A History of White Magic

A History of White Magic
Author: Gareth Knight
Publisher: Skylight Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2011
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1908011041

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Originally published: London: A. R. Mowbray, 1978.

White Magic

White Magic
Author: Elissa Washuta
Publisher: Tin House Books
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2021-04-27
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1951142403

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Finalist for the PEN Open Book Award Longlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award A TIME, NPR, New York Public Library, Lit Hub, Book Riot, and Entropy Best Book of the Year "Beguiling and haunting. . . . Washuta's voice sears itself onto the skin." —The New York Times Book Review Bracingly honest and powerfully affecting, White Magic establishes Elissa Washuta as one of our best living essayists. Throughout her life, Elissa Washuta has been surrounded by cheap facsimiles of Native spiritual tools and occult trends, “starter witch kits” of sage, rose quartz, and tarot cards packaged together in paper and plastic. Following a decade of abuse, addiction, PTSD, and heavy-duty drug treatment for a misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder, she felt drawn to the real spirits and powers her dispossessed and discarded ancestors knew, while she undertook necessary work to find love and meaning. In this collection of intertwined essays, she writes about land, heartbreak, and colonization, about life without the escape hatch of intoxication, and about how she became a powerful witch. She interlaces stories from her forebears with cultural artifacts from her own life—Twin Peaks, the Oregon Trail II video game, a Claymation Satan, a YouTube video of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham—to explore questions of cultural inheritance and the particular danger, as a Native woman, of relaxing into romantic love under colonial rule.

White Magic

White Magic
Author: Lothar Müller
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2015-02-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0745681832

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Paper is older than the printing press, and even in its unprinted state it was the great network medium behind the emergence of modern civilization. In the shape of bills, banknotes and accounting books it was indispensible to the economy. As forms and files it was essential to bureaucracy. As letters it became the setting for the invention of the modern soul, and as newsprint it became a stage for politics. In this brilliant new book Lothar Müller describes how paper made its way from China through the Arab world to Europe, where it permeated everyday life in a variety of formats from the thirteenth century onwards, and how the paper technology revolution of the nineteenth century paved the way for the creation of the modern daily press. His key witnesses are the works of Rabelais and Grimmelshausen, Balzac and Herman Melville, James Joyce and Paul Valéry. Müller writes not only about books, however: he also writes about pamphlets, playing cards, papercutting and legal pads. We think we understand the ?Gutenberg era?, but we can understand it better when we explore the world that underpinned it: the paper age. Today, with the proliferation of digital devices, paper may seem to be a residue of the past, but Müller shows that the humble technology of paper is in many ways the most fundamental medium of the modern world.

White Magic, Black Magic in the European Renaissance

White Magic, Black Magic in the European Renaissance
Author: Paola Zambelli
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2007-07-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9047421388

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This book explores philosophical theories which in the Renaissance provided an interpretation of nature, of its laws and exceptions and, lastly, of man’s capacity to dominate the cosmos by way of natural magic or by magical ceremonies. It does not concentrate on the Hermetic and Neoplatonic philosophers (Ficino, Pico, Della Porta), or on the relationship between magic and the scientific revolution, but rather upon the interference of the ideas and practices of learned magicians with popular rites and also with witchcraft, a most important question for social and religious history. New definitions of magic put forward by certain unorthodox and “wandering scholastics” (Trithemius, Agrippa, Paracelsus, Bruno) will interest readers of Renaissance and Reformation texts and history.

A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult

A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult
Author: DK
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Total Pages: 869
Release: 2020-08-06
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0241483972

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See the history of witchcraft, magic and superstition come to life with this spectacular supernatural book! From alchemy and modern Wicca to paganism and shamanism, this enchanting book takes you on a mystical journey that will leave you spellbound. This is the perfect introduction to magic and the occult! This reference book on witchcraft is packed with: - Informative, engaging, and accessible text and lavish illustrations - Special features on aspects of magic, such as oracle bones of ancient China, the Knights Templar, and magic at the movies, and "plants and potions", such as mandrake and belladonna examine topics in great detail - Quick-fact panels that explore magic origins, key figures, key deities, use in spells, structures of religions, and more This indispensable witchcraft book explores the common human fascination with spells, superstition, and the supernatural. It provides you with a balanced and unbiased account of everything from Japanese folklore and Indian witchcraft to the differences between black and white magic and dispelling myths such as those surrounding the voodoo doll and Ouija. Expect the unexpected with A History Of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult. It will open your eyes to other worlds. Discover forms of divination from astrology and palmistry to the Tarot and runestones. Explore the presence of witchcraft in literature from Shakespeare's Macbeth to the Harry Potter series, and the ways in which magic has interacted with religion. Whether you're a believer or a sceptic, this richly illustrated history book provides a fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft, magic and the occult.

The Learned Arts of Witches & Wizards

The Learned Arts of Witches & Wizards
Author: Anton Adams (Writer on witchcraft)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2000
Genre: Magic
ISBN: 9780760722589

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This ... book offers a concise, accessible history of witches and sorcery and also provides a fascinating insight into the world of magic ...

Encyclopedia of White Magic

Encyclopedia of White Magic
Author: Paddy Slade
Publisher: Hamlyn
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1990
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780792454281

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An English village witch introduces the traditions and practices of witchcraft, and describes the customs and ceremonies appropriate to festivals throughout the year, from one Samhaine at the end of October through the seasons to the next

White Magic

White Magic
Author: Jaclyn Reding
Publisher: Regency Rakes
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781648395253

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Lady Augusta Brierley has decided to live life on her own terms, and certainly not those of the London ton. She does things ladies are forbidden to do; she shuns society, she studies the stars, and Augusta cares not what anyone else may think.But is really Augusta the scheming femme fatale who Lord Noah Edenhall believes lured his lifelong friend to his death? Everything about her seems to indicate that she is, and Noah determines he must avenge the terrible wrong he suspects this woman has done. Nothing, however, could prepare him for the magic that happens when these two opposing personalities finally cross paths.

White Magic

White Magic
Author: C. Grant Loomis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2013-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781494063542

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This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.

Black and White Magic

Black and White Magic
Author: Anna Riva
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1994
Genre: Mambos (Vodou)
ISBN: 9780943832227

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