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I dont know if it is relevant to either of your studies, but in my book 'The Bloody Sacrifice' (Mandrake of Oxford) I did look at the use of contemporary blood rituals in spiritual and magickal context, and their use in healing and transformation, particularly in regard to HIV. Regards, Charlotte Rodgers From: Melanie Stewart <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Monday, 17 June 2013, 15:06 Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Therapeutic Uses of Magic Although I am do not of any healing examples to share myself I am particularly interested in your findings, if you would be so kind. Blessings, Mfelicity nyx Sent from my iPod On Jun 17, 2013, at 3:39 AM, Dr Leo Ruickbie <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear List, > > I'm following up on some of the results of my PhD that, though interesting, were not at the time central to my thesis. Through in-depth interviewing I found that the people in my survey - witches, pagans, druids, shamans, etc. - generally reported that practising magic had changed their lives for the better in a number of significant ways. > > Framing this in terms of the therapeutic uses of magic, I wondered if anyone had come across any particularly vivid accounts of magical healing. I've just started wading through the literature, but what I haven't found yet is a reliable and detailed description of a diagnosed medical condition being healed through magical ritual, particularly Western European magic. Any ideas? > > All the best, > > Leo > -- > > Dr Leo Ruickbie, PhD, MA, BA(Hons), Associate of King's College > > Member: European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism, Gesellschaft für Anomalistik, Parapsychological Association, Societas Magica, Society for Psychical Research, The Ghost Club > > Author: Witchcraft Out of the Shadows (2004, 2011); Faustus: The Life and Times of a Renaissance Magician (2009); A Brief Guide to the Supernatural (2012); A Brief Guide to Ghost Hunting (forthcoming) > > Website: http://www.ruickbie.com/