Add to ORKGWhy do people believe in the efficacy of magical acts? And how can we explain this belief? Various answers have been given to these questions, but in this paper the focus is on the presentation and criticism of one particular analytic framework closely associated with the discipline of social anthropology; a "symbolist" approach because its adherents consider magical and religious actions and beliefs to be systems of messages cast in symbolic codes, about the social (and in some cases also the natural) order. The study of magical acts and ideas provides us with a touch-stone for probing the validity of the symbolist approach in general
In this article the argument is that there are rites, or parts of rites, that can be understood by a...
Rituals, borne out of our embodied practical reason, are deeds that are counterintuitive in terms of...
Naturally, contributions from places other than this one will be encouraged, indeed, sought. There c...
Why do people believe in the efficacy of magical acts? And how can we explain this belief? Various a...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-58)In this paper I shall approach ritual as an extensi...
This article takes up, but in a different key, an argument of postmodernists that the over-rationali...
Attempts to define and describe magic must reckon with this concept’s slipperiness, as magic is ofte...
There are many books now written on magic movements, which are part of the legacy of social sciences...
The concepts of manipulative abduction and of extending, disembodying, and distributing the mind can...
This paper explores the concepts of nature, cause, and agency as they define Greek magical practice ...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 64-70)The objective of this thesis is to analyze the prev...
This article is about an artistic interpretation of the text in the works of the symbolists. It disc...
The primary purpose of this investigation is to inform how indigenous symbols are incorporated into ...
Why does ritual continue to be an issue in religious studies and in anthropology? In this paper the ...
What are rituals? How do they help us articulate our identities, our values, and our society? This c...
In this article the argument is that there are rites, or parts of rites, that can be understood by a...
Rituals, borne out of our embodied practical reason, are deeds that are counterintuitive in terms of...
Naturally, contributions from places other than this one will be encouraged, indeed, sought. There c...
Why do people believe in the efficacy of magical acts? And how can we explain this belief? Various a...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-58)In this paper I shall approach ritual as an extensi...
This article takes up, but in a different key, an argument of postmodernists that the over-rationali...
Attempts to define and describe magic must reckon with this concept’s slipperiness, as magic is ofte...
There are many books now written on magic movements, which are part of the legacy of social sciences...
The concepts of manipulative abduction and of extending, disembodying, and distributing the mind can...
This paper explores the concepts of nature, cause, and agency as they define Greek magical practice ...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 64-70)The objective of this thesis is to analyze the prev...
This article is about an artistic interpretation of the text in the works of the symbolists. It disc...
The primary purpose of this investigation is to inform how indigenous symbols are incorporated into ...
Why does ritual continue to be an issue in religious studies and in anthropology? In this paper the ...
What are rituals? How do they help us articulate our identities, our values, and our society? This c...
In this article the argument is that there are rites, or parts of rites, that can be understood by a...
Rituals, borne out of our embodied practical reason, are deeds that are counterintuitive in terms of...
Naturally, contributions from places other than this one will be encouraged, indeed, sought. There c...