The Varieties of Magical Experience: Indigenous, Medieval, and Modern Magic

The Varieties of Magical Experience: Indigenous, Medieval, and Modern Magic

by Lynne Hume (Author), Lynne Hume (Author), Nevill Drury (Author)

Synopsis

A rare combination of personal and academic, this book showcases the myriad avenues for transcending the boundaries of reality through direct sensory experience. * Highlights techniques, rituals, and training of magical practitioners * Counterpoints the rational with the emotional and compares the past with the present * Takes a cross-cultural, historical, and anthropological approach that is accessible to all readers * Includes experiences of academics, shamans, occultists, healers, sorcerers, pagans, medieval magicians, cybermagicians, and indigenous peoples across the world

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 24 Jan 2013

ISBN 10: 1440804184
ISBN 13: 9781440804182