon Bohak, Ursula Hammed, Juan Campo, Jean-Charles Coulon, Venetia Porter, Marcela Garcia Probert, Anne Regourd, Yasmine al-Saleh, Karl Schaefer and Petra M. Sijpesteijn.
Magic And Divination In Early Islam
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Author : Emilie Savage-Smith
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-01-20
Magic And Divination In Early Islam written by Emilie Savage-Smith and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-20 with History categories.
Magic and divination in early Islam encompassed a wide range of practices, including belief in jinn, warding off the evil eye, the production of amulets and other magical equipment, conjuring, wonder-working, dream interpretation, predicting the weather, casting lots, astrology, and physiognomy. The ten studies here are concerned with the pre-Islamic antecedents of such practices, and with the theory of magic in healing, the nature and use of amulets and their decipherment, the arts of astrometeorology and geomancy, the refutation of astrology, and the role of the astrologer in society. Some of the studies are highly illustrated, some long out of print, some revised or composed for this volume, and one translated into English for the first time. These fundamental investigations, together with the introductory bibliographic essay, are intended as a guide to the concepts, terminology, and basic scholarly literature of an important, but often overlooked, aspect of classical Islamic culture.
Religion Science And Magic
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Author : Jacob Neusner
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1989
Religion Science And Magic written by Jacob Neusner and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Christianity categories.
Every culture makes the distinction between "true religion" and magic, regarding one action and its result as "miraculous," while rejecting another as the work of the devil. Surveying such topics as Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the magician, magic in Hasidism and Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England, these ten essays provide a rigorous examination of the history of this distinction in Christianity and Judaism. Written by such distinguished scholars as Jacob Neusner, Hans Penner, Howard Kee, Tzvi Abusch, Susan R. Garrett, and Moshe Idel, the essays explore a broad range of topics, including how certain social groups sort out approved practices and beliefs from those that are disapproved--providing fresh insight into how groups define themselves; "magic" as an insider's term for the outsider's religion; and the tendency of religious traditions to exclude the magical. In addition the collection provides illuminating social, cultural, and anthropological explanations for the prominence of the magical in certain periods and literatures.
A History Of Magic And Experimental Science
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Author : Lynn Thorndike
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 1923
A History Of Magic And Experimental Science written by Lynn Thorndike and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Religion Science And Magic In Concert And In Conflict
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Author : Jacob Neusner Professor of Religion University of South Florida
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1989-06-01
Religion Science And Magic In Concert And In Conflict written by Jacob Neusner Professor of Religion University of South Florida and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-06-01 with Christianity categories.
Every culture makes the distinction between "true religion" and magic, regarding one action and its result as "miraculous," while rejecting another as the work of the devil. Surveying such topics as Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the magician, magic in Hasidism and Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England, these ten essays provide a rigrous examination of the history of this distinction in Christianity and Judaism. Written by such distinguished scholars as Jacob Neusner, Hans Penner, Howard Kee, Tzvi Abusch, Susan R. Garrett, and Moshe Idel, the essays explore a broad range of topics, including how certain social groups sort out approved practices and beliefs from those that are disapproved--providing fresh insight into how groups define themselves; "magic" as an insider's term for the outsider's religion; and the tendency of religious traditions to exclude the magical. In addition the collection provides illuminating social, cultural, and anthropological explanations for the prominence of the magical in certain periods and literature.