Greetings! Societas Alchimica has extended the deadline for abstracts for those interested in presenting at the sessions we're sponsoring at the 46th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI, May 12-15 2011. The September 15 deadline has been extended until September 30, and papers on the intersection of alchemy and magic are more than welcome. Independent scholars (those not affiliated with a university) are also welcome. Our general topics are:
Alchemy in the Literature, Art, and Natural Philosophy of the 14th Century (co-sponsored with the 14th Century Society)
Alchemy and whatever you might like to talk about as long as you do so in an entertaining and erudite fashion. (was: Alchemy and the History of Science, but we have received few papers and may retitle the session depending on the proposals we receive.)
If you're interested, please send an abstract to me at [log in to unmask] If you're an independent scholar, please send a paragraph describing your background of scholarship with the material.
Thanks!
Teresa Burns
Societas Alchimica
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Topics of the day:
1. Headless One (2)
2. Socrel conference 2011 - call for papers
3. Fw: Richard Kieckhefer Prize
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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:53:00 -0700
From: Robert Parsons <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Headless One
Good evening,
I am looking into the origins of The Bornless One ritual as disseminated
in the Goetia, Crowley, etc.. The earliest version I could find is the the
Headless One in Betz, The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, p. 103. If anyone
knows of any materials pertaining to this rite and its origins do let me know.
Thanks!
Bob Podgurski
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:15:49 +0100
From: mandrake <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Headless One
On 13/09/2010 04:53, Robert Parsons wrote:
Dear Bob
Like many contemporary magicians I've been experimenting with that rite -
The notes in Betz/PGM arwe worth following up - from Egyptological
perspective -
the "headless demon" is one of the names of the god Set(h) and the deity
invoked in this exorcism rite is a combination of several but mainly Set -
hence this rite widely used by contemporary sethians - i've just written
a book "The Wheel of the Year in Ancient Egypt" - which uses/discusses
the PGM version of the rite -
here's the some of my notes -
Notes & Sources
I’ve used some “poetic licence” with the text which is mainly from PGM V
96-172 translated D E Aune and published Betz, H D (1986). Betz cites
Reiling, J “Hermas and Christian Prophesy” NT.S 37 (Leiden Brill 1973)
41-48 as an informant on Pagan technical term “empty spirit” but I
didn’t find him that revealing on the Pagan usage and was really an
apologia for the Christian use of same. This ritual is translated (in
German) and discussed in Abrasax II Merkelbach & Totti pp 153-70. They
also concur that the “headless” god combines elements of several gods,
principally Set. I’ve rendered the god name “Osor-Onnophris” (Egyptian
Wsir Wn-nfr) as “Unas the Beautiful” rather than “Osiris, the beautiful
being”. Aleister Crowley, in his celebrated version of the rite also
“suppresses” the name Osiris, rendering it as “Myself made perfect”. My
intuition is that Pharaoh Unas of the fifth dynasty fits here. He was
one of the builders of the great pyramids with their innovative magical
texts. There are other interesting coincidences between Unas and this
text. It’s the only substantive change I’ve made. I’ve not followed
Crowley versions of the god names, e.g.: he substitutes “Ankh ef n
Khonsu” for “Moses”; who at the time of the rite’s composition was
regarded in Egypt as an important magician.
Wheel of the Year in Ancient Egypt by Mogg Morgan
isbn 978190695138, £11.99 272pp
The very oldest Egyptian ritual calendar was lunar. The evidence for
this is very complex and in the words of Professor Leo Depuydt, “does
not exactly jump out at you!” This ancient lunar calendar continued a
veiled existence alongside the dominant solar or civil year. Many
details are lost so the project of this book is to bring together what
has survived. Revealed here is a very ancient pantheon of gods,
including Set, Min, & Hathor, one for each month of the lunar year. I
have provided for them a unique collection of liturgy, ritual and
prayers as may have been offered in the homes, sanctuaries and temples
of the original Egypt.
Many of these feasts of Ancient Egypt were celebrated on the phases of
the moon - principally when it was new or full. So whatever your
favorite god or goddess, make offerings on either of these days and you
will be reviving an old and authentic form of the Ancient Egyptian
magical religion.
To complete the picture I present over several chapters all the
technical details of the lunar month as well as its more well known
civil replacement. Here you will find information on how certain key
days were calculated when needed. These later chapters also provide
related material on the mysteries of the Northern Constellations.
Finally there are descriptions of the thirty lunar days of each month
and lunar omens. So in total this is the most complete and authoritative
guide to the ritual wheel of the year at all stages of its use in the
Ancient Egyptian magical religion.
The author’s previous books include: The Bull of Ombos; Tankhem: Seth &
Egyptian Magick; Supernatural Assault in Ancient Egypt & Pan’s Road (a
Tankhem novel).
Online catalogue:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17679813/Mandrake-Catalogue-11
BB/93
mogg
Mandrake.uk.net
Publishers
PO Box 250, Oxford, OX1 1AP
+44 1865 243671
homepages:
http://www.mandrake.uk.net
http://www.ombos.co.uk
> Good evening,
>
> I am looking into the origins of The Bornless One ritual as disseminated
> in the Goetia, Crowley, etc.. The earliest version I could find is the the
> Headless One in Betz, The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, p. 103. If anyone
> knows of any materials pertaining to this rite and its origins do let me know.
> Thanks!
>
>
> Bob Podgurski
>
>
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:24:23 +0100
From: David Green <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Socrel conference 2011 - call for papers
CALL FOR PAPERS
‘Religion and Social Theory: Developing a New Agenda for the Sociology of Religion’
11th April – 13th April 2011
Woodbrooke Conference Centre, Birmingham
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Bryan Turner (City University of New York)
Prof. Steve Bruce (University of Aberdeen)
An engagement with sociological theory holds great promise for the study of religion. The founders of sociological thought gave a great deal of attention to the questions of religion in modernity; after this golden age for the sociology of religion, mainstream sociology and sociological theorising seemed to lose interest in these questions. Of late, religion seems to be back on the agenda, although often such reflections are not well informed by the kinds of substantive expertise that sociologists of religion are able to offer. This presents sociologists of religion with real opportunities to engage in new ways with the core of the sociological enterprise. This conference will begin to develop a new agenda for sociology of religion and its engagement with social theory, both in its more abstract and concrete empirical forms. As such, the conference aims to promote an engagement with theory—which by no means suggests a wish to neglect empirical concerns.
We invite proposals for papers on the broad theme of the conference. The following subthemes are of particular interest:
* Reappraisal of classical sociological theories
* Contemporary Social Theory and religion (eg. Feminist, Risk, Actor Network, Globalisation)
* New theoretical paradigms
* Method and theory: conjunction and/or conflict
* Empirical uses of contemporary theory
* Theories drawn from other substantive areas (history, culture, migration, gender, class, consumption, politics), as applied to for the sociology of religion
* Secularism and post-secularism
Individual paper proposals (200 words) or proposals for panels of three or four related papers (300 words) should be sent to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by November 15th, 2010.
SOCREL is the British Sociological Association’s study group on religion (www.socrel.org.uk<http://www.socrel.org.uk/>).
If you have any queries about the conference, please do not hesitate to contact the organisers:
Andrew McKinnon ([log in to unmask])
Marta Trzebiatowska ([log in to unmask])
Dr Marta Trzebiatowska
Department of Sociology,
School of Social Science,
Edward Wright Building,
King's College,
Aberdeen,
AB24 3FX.
(01224) 27-2766
The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:48:10 -0700
From: Valerie Voigt <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Fw: Richard Kieckhefer Prize
FYI--
Valerie Voigt
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"If you don't die doing what you want to do, you'll just die doing something else."
--Mira
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--- On Mon, 9/13/10, Lezlie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Lezlie <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Please send this to Wiccan/Pagan grad students - something worth looking at -
To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
Date: Monday, September 13, 2010, 8:50 AM
Please send this to students -- (Finally - we begin to support our own!) Lezlie
The Richard Kieckhefer Prize was
established by the Societas Magica in 2009 to honor Professor
Kieckhefer’s contributions to the field and his mentoring of younger
scholars. It is awarded annually for an unpublished article by a recent
PhD (within 2 years of graduation), in any area of the scholarly study
of magic, witchcraft, or related fields, judged by the selection
committee to be of outstanding quality. In exceptional cases
consideration will also be given to graduate student submissions. The
prize is supported by Penn Press Journals and the Societas Magica.
The winner will be announced at the Societas Magica meeting in May 2011
as well as in its newsletter and on its website. The winning entry will
also be published in the journal Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft and the
author will receive a cash prize of $500. Articles from all academic
disciplines are welcome. Submissions should be in English and
approximately 6,000 words in length. Applicants must not have received
their PhD earlier than September 2008. A committee appointed by the
Societas Magica will judge the entries. It is not necessary that the
prize be awarded each year. The deadline for submissions is January 15,
2011. Please forward an electronic version of the article (.rtf or .doc
preferred) to [log in to unmask] In addition, please send three
printed copies with a letter indicating date of past or expected
reception of PhD and the granting institution.
Frank Klaassen, President
Societas Magica
Department of History
University of Saskatchewan
718 - 9 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK
Canada S7L 0M3
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