The varieties of magical experience : indigenous, medieval, and modern magic by Hume, Lynne, Drury, Nevill, 1947-2013 instant download

The varieties of magical experience : indigenous, medieval, and modern magic by Hume, Lynne, Drury, Nevill, 1947-2013 instant download

xviii, 295 pages ; 25 cm, \"The Varieties of Magical Experience: Indigenous, Medieval, and Modern Magic provides a comprehensive volume that examines magic in all its aspects. Through detailed case studies, verbatim accounts of personal experiences, and first-hand experience from the authors' own active participation in many alternative religious rituals and ceremonies, this unique book reveals how magic can be a universal phenomenon that crosses cultural, historical, and spatial boundaries, The work is organized in five sections that embrace several broad themes: indigenous magical and shamanic practices; medieval witchcraft; sorcery and hermetic magic; and contemporary Western magical practices, including the role of sexuality, trance, and meditation. The introductory section explores the idea of magic, other realities, and the employment of all the senses, while the final section discusses contemporary issues of ecology and cybermagic. The authors give voice to the powerful emotions and feelings that result from a magical encounter, providing engaging and accessible information to general readers, while those well versed in the opaque world of magic and occultism, consciousness studies, and imaginal and disembodied realms will appreciate the book's content at a deeper level.\"--pub. desc, Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index, Exploring magical realms -- Accessing and experiencing other realities -- Magic, anthropology and the senses -- Indigenous magic -- Healers and harmers -- Shamanism -- Gnosis and medieval magic -- Gnosis, kabbalah and visionary ascent -- Medieval magic and sorcery -- 'Dark' and 'light' magic -- Left-hand path, right-hand path -- Magic and sexuality -- Modern trance and meditative magic -- Earth and the internet -- Sacred earth mysteries -- Cybermagic