Introduction. Flux et fluides ontologiques: Repenser les notions de type mana/ Ontological flows and fluids: Rethinking <i>mana</i>-like concepts

Crépeau, Robert R.; Laugrand, Frédéric

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“…They framed a certain model of constructing reality, in opposition with religion, a term referring to a more institutionalized, bureaucratic and routinized relationship to gods, supernatural spirits (Spiro, 1972;Tylor, 1871). Claude Lévi-Strauss (1950) had previously emphasized the malleability of magic, whose main 'force', the mana, was a 'zero meaning signifier' engaging a process of signification -the notion and this theory still discussed today (Crépeau and Laugrand, 2017) -while another Bronisław Malinowski (1948) insisted on the 'empirical efficience' of magical acts. Historical researches have preferred transhistorical to transcultural perspectives and explored the rise and (alleged) fall of magic in Western context (Copenhaver, 2015), while psychology and cognitive science attempted to design a transcultural theory of magical thinking and action (Sørensen, 2007).…”

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Moral and financial economics of ‘digital magic’: Explorations of an opening field

Obadia

2020

Social Compass

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The relationship between religion and the Internet has been attracting more attention by researchers in recent years. Magic, however, is still relatively overlooked in this area, and has not given rise to influential studies in the field. Based on investigations on the Internet, other new information and communication technologies, and a survey of the scientific literature, this article intends to lay the groundwork for a consideration of magic and new information technology, and to highlight the specificity of a perspective in terms of digital magic, distinct from that of one exclusively focused on digital religion.

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Moral and financial economics of ‘digital magic’: Explorations of an opening field

Obadia

2020

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Shared Breath

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Westman

Moritz

2020

Current Anthropology

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We introduce and elaborate on the notion of "shared breath" as a way of understanding human and nonhuman copresence and offer descriptions and narratives about three Indigenous groups in Russia and Canada, namely, Veps, Western Woods Cree, and Interior Salish St'át'imc. These data illustrate vividly how the underused metaphor of shared breath sheds light on active participation in life by and respectful relations with nonhuman beings, thus surpassing other overly used spatial, physical, and spiritual metaphors. We move beyond the physical aspects of discrete spaces and materials in extending consideration to pertinent metaphorical and tangible aspects of the verbal, sonorous, and ritual performances undertaken by humans in order to negotiate and reinforce relations with other beings. Relationality is continuously accommodated and regenerated by human and nonhuman agencies through ritual acts that include blowing, chants, breathing, drumming, visualizing, and smoking. The shared breath through which these encounters take place emblematizes turning moments, when new directions may be taken and long-term relations of respect may be established, validated, and reinforced. Shared breath is both a medium and a modality of shamanic and animist relationality, offering a new way of looking at human-nonhuman contact and exchange in animist ritual contexts and beyond.

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Manitu et entités-maîtres

Duchesne

Crépeau

2020

Recherches amérindiennes au Québec

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Introduction. Flux et fluides ontologiques: Repenser les notions de type mana/ Ontological flows and fluids: Rethinking mana-like concepts

Cited by 4 publications

References 19 publications

Moral and financial economics of ‘digital magic’: Explorations of an opening field

Moral and financial economics of ‘digital magic’: Explorations of an opening field

Shared Breath

Manitu et entités-maîtres

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