Dave, thanks for the question, I THANK YOU ALL OF YOU WHO PROVIDED ME WITH THE
VALUABLE INFORMATION.
I am working on the royal Durga puja rituals in Bengal, India, and there are
lots of animal sacrifices and
witchcraft types of rituals. I am also looking at the relationship between
magic and tantra. I am studying these rituals both from the religious and
socio-political
aspects. Please provide as much information as possible.
With regards,
Sakuntala
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Great suggestions Dan ... Can you tell us more about what you are interested in
and from what perspective/field Sakuntala?
Dave
Dr Dave Green
Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Society for the Academic Study of Magic (SASM):
http://www.sasm.co.uk
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Sakuntala,
I would start you out with Stanley Tambiah's Magic, Science and Religion and the
Scope of Rationality, followed by Susan Greenwood's The Nature of Magic and The
Anthropology of Magic. They will not answer all of your questions, but some of
the questions - e.g. magic being conducted at midnight - are aspects of broader
questions - e.g. the marginal status of what we call "magic" in many societies -
that these books do address.
Sincerely,
Dan Harms
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Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Fundamental Books on Magic
Hi everyone, I would like to read the basic books on Magic, e.g., the
fundamental features of magic, the relationship between magic and sorcery, magic
and midnight rituals, magic and bloodshed (animal sacrifices). Could you please
drop a line about the books you think most fundamental to my understanding of
magic and religions?
With regards,
Sakuntala
