Yes please - I for one would welcome references & bibliography on 'like with like'
sympathetic magic.
Alastair Minnis, U of York
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On Wed, 04 Sep 96 09:50:14 -1000 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> From: [log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 04 Sep 96 09:50:14 -1000
> Subject: Re: Sympathetic magic
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> On the issue of sympathetic (or other forms of) magic as a less-critical,
> unreasoned response to patterns of nature, there is great debate. Recently, Richard
> Kieckhefer has defended the "Specific Rationality of Medieval Magic" (American
> Historical Review 99.3 (June 1994), pp.813-36).
> The "like with like" sympathetic magic is rooted in classical medical theory
> and therefore has a rationale in the system of 4 humors (see, for example, Isidore
> of Seville's Etymologies, which includes an early medieval rendition of the
> theory--Book IV, chap. 9). I happen to be working on the subject at the moment, and
> so have these resources at hand.
> The epistemological problem involved here is with the terms "magic,"
> "science," "religion," and "rationality." If you are interested, I can post more
> references, both primary and secondary, on the problems and debates among
> medievalists and anthropologists.
>
> Karen Jolly
> History
> University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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