Hi Morgan,
I will write a paper in English on the central findings of my study and
particularly on the dimensioning of the magician-personality (by the
way: Ramsey Dukes considerations on the intersection between magic,
science, religion, and art based on the Jungian model of psychical
functions were very helpful to me). But as the topic is not trivial and
my English poor (unfortunately) it will last quite some time until it
will be published.
Regards
Gerhard Mayer
Morgan Leigh schrieb:
> Greetings,
> Thanks for alerting me to this, though I have to say, "You tease". If
> only there was a real babelfish... I'd love to hear more about your
> five types.
>
> Regards,
>
> Morgan Leigh
>
> Gerhard Mayer wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have done a field study carrying out extensive interviews with
>> contemporary magicians in Germany. One aim of the study was to
>> analyze the relationship between magical practice, religion, science,
>> art, and other orientations of human agency, based on interview data.
>> The data allowed me to work out a dimensioning of the
>> magician-personality in five typified aspects. If you are able to
>> read German texts therefore my book "Arkane Welten" (Würzburg: Ergon
>> 2008) could be of interest for you, particularly the last chapter.
>> You can find a short description of the project in English on this
>> website:
>>
>> http://www.igpp.de/english/eks/forschungsprojekte/magisches_denken_e.htm
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Gerhard Mayer
>>
>>
>> Morgan Leigh schrieb:
>>> Greetings all,
>>> I have just started a PhD at the University of Queensland, in the
>>> school of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics. Having done a
>>> bit of reading, I am now at the stage of actually, exactly nailing
>>> down a precise thesis idea. Being as I am very interested in the
>>> intersection of science and religion, particularly the position that
>>> magic holds in relation to these two categories, I am thinking of
>>> doing an analysis of the diaries of Aleister Crowley and Leah
>>> Hirsig, for such period as the diaries of these two overlap, and
>>> considering if they support the contention that magic is science.
>>> IMHO magic is a technology. Moreover the process of learning magic
>>> is a scientific process, especially when a magical diary is used, to
>>> exactly what degree being the question. I would be most obliged for
>>> any input whatsoever any of you wise souls might have regarding my
>>> humble yet superlative idea, especially vis a vis interesting things
>>> to read, similar things that have been done before, ideas about
>>> where to see copies of Hirsig's diaries (I know about the copy in
>>> the witchcraft museum - Thank you Dave Evans for writing Aleister
>>> Crowley and the 20th Century Synthesis of Magick).
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Morgan Leigh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
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und Psychohygiene e.V. (IGPP)
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