Abstract:In his Summa Sacre Magice, Berengarius Ganellus had a special place for Hebrew, which he described as superior to Latin, Arabic, and Greek. Although Ganellus was not fluent in Hebrew, and there is no evidence that he read Hebrew sources, he surely draws upon Jewish sources. This article examines how Ganellus used some Jewish texts in his summa, especially the text Shi'ur Qomah. Shi'ur Qomah is a text known from at least the tenth century, in which a lengthy description of the body of God, its organs, and their divine names. As will be shown, Ganellus's unique use of Sh'iur Qomah underlines his eclectic approach and creativity.
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{"title":"Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine, 1000–1900 ed. by Valerie A. Kivelson and Christine D. Worobec (review)","authors":"Łukasz Hajdrych","doi":"10.1353/mrw.2021.0034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2021.0034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41353,"journal":{"name":"Magic Ritual and Witchcraft","volume":"16 1","pages":"258 - 261"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48395832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
lay readership—transmitting the magical to the masses—The Winged Bull is imbued with conservative views of gender roles, contempt of ‘abnormal’ sexuality, and nationalist and racist themes. Ultimately, the willingness to look beyond surfacelevel readings of Dion Fortune presents an honest, comprehensive study. The final three chapters of Occult Imagination are connected through British spiritualism. Aren Roukema studies the formative occult influences upon the science fiction genre, using Emma Hardinge Britten’s Ghost Land—in which spiritualist themes feature prominently—to illustrate the bricolage of occult and scientific tropes. In the eleventh chapter, Massimo Introvigne discusses the artistic techniques employed in the creation of the Theosophical Society’s portraits of the Masters. Introvigne notes that these techniques were similar to those of ‘spirit painting,’ a spiritualist phenomenon in which mediums produce portraits of deceased individuals that they ‘see’ or are guided by. In the final chapter, Steven J. Sutcliff discusses the intersections of spiritualism, literature, and the ‘occult imagination’ in his study of the fiction of David Lindsay. For instance, Lindsay’s novel Arcturus begins with a séance, and The Haunted Woman, equating spiritualism with “artifice and greasepaint” (237), features a spiritualist main character involved in occult circles. The compatibility of this section’s chapters makes a strong case for spiritualist influences upon art and literature. Overall, Occult Imagination is an accessible and engaging contribution to esoteric studies, especially successful at conveying occult entanglements with popular culture (via literature, tabloids, etc.) during Britain’s Occult Revival. While the boundary lines between the book’s four sections are not impermeable, and there is much overlap among the twelve chapters, this arguably works to the collection’s advantage, presenting the ‘occult imagination’ as a liminal and roving specter—haunting museums, courtrooms, the arts, and the masses.
外行读者——将魔法传递给大众——《飞牛》充满了对性别角色的保守观点，对“异常”性行为的蔑视，以及民族主义和种族主义的主题。最终，本书愿意超越对迪翁•福琛肤浅的解读，呈现出一份诚实、全面的研究。《神秘想象》的最后三章是通过英国招魂术联系起来的。Aren Roukema研究了神秘主义对科幻小说类型的影响，用艾玛·哈丁·布里顿的《幽灵之地》来说明神秘主义和科学比喻的拼凑。在第十一章中，Massimo Introvigne讨论了神智学会大师肖像创作中使用的艺术技巧。英特罗维吉指出，这些技术类似于“灵画”，一种通灵现象，灵媒绘制出他们“看到”或受到引导的死者肖像。在最后一章中，Steven J. Sutcliff在他对David Lindsay小说的研究中讨论了唯心论、文学和“神秘想象”的交叉点。例如，林赛的小说《阿克图尔斯》以一场意外开始，而《闹鬼的女人》将招魂术等同于“诡计和油漆画”(237页)，刻画了一个与神秘圈子有关的招魂主要人物。本节各章的兼容性为唯灵论对艺术和文学的影响提供了强有力的论据。总的来说，《神秘想象》是对神秘学研究的一种易于理解和引人入胜的贡献，特别是在英国神秘学复兴期间，它成功地传达了神秘学与流行文化(通过文学、小报等)的纠缠。虽然这本书的四个部分之间的界限不是不可渗透的，而且十二个章节之间有很多重叠，但这可以说是该系列的优势，将“神秘的想象力”呈现为一个有限的和流动的幽灵-萦绕在博物馆，法庭，艺术和群众中。
{"title":"Calling the Soul Back: Embodied Spirituality in Chicanx Narrative by Christina Garcia Lopez (review)","authors":"D. López","doi":"10.1353/mrw.2021.0036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2021.0036","url":null,"abstract":"lay readership—transmitting the magical to the masses—The Winged Bull is imbued with conservative views of gender roles, contempt of ‘abnormal’ sexuality, and nationalist and racist themes. Ultimately, the willingness to look beyond surfacelevel readings of Dion Fortune presents an honest, comprehensive study. The final three chapters of Occult Imagination are connected through British spiritualism. Aren Roukema studies the formative occult influences upon the science fiction genre, using Emma Hardinge Britten’s Ghost Land—in which spiritualist themes feature prominently—to illustrate the bricolage of occult and scientific tropes. In the eleventh chapter, Massimo Introvigne discusses the artistic techniques employed in the creation of the Theosophical Society’s portraits of the Masters. Introvigne notes that these techniques were similar to those of ‘spirit painting,’ a spiritualist phenomenon in which mediums produce portraits of deceased individuals that they ‘see’ or are guided by. In the final chapter, Steven J. Sutcliff discusses the intersections of spiritualism, literature, and the ‘occult imagination’ in his study of the fiction of David Lindsay. For instance, Lindsay’s novel Arcturus begins with a séance, and The Haunted Woman, equating spiritualism with “artifice and greasepaint” (237), features a spiritualist main character involved in occult circles. The compatibility of this section’s chapters makes a strong case for spiritualist influences upon art and literature. Overall, Occult Imagination is an accessible and engaging contribution to esoteric studies, especially successful at conveying occult entanglements with popular culture (via literature, tabloids, etc.) during Britain’s Occult Revival. While the boundary lines between the book’s four sections are not impermeable, and there is much overlap among the twelve chapters, this arguably works to the collection’s advantage, presenting the ‘occult imagination’ as a liminal and roving specter—haunting museums, courtrooms, the arts, and the masses.","PeriodicalId":41353,"journal":{"name":"Magic Ritual and Witchcraft","volume":"16 1","pages":"264 - 267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46123520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:This article is a case study on the compilation of magical manuscripts in early modern Germany, based on a roll dating from around 1675 (Princeton University Library, CO938, no. 838), which was compiled for a man named Frans Anthoni Büchler. Emphasis is on the process of compilation, using sigils and text copied or adapted from various sources, including printed editions of the Calendarium naturale magicum perpetuum and Enchiridion Leonis Papae. "Compiling Magic" has been written to complement my article "The Magic Serpent: German Amulet Rolls in Time of War and Pestilence," published in the previous issue of Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft (Spring 2021).
摘要：本文以1675年左右的一本卷轴（普林斯顿大学图书馆，CO938，编号838）为基础，为一位名叫Frans Anthoni Büchler的人编纂了一本关于现代德国早期魔法手稿的案例研究。重点是汇编过程，使用从各种来源复制或改编的符号和文本，包括自然日历magicum peretuum和Enchiridion Leonis Papae的印刷版。《编译魔法》是为了补充我在上一期《魔法、仪式和巫术》（2021年春季）上发表的文章《魔法蛇：战争和瘟疫时期的德国护身符卷》。
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{"title":"The Devil's Art: Divination and Discipline in Early Modern Germany by Jason Philip Coy (review)","authors":"A. Zaytseva","doi":"10.1353/mrw.2021.0041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2021.0041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41353,"journal":{"name":"Magic Ritual and Witchcraft","volume":"16 1","pages":"279 - 283"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46347925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:In the Seventeenth-Century a prominent Moroccan scholar wrote a treatise against sorcery, laying out various types of permitted occult practices while condemning others. This article contextualizes al-Mirghiti's (d. 1089/1678) treatise within broader Moroccan views on sorcery and magic between the 16-18th centuries and describes in detail the treatise's instructions on how to construct and employ talismans. Since al-Mirghiti is best known in prior scholarship for his writings on astronomy— and to a lesser extent alchemy—a reading of his treatise against sorcery opens up a broader discussion around the place of the occult within the Moroccan landscape of institutional teaching and studying of the religious, mathematical, and natural sciences.
摘要:在17世纪，一位著名的摩洛哥学者写了一篇反对巫术的论文，列出了各种允许的神秘活动，同时谴责了其他类型。本文将al-Mirghiti (d. 1089/1678)的论述置于16-18世纪更广泛的摩洛哥人对巫术和魔法的看法中，并详细描述了该论文关于如何构建和使用护身符的说明。由于al-Mirghiti在之前的学术研究中最出名的是他在天文学方面的著作——在较小程度上是炼金术方面的著作——阅读他的反对巫术的论文，可以打开一个更广泛的讨论，围绕神秘学在摩洛哥宗教、数学和自然科学的机构教学和研究中的地位。
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Abstract:This article examines primary sources including newspaper reports, local council minutes, letters, interviews, and personal diaries, to demonstrate how the collections and locations of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic contributed greatly to the establishment of modern British witchcraft, better known as Wicca. The article argues that Wicca was strongly influenced by the activities of Cecil Williamson, the Museum's founder, who shared with Gerald Gardner a conviction that traditional witchcraft, rooted in antiquity, continued to be practiced in modern post-war Britain. They were both influenced by Margaret Murray, but evidence suggests that it was her focus upon the organization of a cult of witchcraft that appealed particularly to Gardner, whilst Williamson was more interested in what Murray described as Operative Witchcraft.
{"title":"The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic: Toward a New History of British Wicca","authors":"J. Phillips","doi":"10.1353/mrw.2021.0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2021.0028","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article examines primary sources including newspaper reports, local council minutes, letters, interviews, and personal diaries, to demonstrate how the collections and locations of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic contributed greatly to the establishment of modern British witchcraft, better known as Wicca. The article argues that Wicca was strongly influenced by the activities of Cecil Williamson, the Museum's founder, who shared with Gerald Gardner a conviction that traditional witchcraft, rooted in antiquity, continued to be practiced in modern post-war Britain. They were both influenced by Margaret Murray, but evidence suggests that it was her focus upon the organization of a cult of witchcraft that appealed particularly to Gardner, whilst Williamson was more interested in what Murray described as Operative Witchcraft.","PeriodicalId":41353,"journal":{"name":"Magic Ritual and Witchcraft","volume":"16 1","pages":"173 - 200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47008815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Buddhists, Shamans, and Soviets. Rituals of History in Post-Soviet Buryatia by Justine Buck Quijada (review)","authors":"Stanislav Panin","doi":"10.1353/mrw.2021.0040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mrw.2021.0040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41353,"journal":{"name":"Magic Ritual and Witchcraft","volume":"16 1","pages":"277 - 279"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48561593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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