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The Nature of Magic

By Susan Greenwood

The Nature of Magic Law

The Nature of Magic

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This book examines how and why practitioners of nature religion - Western witches, druids, shamans - seek to relate spiritually with nature through 'magical consciousness'. 'Magic' and 'consciousness' are concepts that are often fraught with prejudice and ambiguity respectively. Greenwood develops a new theory of magical consciousness by arguing that magic ultimately has more to do with the workings of the human mind in terms of an expanded awareness than with socio-cultural explanations. She combines her own subjective insights gained from magical practice with practitioners' in-depth accounts and sustained academic theory on the process of magic. She also tracks magical consciousness in philosophy, myth, folklore, story-telling, and the hi-tech discourse of postmodernity, and asks important questions concerning nature religion's environmental credentials, such as whether it as inherently ecological as many of its practitioners claim.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
258
Release Date:
2005-07-22
Publication Date:
2005-05-01
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1845200942
ISBN13:
9781845200947
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
555 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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