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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