Persuasions of the Witch's Craft Ritual Magic in Contemporary England

Name: Persuasions of the Witch's Craft Ritual Magic in Contemporary England
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ISBN: 9780674663244

ISBN-10: 0674663241

ISBN-13: 9780674663244

Edition: 1989

Authors: T. M. Luhrmann

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To find out why reasonable people are drawn to the seemingly bizarre practices of magic and witchcraft, Tanya Luhrmann immersed herself in the secret lives of Londoners who call themselves magicians. She came to know them as friends and equals and was initiated into various covens and magical groups. She explains the process through which once-skeptical individuals--educated, middle-class people, frequently of high intelligence--become committed to the ideas behind witchcraft and find magical ritual so compellingly persuasive. This intriguing book draws some disturbing conclusions about the ambivalence of belief within modern urban society.

Book details

List price: $33.50
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/1/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 396
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Acknowledgements



Speaking with a Different Rhythm: Magicians in the Modren World



What makes Magic Reasonable?



Initiation Ritual: My Introduction to the Field



Journey to Aquarius: the Sociological Context of Magical Groups



The Goat and the Gazelle: Witchcraft



Meditations on the Tree of Life: the Western Mysteries



Space between the Worlds: ad hoc Ritual Magic



The Old Ways: Non-Initiated Paganism



The 'child within': a Portrait of the Practitioners



Listening to the Goddess: New Ways to Pay Attention to the World



Introduction: the Magician's Changing Intellectual Habits



Drinking from Cerridwen's Cauldron: Learning to See the Evidence



Astrology and the Tarot: Acquiring Common Knowledge



Seeing Patterns in the Jumbled Whole: Becoming Comfortable with New Assumptions



Summoning the Powers: The Experience of Involvement



Introduction: Working Intuitively



New Experiences: Meditation and Visualization



'Knowing of': Language and Imaginative Involvement



Ritual: Techniques for Altering the Everyday



The Varied Uses of Symbolism



Justifying to the Sceptics



Introduction: Coping with the Dissonance



The Magical Plane: The Emergence of a Protective Metaphor



In Defence of Magic: Philosophical and Theological Rationalization



Belief and Action



Interpretice Drift: The Slow Shift Towards Belief



Serious Play: The Fantasy of Truth



Final Thoughts


Bibliography


Index