magic
Privatizzazione-personalizzazione della magia. Il Terziario esoterico italiano come commercializzazione del sacro
consumerism, consumismo, lavoratori dell’occulto, magia, magic, occult workers, personalization, personalizzazione, privatization, privatizzazioneBy: GABRIELE BUX – Italy is a country where the interest in the occult and magic is both culturally rooted and commercially widespread. This article highlights the main dynamics of esoteric market focusing on so-called occult workers or esoteric professionals. We will argue that 1) esoteric pratices are used by individuals as tools to control…
Existence of Supernatural Beings in Rituals: An Ethnographic Study of the Koch Birth Ritual of Assam
By: KAUSHIK DAS – The purpose of this paper is to shed light on birth ceremonies of the Koches of Assam in their socio-cultural context. The birth ceremony is a crucial life cycle ritual that serves as a personal emblem for their folk religiosity while also carrying their collective identity. By analysing Koch’s birth ritual,…
Traditional Medicines of the Chakma community: Synthesis of Body, Spirit, Disease and Healer
By: SANJEEV KUMAR DEY, KHWAIRAKPAM PREMJIT SINGH, OINAM HEMLATA DEVI – This paper intends to explore the rich traditions of the indigenous Chakma medicine, focusing on the concept of health and illness, causes and treatment of illnesses and diseases. A detailed account of the Chakma healers and their diagnosis process is also described. This study…
Logos e magia. La forza della parola nei rituali magici
By: ALESSANDRA ROMEO – The magic rites are divided into oral (spells) and manual (sympathetic rites or symbolic rites, sacrificial rites, healing rites, purification rites), complementary to each other. These rites present a recitative part, λόγος, with formulas and spells, and an operational part, πρᾶξις, with particular gestures, tools and substances. In both cases the word…
Mάγος καὶ Mαγεία. La magia nella tradizione letteraria greca
caratteristiche mago, classical Greek literature, Grecia, Greece, letteratura greca classica, mageia, magia, magic, magician, magician characteristics, mago, magosBy: ALESSANDRA ROMEO – The study of the historical context, the religion and the literary sources is a fundamental approach to define and interpret the figure of the magician in the Greek world. In the aftermath of the wars between Greece and Persia, Greek culture was strongly influenced by Persian culture, but a strong feeling…