Culture and Cosmos Vol 19 1 and 2: Celestial Magic Contributor(s): Campion, Nicholas (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1907767738 ISBN-13: 9781907767739 Publisher: Sophia Centre Press OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Body, Mind & Spirit | Magick Studies - Body, Mind & Spirit | Astrology - General - Religion | Spirituality |
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6" W x 9" (1.16 lbs) 290 pages |
Themes: - Topical - New Age |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From the editorial by Nicholas Campion: "We begin with two papers which I have categorized as 'Theory'. Michael Harding muses on the meaning of magic in relation to Wittgenstein and Heidegger, while Jos Manuel Redondo takes us back to the Platonism of Late Antiquity on which so much of the European tradition is based. "The section on 'Transformation and Ascent' represents a different kind of practice. Alison Greig begins with an exploration of 'Angelomorphism and Magical Transformation in the Christian and Jewish Traditions', and Christine Broadbent moves to Islamic mysticism in her paper on 'Celestial Magic as the "Love Path" The Spiritual Cosmology of Ibn 'Arabi'. Hereward Tilton moves into the early modern world in his study of 'the Invocation of Planetary Spirits in Early Modern Germany', and Joscelyn Godwin in his paper on 'Astral Ascent in the Occult Revival'. Sue Lewis completes this section with a paper on a little known (outside the community of students and practitioners of modern western astrology) school of astrology, popularly known as 'Huber Astrology'. "Finally, staying in the modern world, we conclude with two papers on 'Ritual', Jane Burton's research into the magical rituals of modern spirit mediums and witches, and Lilan Laishley's observations on rituals designed to dispel negative karma in modern Indian astrology. |