Dear Dr. Ruickbie,
The upcoming ESSWE 4 conference we are organising in Göteborg is centred on the concepts of magic and health and would possibly be a treasure trove for you research. You will find a list of the 90+ abstracts on the conference website, easily found with a google research. Incidentally my paper is focusing on Therapeutic Magic In Early XX century Naples.
Hope this helps,
Christian Giudice
Göteborgs Universitet
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On 17 Jun 2013, at 12:39, "Dr Leo Ruickbie" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear List,
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> All the best,
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> Leo
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> Dr Leo Ruickbie, PhD, MA, BA(Hons), Associate of King's College
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> Member: European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism, Gesellschaft für Anomalistik, Parapsychological Association, Societas Magica, Society for Psychical Research, The Ghost Club
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> 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)
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> Website: http://www.ruickbie.com
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