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A useful manual for any magician or curious spectator who wonders why the tricks seem so real, this guide examines the psychological aspects of a magician’s w
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Language: en
Pages: 444
Authors: U. D. (Frater)
Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

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Of course, Magic is Magic wherever. But Ceremonial Magic - with or without a k ending - is perceived as largely European in origin and practice. The Golden Dawn
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Pages: 0
Authors: Ernesto De Martino
Categories: Basilicata (Italy)
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Though his work was little known outside Italian intellectual circles for most of the twentieth century, anthropologist and historian of religions Ernesto de Ma
A Cognitive Theory of Magic
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Jesper Sørensen
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Magic is a universal phenomenon. Everywhere we look people perform ritual actions in which desirable qualities are transferred by means of physical contact and
A General Theory of Magic
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Marcel Mauss
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-07-05 - Publisher: Routledge

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First written by Marcel Mauss and Henri Humbert in 1902, A General Theory of Magic gained a wide new readership when republished by Mauss in 1950. As a study of