In Defense of Magic the Meaning and Use of Symbol and Rite (1930) - Softcover

Smith, Catharine Cook

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0766129322 ISBN 13: 9780766129320

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Co, 2003

Synopsis

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Synopsis

Magic and ritual are here considered from a new angle, not as folklore anthropology, superstition, or abnormal psychology, but as a perfectly natural means of human expression: an attempt to control and heighten the emotions which are to man as true and as necessary as the intellect. Contents: Irrational truth; Technique of the Magician; Primitive rites; The Grail. Mediaeval magician; Hindu ritual. Vedanta and Raja Yoga. Taoism.; Conversion. Keats and Tolstoi; Yeats. Modern magic; Behaviorism; Psychoanalysis; Education and magic; Theater; The ultimate symbol; Notes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0766129322
• ISBN 13: 9780766129320
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160