Magick Matters

23.10.2021

“The Other Within: The Genius of Deformity in Myth, Culture, & Pscyhe” by Daniel Deardorff

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"How society's misfits inspire our poetic consciousness. Consciously or not, many street-crazies, homeless and panhandlers embody subversive virtue by adopting the classic Trickster paradigm. In this groundbreaking new study, the author demonstrates that this misfits embody Trickster-wisdom and provide creative and innovative benefits to the same society that invalidates and excludes its practitioners. With examples from myth and poetry, the author identifies and delineates the specific qualities of Tricksters—as well as the assumptions and behaviors which enable Tricksters to flourish within their oppressed and descended circumstances. He suggests that these Tricksters among us are acting out our collective, subconscious responses to a betrayal of a mythic promised life."...>>

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23.10.2021

“Anathema!: Medieval Scribes and the History of Book Curses” by Marc Drogin

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"Mixed with humor and wit, this book tells a history of the manuscript, its role in medieval society, and of the life of those responsible for their creation, most often scribes in monasteries. From there, the author describes the nature of book curses and why the scribe, after carefully spending months or years on a single manuscript, would take the time to lay upon the book they had just completed. A unique history of the book, lovingly and hilariously told."...>>

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23.10.2021

“A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse” by Daniel A. Gagnon

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"In the winter of 1692 something terrible and frightening began in Salem Village. It started with several villagers having strange fits, screaming, and unnaturally contorting themselves, and ended with almost two hundred people in jail, and at least twenty-five dead. Witchcraft accusations--claims that some inhabitants had forsaken God to become servants of the Devil--spread from Salem Village across Massachusetts, ensnaring innocent people from all strata of society under a burden of assumed guilt. One of the most significant accusations, and most unlikely, was against a seventy-one-year-old grandmother, Rebecca Nurse. The accusations against Nurse, a well-respected member in the community, seemed unbelievable. Unflinchingly, this ailing elderly woman insisted on her innocence and refused to falsely confess....>>

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22.10.2021

“Positive Magic: A Toolkit for the Modern Witch” by Marion Weinstein (2020 edition)

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"Here is a new edition of one of the best-loved introductions to magic that is still used in metaphysical classes around the world. The author makes ancient magic techniques accessible, offering them as practical tools for daily life. Addressing the needs of today’s readers—beginners and adepts alike—the author provides well-researched historical background on astrology, witchcraft, tarot, and the I Ching as well as channeling, spirit contact, and the connections between quantum physics and traditional magic."...>>

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22.10.2021

“The Engineering of Coincidence: a scientific explanation of magic” by Robert Ramsay

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"Fireballs. Wands. Turning people into frogs. Everyone knows that wizards like Harry Potter are fictional. But is there real magic in the world? The psychiatrist Carl Jung was obsessed with coincidences that seemed too incredible to be truly coincidental. He was convinced that they revealed a deeper level of reality, and called this revelation ‘synchronicity’. Years of rigorous scientific experiments have shown that people are capable of reading each other’s minds, influencing random number generators, and even seeing into the future. Millions of self-help books are sold every year on the premise that you can change your life by the power of thought. These forms of...>>

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