1st Edition

Ritual Embodiment in Modern Western Magic Becoming the Magician

By Damon Zacharias Lycourinos Copyright 2018
230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

In the Western world, magic has often functioned as an umbrella term for various religious beliefs and ritual practices that seek to influence events by harnessing supernatural power. The definition of these myriad occult and esoteric traditions have, however, usually come from those that are opposed to its practice; notably authorities in religious, legal and intellectual spheres. This book... Read more

Introduction: Interpreting the Modern Practice of Western Magic  1 Western Constructions of Magic  2 Liber V vel Reguli  3 The Ninth Key of Gabriel and Levaniel  4 The Blessing of Wōđanaz  5 The Apollonian Invocation  6 The Mithras Liturgy  7 Anthropology of Ritual and the Body in Modern Western Magic  8 Phenomenology of Ritual in Modern Western Magic  9 Phenomenology of the Body in Modern Western Magic  10 Ritualisation and the Subtle Body in Modern Western Magic  Conclusion: Becoming the Magic and the Logic of Western Magical Ritual

Biography

Damon Zacharias Lycourinos completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh, UK, where he also acted as an instructor in Religious Studies. His main areas of interest are the study of ritual from the perspective of embodied cognition, subjectivity, and self-narrative; the concept of 'spirituality in the flesh'; and a phenomenological consideration of the subtle dimensions of religious experience.