Magic, Power, Language, Symbol: A Magician's Exploration of Linguistics - Softcover

Dunn, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738713600 ISBN 13: 9780738713601

Publisher: Llewellyn Publications,U.S., 2008

Synopsis

All forms of magic are linked to language. As a magic practitioner and a linguist, Patrick Dunn illuminates this fascinating relationship and offers breakthrough theories on how and why magic works. Drawing on linguistics and semiotics (the study of symbols), Dunn illuminates the magical use of language, both theoretically and practically. He poses new theories on the mechanics of magic by analyzing the structure of ritual, written signs and sigils, primal language, incantations across cultures, Qabalah and gematria (Hebrew numerology), and the Enochian vocabulary. This revolutionary paradigm can help magicians understand how sigils and talismans work, compose Enochian spells, speak in tongues for magic, create mantras, work with gematria, use postmodern defixios, and refine their practice in countless other ways.

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About the Author

Patrick Dunn (Chicago, IL) is a poet, linguist, Pagan, and a university English professor with a PhD in modern literature and language. His understanding of semiotics and the study of symbols arise from his training in linguistics and literary theory. He has practiced magic since childhood. Visit him online at https://pomomagic.wordpress.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0738713600
• ISBN 13: 9780738713601
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264