My evil twin Kateryna and I were just beginning a discussion on the
scientific basis of Magic, so these postings are all welcome resources. They
reinforce the happy notion that we each have our calling so to speak, or
perhaps just our favorite obsessions.
I'm carrying on with my longterm rant about Coincidence of Opposites, and
have reported that this Magical binary of Theology functions in the same way
as the "scientific" binary code. 01scientists are just beginning to catch on
that they can program the universe for desired future outcomes, whereas
magicians have known this for ___?, and perhaps should be consulted in
regards to that endeavor.
Kathryn Evans
'Silence is the jewel of the lotus'
----- Original Message -----
From: Khem Caigan <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] hypnosis and ritual
> Sabina Magliocco doth schreibble:
> >
> > I recommend the work of anthropologists Erika Bouguignon and Felicitas
> > Goodman on the connection between ritual, trance and alternate states
> > of consciousness in non-Western societies.
>
> Thanks, Sabina ~ I just finished packing Erika
> Bourguignon's *Possession* of 1976 away a few
> minutes ago for our upcoming move, and regretted
> not mentioning her work in my last post.
>
> > Another author who has written about ASCs from both a biological and
> > cultural point of view is David Hufford.
>
> I know David from the ASP list on Yahoo [ I have had
> ASP since the age of three ], and he has always been
> both a helpful and respectful member of that Community.
> His *The Terror that Comes in the Night: an
> Experience-Centered Study of Supernatural Assault
> Traditions* of 1982 is a very even-handed piece of work.
>
> Cors in Manu Domine,
>
>
> ~ Khem Caigan
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
> "Today is the bull whose blood must fill the ditch,
> so that spirits of the dead may appear at its edge."
> ~ Walter Benjamin
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