<i>Persuasions of the Witch's Craft: Ritual Magic in Contemporary England</i>. T. M. LUHRMANN

Lohmann, Roger Ivar

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“…Concepts like "deep play" (Geertz 1973) or "serious play" (Luhrmann 1991) are adequate to comprehend such ambiguities, but may be complemented by the notion of "spiritual play". It is sometimes claimed that computer games are "laboratories" in which youngsters can safely experiment not only with their personal identity (Turkle 1995), but also with their emotions and violence ; Chapter 14 of this volume).…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Neopagans are "romanticizing the premodern" (Partridge 2004, 77) and are involved in an animistic and polytheistic "nature religion" with an emphasis on magical rituals (e.g. Adler 1986;Berger 1999;Hanegraaff 1996;Luhrmann 1991;York 1995). But neopagans are also mythmakers themselves since it is imperative in the milieu to "reinvent" your own pagan tradition (ibid.).…”

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“…Neopaganism is, first of all, a literary culture and participants ground their worldview in books that claim objectivity and fiction to design, legitimate and authenticate their own invented traditions (e.g. Luhrmann 1991;Possamai 2005). Lord of the rings is a prime example but even Witchcraft today (1954) written by Gerald Gardner -the founder of Wicca -is known to be a fictional ethnography.…”

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“…Magic is about turning a let's pretend fantasy of being a witch or a wizard into a serious assertion about the world Luhrmann 1991, 327 It has been assessed in many studies of modern magic in the neopagan movement that "play" and particularly "role-playing" are at the heart of magical rituals (Adler 1986;Berger 1999;Copier 2005;Luhrmann 1991). In general, magic is used in this milieu to "invoke the powers in nature" but, particularly, to "summon the powers within".…”

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“…Luhrmann (1991) argues on the basis of her extensive fieldwork that the model of "play" -or a context of "let's pretend", "as if", or "make-believe" -forms an intricate part of such magical acts. Magic involves role-playing.…”

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