A visual guide to the history and practice of magic through the ages - its origins, traditions, language, learning, rituals and great practitioners. Richly illustrated with over 950 archive illustrations, inspirational fine art and images from nature.

The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Witchcraft & Practical Magic

GREENWOOD, SUSAN

Airey, Raje

Reference

Hermes_House

This is an authoritative examination of the history and traditions of magic and witchcraft, from very early times to the present.

The Encyclopedia of Magic & Witchcraft

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Anness

This intriguing book describes the practice of magic around the world and through the ages, from the spirit worship of ancient civilizations to the spells and potions of modern day witches.

The Amazing World of Witches: Discover tje Spellbinding History of Witches, Wizardry , Magic and Mystery

Children's Books

Dowswell, Paul

Literature & Fiction

Lavishly illustrated with archival material, fine art illustrations of legendary magic workers, and special photography, this volume is a comprehensive examination of a fascinating and timeless subject.

The Illustrated History of Magic & Witchcraft: A study of pagan belief and practice around the world, from the first shamans to modern witches and wizards in 530 evocative images

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Lorenz Books

A detailed historical and anthropological study of the traditions of witchcraft around the world with an in-depth examination of magic and its relationship with religion, from prehistory to the post-modern era.

Witchcraft: A History: The study of magic and necromancy through the ages, with 340 illustrations

History

Middle East

Magical Consciousness: An Anthropological and Neurobiological Approach (Routledge Studies in Anthropology)

How does a mind think magically? The research documented in this book is one answer that allows the disciplines of anthropology and neurobiology to come together to reveal a largely hidden dynamic of magic. Magic gets to the very heart of some theoretical and methodological difficulties encountered in the social and natural sciences, especially to do with issues of rationality. This book examines magic head-on, not through its instrumental aspects but as an orientation of consciousness. Magical consciousness is affective, associative and synchronistic, shaped through individual experience within a particular environment. This work focuses on an in-depth case study using the anthropologist’s own experience gained through years of anthropological fieldwork with British practitioners of magic. As an ethnographic view, it is an intimate study of the way in which the cognitive architecture of a mind engages the emotions and imagination in a pattern of meanings related to childhood experiences, spiritual communications and the environment. Although the detail of the involvement in magical consciousness presented here is necessarily specific, the central tenets of modus operandi is common to magical thought in general, and can be applied to cross-cultural analyses to increase understanding of this ubiquitous human phenomenon.

Politics & Social Sciences

Goodwyn, Erik D.

Social Sciences

Routledge

Developing Magical Consciousness

Offering a new template for future exploration, Susan Greenwood examines and develops the notion that the experience of magic is a panhuman orientation of consciousness, a form of knowledge largely marginalized in Western societies.\nIn this volume she aims to form a "bridge of communication" between indigenous magical or shamanic worldviews and rationalized Western cultures. She outlines an alternative mythological framework for the latter to help develop a magical perception, as well as giving practical case studies derived from her own research.\nThe form of magic discussed here is not fantastic or virtual, but ecological and sensory. Magical knowledge infiltrates the body in its deepest levels of the subconscious, and unconscious, as well as conscious awareness; it is felt and understood through the connection with an inspirited world that includes the consciousness of other beings, including those of plant, animal and the physical environment.\nThis is anthropology from the heart rather than the head, and it engages with the messy area of emotions, an embodiment of the senses, and struggles to find a common language of listening to one another across a void of differences. The aim is to provide a non-reductive structure for the creative interplay of both magical and analytical modes of thought. Passion is a motivator for change, and a change in attitude to magic as an integrative force of human understanding is the main thread of this work.

Anthropology

Offering a new template for future exploration, Susan Greenwood examines and develops the notion that the experience of magic is a panhuman orientation of consciousness, a form of knowledge largely marginalized in Western societies. In this volume she aims to form a "bridge of communication" between indigenous magical or shamanic worldviews and rationalized Western cultures. She outlines an alternative mythological framework for the latter to help develop a magical perception, as well as giving practical case studies derived from her own research. The form of magic discussed here is not fantastic or virtual, but ecological and sensory. Magical knowledge infiltrates the body in its deepest levels of the subconscious, and unconscious, as well as conscious awareness; it is felt and understood through the connection with an inspirited world that includes the consciousness of other beings, including those of plant, animal and the physical environment. This is anthropology from the heart rather than the head, and it engages with the messy area of emotions, an embodiment of the senses, and struggles to find a common language of listening to one another across a void of differences. The aim is to provide a non-reductive structure for the creative interplay of both magical and analytical modes of thought. Passion is a motivator for change, and a change in attitude to magic as an integrative force of human understanding is the main thread of this work.

How does a mind think magically? The research documented in this book is one answer that allows the disciplines of anthropology and neurobiology to come together to reveal a largely hidden dynamic of magic. Magic gets to the very heart of some theoretical and methodological difficulties encountered in the social and natural sciences, especially to do with issues of rationality. This book examines magic head-on, not through its instrumental aspects but as an orientation of consciousness. Magical consciousness is affective, associative and synchronistic, shaped through individual experience within a particular environment. This work focuses on an in-depth case study using the anthropologist’s own experience gained through years of anthropological fieldwork with British practitioners of magic. As an ethnographic view, it is an intimate study of the way in which the cognitive architecture of a mind engages the emotions and imagination in a pattern of meanings related to childhood experiences, spiritual communications and the environment. Although the detail of the involvement in magical consciousness presented here is necessarily specific, the central tenets of modus operandi is common to magical thought in general, and can be applied to cross-cultural analyses to increase understanding of this ubiquitous human phenomenon.

This is the third strand in a brand new series of Developing Mathematics, developed to be fully in line with the government's Revised Primary Framework for Mathematics. It features completely new content, a fresh up-to-date look both inside and out, and comes with a CD-ROM that contains all of the activity sheets in a customisable format.  Using our unique software supplied on the CD-ROM, teachers can effortlessly adapt the activities to make them more challenging or to create further exercises for children who need a bit more practice. New text and images can be easily imported and saved without fear of corrupting the original files, and teachers can print out as many copies as they wish.

The Encyclopedia Of Magic & Witchcraft: An Illustrated Historical Reference To Spiritual Worlds

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The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Witchcraft & Practical Magic

The Encyclopedia of Magic & Witchcraft

The Amazing World of Witches: Discover tje Spellbinding History of Witches, Wizardry , Magic and Mystery

The Illustrated History of Magic & Witchcraft: A study of pagan belief and practice around the world, from the first shamans to modern witches and wizards in 530 evocative images

Witchcraft: A History: The study of magic and necromancy through the ages, with 340 illustrations

Magical Consciousness: An Anthropological and Neurobiological Approach (Routledge Studies in Anthropology)

Developing Magical Consciousness

Developing Magical Consciousness

Magical Consciousness: An Anthropological and Neurobiological Approach (Routledge Studies in Anthropology)

The Encyclopedia Of Magic & Witchcraft: An Illustrated Historical Reference To Spiritual Worlds