Persuasions Of The Witch S Craft
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Persuasions of the Witch s Craft
Author | : T. M. Luhrmann |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0674663241 |
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To find out why reasonable people are drawn to the seemingly bizarre practices of magic and witchcraft, Luhrmann immersed herself in the arcane world of Londoners who call themselves magicians. Her report is as fascinating as the esoteric world itself. Illustrated.
Persuasions of the Witch s Craft
Author | : T. M. Luhrmann |
Publsiher | : Pan |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0330329464 |
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Persuasions of the Witch s Craft
Author | : Tanya M. Luhrmann |
Publsiher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : England |
ISBN | : 063118628X |
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Persuasions of the Witch s Craft
Author | : Tanya M. Luhrmann |
Publsiher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 1989-01-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0631151974 |
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Profiles the surprising number of otherwise "normal" people who practice magic and witchcraft in England today, detailing how they became involved in witchcraft, the history and tradition of magic, and other fascinating details
How God Becomes Real
Author | : T.M. Luhrmann |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2022-04-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780691234441 |
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The hard work required to make God real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith How do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people—as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion has shown. But it isn’t easy to maintain a sense that there are invisible spirits who care about you. In How God Becomes Real, acclaimed anthropologist and scholar of religion T. M. Luhrmann argues that people must work incredibly hard to make gods real and that this effort—by changing the people who do it and giving them the benefits they seek from invisible others—helps to explain the enduring power of faith. Drawing on ethnographic studies of evangelical Christians, pagans, magicians, Zoroastrians, Black Catholics, Santeria initiates, and newly orthodox Jews, Luhrmann notes that none of these people behave as if gods and spirits are simply there. Rather, these worshippers make strenuous efforts to create a world in which invisible others matter and can become intensely present and real. The faithful accomplish this through detailed stories, absorption, the cultivation of inner senses, belief in a porous mind, strong sensory experiences, prayer, and other practices. Along the way, Luhrmann shows why faith is harder than belief, why prayer is a metacognitive activity like therapy, why becoming religious is like getting engrossed in a book, and much more. A fascinating account of why religious practices are more powerful than religious beliefs, How God Becomes Real suggests that faith is resilient not because it provides intuitions about gods and spirits—but because it changes the faithful in profound ways.
Magic Witchcraft and the Otherworld
Author | : Susan Greenwood |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : SOCIAL SCIENCE |
ISBN | : 1000187853 |
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Anthropology's long and complex relationship to magic has been strongly influenced by western science and notions of rationality. This book takes a refreshing new look at modern magic as practised by contemporary Pagans in Britain. It focuses on what Pagans see as the essence of magic - a communication with an otherworldly reality. Examining issues of identity, gender and morality, the author argues that the otherworld forms a central defining characteristic of magical practice. Integrating an experiential ethnographic approach with an analysis of magic, this book asks penetrating questions about the nature of otherworldly knowledge and argues that our scientific frameworks need re-envisioning. It is unique in providing an insider's view of how magic is practised in contemporary western culture.
When God Talks Back
Author | : T.M. Luhrmann |
Publsiher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2012-11-13 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780307277275 |
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A New York Times Notable Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 A bold approach to understanding the American evangelical experience from an anthropological and psychological perspective by one of the country's most prominent anthropologists. Through a series of intimate, illuminating interviews with various members of the Vineyard, an evangelical church with hundreds of congregations across the country, Tanya Luhrmann leaps into the heart of evangelical faith. Combined with scientific research that studies the effect that intensely practiced prayer can have on the mind, When God Talks Back examines how normal, sensible people—from college students to accountants to housewives, all functioning perfectly well within our society—can attest to having the signs and wonders of the supernatural become as quotidian and as ordinary as laundry. Astute, sensitive, and extraordinarily measured in its approach to the interface between science and religion, Luhrmann's book is sure to generate as much conversation as it will praise.
Net of Magic
Author | : Lee Siegel |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 469 |
Release | : 1991-06-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780226756875 |
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"Scholar and magician, Siegel uncovers the age-old practices of magic in sacred rites and rituals and unveils the contemporary world of Indian magic of street and stage entertainers. Siegel's journeys take him from ancient Sanskrit texts to the slums of New Dehli as he explores India's remarkable magical tradition." --Publisher's description.