Introduction: Western Learned Magic as an Entangled Tradition
The introduction to this special issue outlines the concept of Western learned magic and suggests to analyse it as an entangled tradition, thus calling for an interdisciplinary, transcultural and transreligious perspective on its history. A working heuristic of seven different types of entanglement...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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2023
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Entangled Religions
Année: 2023, Volume: 14, Numéro: 3 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Europe
/ Naher Osten
/ Magie
/ Interdépendance
/ Rite
/ Interculturalité
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Vie religieuse AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux KBA Europe de l'Ouest KBK Europe de l'Est KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Western learned magic
B Western Esotericism B Entangled history B European history of religions B History of magic B ritual hybridity |
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| Résumé: | The introduction to this special issue outlines the concept of Western learned magic and suggests to analyse it as an entangled tradition, thus calling for an interdisciplinary, transcultural and transreligious perspective on its history. A working heuristic of seven different types of entanglement in the history of Western learned magic is proposed, whereas special emphasis is placed on processes of ritual hybridisation. Entangled rituals are one of the most unique characteristics of Western learned magic and often mirror millenia-long processes of textual-ritual transmission across numerous cultural and religious boundaries. Inspired by this working heuristic of different types of entanglement in the history of Western learned magic, the introduction summarises the six contributions to this special issue. These contributions represent the fruits of a workshop on *Western learned magic as an entangled tradition* that was held at the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) at the University of Bochum on September 14-15, 2019. |
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| ISSN: | 2363-6696 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.46586/er.14.2023.10457 |