Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the PresentКНИГИ » РАЗНОЕ
Название: Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present Автор: Chris Gosden Издательство: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Год: 2020 Формат: EPUB Размер: 16 Мб Язык: английский / English
An Oxford professor of archaeology explores the unique history of magic?the oldest and most neglected strand of human behavior and its resurgence today. Three great strands of belief run through human history: Religion is the relationship with one god or many gods, masters of our lives and destinies. Science distances us from the world, turning us into observers and collectors of knowledge. And magic is direct human participation in the universe: we have influence on the world around us, and the world has influence on us.
Over the last few centuries, magic has developed a bad reputation?thanks to the unsavory tactics of shady practitioners, and to a successful propaganda campaign on the part of religion and science, which denigrated magic as backward, irrational, and "primitive." In Magic, however, the Oxford professor of archaeology Chris Gosden restores magic to its essential place in the history of the world?revealing it to be an enduring element of human behavior that plays an important role for individuals and cultures. From the curses and charms of ancient Greek, Roman, and Jewish magic, to the shamanistic traditions of Eurasia, indigenous America, and Africa; from the alchemy of the Renaissance to the condemnation of magic in the colonial period and the mysteries of modern quantum physics?Gosden's startling, fun, and colorful history supplies a missing chapter of the story of our civilization.
Drawing on decades of research around the world?touching on the first known horoscope, a statue ordered into exile, and the mystical power of tattoos?Gosden shows what magic can offer us today, and how we might use it to rethink our relationship with the world. Magic is an original, singular, and sweeping work of scholarship, and its revelations will leave a spell on the reader.
Уважаемый посетитель, Вы зашли на сайт как незарегистрированный пользователь.
С этой публикацией часто скачивают:
Tall Ships: The Magic of Sail Название: Tall Ships: The Magic of Sail Автор: Dean Server Издательство: Todtri Год: 1999 Формат: PDF Страниц: 136 Размер: 113,7 МБ Язык:...
History of Magic Название: History of Magic Издательство: Future Publishing Год / месяц: 2019 Номер: Special Issue Формат: PDF Размер: 171.2 Mb Язык: English ...
An ABC of Witchcraft Past and Present Название: An ABC of Witchcraft Past and Present Автор: Doreen Valiente Издательство: Robert Hale Non-Fiction Год: 2018 Формат: EPUB Размер: 24 Мб ...
The Occult: A History Автор: Colin Wilson Название: The Occult: A History Издательство: Random House Год: 1971 ISBN: 978-0394465555 Язык: English Формат: pdf Размер: 11,8...
Информация
Посетители, находящиеся в группе Гости, не могут оставлять комментарии к данной публикации.
Навигация
Вход на сайт
Реклама
Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present 
