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The Origin Of Magic And Religion

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Author : William James Perry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971

The Origin Of Magic And Religion written by William James Perry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Magic categories.

In this little book, the author attempts to tell as clearly as possible the story of the development of magical and religious thought and practice. As the result of work on the historical aspect of the growth of civilization, the general principles of development of various forms of human culture have become clear and the author believed it was time to give the general reader some account of the progress made up to the present.

The Origin Of Magic And Religion

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Author : W. J. Perry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-04-05

The Origin Of Magic And Religion written by W. J. Perry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-05 with Literary Collections categories.

1923. In this little book, the author attempts to tell as clearly as possible the story of the development of magical and religious thought and practice. As the result of work on the historical aspect of the growth of civilization, the general principles of development of various forms of human culture have become clear and the author believed it was time to give the general reader some account of the progress made up to the present.

Religion And Magic In Western Culture

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Author : Daniel Dubuisson
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-04-08

Religion And Magic In Western Culture written by Daniel Dubuisson and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-08 with Philosophy categories.

In this book, Daniel Dubuisson analyses the long history of the dichotomy between religion and magic, as well as the great stakes of power which it has concealed over the centuries.

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.

The History Of Magic

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Author : Chris Gosden
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2020-07-16

The History Of Magic written by Chris Gosden and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-16 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.

A Telegraph Book of the Year A remarkable, unprecedented account of the role of magic in cultures both ancient and modern -- from the first known horoscope to the power of tattoos. 'Fascinating, original, excellent' Simon Sebag Montefiore ______________________ Three great strands of practice and belief run through human history: science, religion and magic. But magic - the idea that we have a connection with the universe - has developed a bad reputation. It has been with us for millennia - from the curses and charms of ancient Greek, Roman and Jewish magic, to the shamanistic traditions of Eurasia, indigenous America and Africa, and even today in the West when snapping wishbones or buying lottery tickets. Drawing on his decades of research, Professor Chris Gosden provides a history of human thought and how magic may help us rethink our understanding of the world. ______________________ 'This is an extraordinary work of learning, written with an exhilarating lightness of touch . . . It is essential reading.' Francis Pryor, author of Britain BC, Britain AD and The Fens 'Without an unfascinating page' Scotsman 'Chris Gosden shows how magic explores the connections between human beings and the universe in ways different from religion or science, yet deserving of respect' Professor John Barton, author of A History of The Bible

Origins Of Modern Witchcraft

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Author : Aoumiel
language : en
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Release Date : 2000

Origins Of Modern Witchcraft written by Aoumiel and has been published by Llewellyn Worldwide this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.

This book sheds new light on the ancient origins of religion to give Wiccans, Witches, and the Neo-Pagans a sense of where they belong in history.

A History Of Magic Witchcraft And The Occult

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Author : DK
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2020-08-06

A History Of Magic Witchcraft And The Occult written by DK and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-06 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.

See the history of witchcraft, magic and superstition come to life with this spectacular supernatural book! From alchemy and modern Wicca to paganism and shamanism, this enchanting book takes you on a mystical journey that will leave you spellbound. This is the perfect introduction to magic and the occult! This reference book on witchcraft is packed with: - Informative, engaging, and accessible text and lavish illustrations - Special features on aspects of magic, such as oracle bones of ancient China, the Knights Templar, and magic at the movies, and "plants and potions", such as mandrake and belladonna examine topics in great detail - Quick-fact panels that explore magic origins, key figures, key deities, use in spells, structures of religions, and more This indispensable witchcraft book explores the common human fascination with spells, superstition, and the supernatural. It provides you with a balanced and unbiased account of everything from Japanese folklore and Indian witchcraft to the differences between black and white magic and dispelling myths such as those surrounding the voodoo doll and Ouija. Expect the unexpected with A History Of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult. It will open your eyes to other worlds. Discover forms of divination from astrology and palmistry to the Tarot and runestones. Explore the presence of witchcraft in literature from Shakespeare's Macbeth to the Harry Potter series, and the ways in which magic has interacted with religion. Whether you're a believer or a sceptic, this richly illustrated history book provides a fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft, magic and the occult.

Making Magic

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Author : Randall Styers
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2004-01-15

Making Magic written by Randall Styers and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-15 with Social Science categories.

Since the emergence of religious studies and the social sciences as academic disciplines, the concept of "magic" has played a major role in defining religion and in mediating the relation of religion to science. Across these disciplines, magic has regularly been configured as a definitively non-modern phenomenon, juxtaposed to distinctly modern models of religion and science. Yet this notion of magic has remained stubbornly amorphous. In Making Magic, Randall Styers seeks to account for the extraordinary vitality of scholarly discourse purporting to define and explain magic despite its failure to do just that. He argues that this persistence can best be explained in light of the Western drive to establish and secure distinctive norms for modern identity, norms based on narrow forms of instrumental rationality, industrious labor, rigidly defined sexual roles, and the containment of wayward forms of desire. Magic has served to designate a form of alterity or deviance against which dominant Western notions of appropriate religious piety, legitimate scientific rationality, and orderly social relations are brought into relief. Scholars have found magic an invaluable tool in their efforts to define the appropriate boundaries of religion and science. On a broader level, says Styers, magical thinking has served as an important foil for modernity itself. Debates over the nature of magic have offered a particularly rich site at which scholars have worked to define and to contest the nature of modernity and norms for life in the modern world.

Magic And Religion

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Author : Andrew Lang
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-07-10

Magic And Religion written by Andrew Lang and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-10 with categories.

Recent years have brought rich additions to the materials for the study of early religion, ritual, magic, and myth. In proportion to the abundance of information has been the growth of theory and hypothesis. The first essay in this collection, ''Science and Superstition,'' points out the danger of allowing too ingenious and imaginative hypotheses to lead captive our science.As, like others, I have not long since advanced a provisional theory of my own, the second and third essays are designed to strengthen my position. The theory is that perhaps the earliest traceable form of religion was relatively high, and that it was inevitably lowered in tone during the process of social evolution. Obviously this opinion may be attacked from two sides. It may be said that the loftier religious ideas of the lowest savages are borrowed from Christianity or Islam. This I understand to be the theory of Mr. E. B. Tylor. It is with much diffidence that I venture, at present, to disagree with so eminent and sagacious an authority, while awaiting the publication of Mr. Tylor''s Aberdeen Gifford Lectures. My reply to his hypothesis, so far as it has been published by him, will be found in the second essay, ''The Theory of Loan-Gods.'' Secondly, my position may be attacked by disabling the evidence for the existence of the higher elements in the religion of low savages. Mr. Frazer, in the second edition of his ''Golden Bough,'' has advanced an hypothesis of the origin of religion, wherein the evidence for the higher factors is not taken into account. Probably he may consider the subject in a later work, to which he alludes in his Preface. ''Should I live to complete the works for which I have collected and am collecting materials, I dare to think that they will clear me of any suspicion of treating the early history of religion from a single narrow point of view.''[1]Meanwhile, however, Mr. Frazer has advanced a theory of the origin of religion wherein evidence which I think deserving of attention receives no recognition. I hope, therefore, that it is not premature to state the evidence, or some of it, which I do in the third essay, ''Magic and Religion.''Fourth comes a long criticism of Mr. Frazer''s many hypotheses, which are combined into his theory of the origin, or partial origin, of the belief in the divine character of Christ. This argument demands very minute, and, I fear, tedious examination. I fear still more that my labour has not, after all, been sufficiently minute and accurate. It seems to be almost impossible to understand clearly and represent fairly ideas with which one does not agree. If I have failed in these respects it is unconsciously, and I shall gratefully accept criticism enabling me to recognise and correct errors.Fifthly, I examine, in ''The Ghastly Priest,'' Mr. Frazer''s theory of the Golden Bough of Virgil as connected with the fugitive slave who was ''King of the Wood'' near Aricia. I offer a conjecture as to the origin of his curious position, which seems to me simpler, and not less probable, than Mr. Frazer''s hypothesis that this outcast ''lived and died as an incarnation of the supreme Aryan god, whose life was in the mistletoe or golden bough.'' But my conjecture is only a guess at a problem which, I think, we have not the means of solving.There follow an essay, ''South African Religion,'' and another on the old puzzle of the ''Cup and Ring'' marks on rocks and cists and other objects all over the world.Next I consider the subject of ''Taboos,'' with especial reference to the theory of Mr. F. B. Jevons. An essay follows on the singular rite of the Fire Walk, with the alleged immunity of the performers. This curious topic I have treated before, but now add fresh evidence.Of these essays the second, in part, appeared in the ''Nineteenth Century,'' and most of ''The Ghastly Priest'' was published in ''The Fortnightly Review,'' while ''Cup and Ring'' first saw the light in ''The Contemporary Review.'' My thanks are due to the Editors

A History Of Magic

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Author : Richard Cavendish
language : en
Publisher: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Release Date : 1977

A History Of Magic written by Richard Cavendish and has been published by London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.